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What is Vicodin?

Vicodin® is a brand name for the combination of hydrocodone 5 mg, an opioid pain medication and acetaminophen 500 mg, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to relieve moderate to severe pain.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 13 1
Other 7 1
Insomnia 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  0 as needed 500mg-5mg as needed 500mg as needed 750mg as needed mg as needed 10 mg daily 500 mg-5 mg daily 500 mg daily 2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 5000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vicodin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other
2 50% Other: 50%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Vicodin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vicodin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
3
1
4

Stopped Taking Vicodin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 50%
< $25
1 50%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.