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What is Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen?

Hydrocodone is an opiate pain medication used in the relief of moderate to severe pain. Acetaminophen (also known as APAP and paracetamol) increases the effects of hydrocodone when taken together.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Pain	179	42
Fibromyalgia	72	16
Muscle Pain	28	13
Other	21	5
Lower back pain	17	5
Back pain	12	7
Body Aches	9	3
Breakthrough pain	4	2
leg/foot pain	3	1
Migraine	3	0
Arthritis	3	1
Support another treatment	3	1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	2	2
Migraine Headaches	2	0
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	2	0
neck surgery/pain	1	0
Inflammation, ribs (costochondritis)	1	0
Frozen shoulder	1	0
Lower Back Stiffness	1	0
Facet Arthritis/Numb Foot	1	1
General health	1	1
body aches and pain	1	0
left shoulder rotator cuff surgery	1	0
total body pain	1	0
Pain, knee	1	1
POST-OP PAIN	1	0
Depression	1	0
POST-OP PAIN	1	0
see same for Prozac...	1	0
pain - broken ankle	1	0
unbearable pain	1	1
Abdominal pain	1	0
Don't know	1	0
Neck Pain	1	0
Shoulder pain	1	0
extreme pain	1	0
Pain, all over (generalized)	1	1

See all 37 reasons taken ▼

See all 343 patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	3	4%
Moderate	18	23%
Mild	29	37%
None	29	37%

Most commonly reported side effects

Constipation	26	33%
Sleepiness	18	23%
Nausea	11	14%
Fogginess	10	13%
Drowsiness	8	10%
Sleeplessness	5	6%
Stomach ache	5	6%
Loss of short term memory	3	4%
high feeling	3	4%
Dizziness	3	4%
Itching skin	2	3%
Lightheadedness	2	3%
tiredness	2	3%
Itching (pruritus)	1	1%
Urinary hesitancy	1	1%
itching	1	1%
Migraine Headaches	1	1%
jirou suan	1	1%
dry mouth	1	1%
kept me awake	1	1%
dizziness, fatigue	1	1%
WIRED	1	1%
feeling well, energetic!	1	1%
Diarrhea chronic	1	1%
toutong	1	1%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 25 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen. See all 112 dosages ►

0.5 500mg-5mg as needed	10 mg all the time (24/7)	10 mg as needed	10mg as needed	10 other all the time (24/7)	1.5 x 650 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1tab(s) as needed	2 325mg-10mg as needed	2 500mg-5mg as needed	2 500mg-7.5mg as needed	2 750mg-7.5mg as needed	2 x 325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	2 x 500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-10mg as needed	325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-5mg as needed	325 mg-7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg as needed	3 500mg-5mg as needed	3 500mg-7.5mg as needed	350mg as needed	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL all the time (24/7)	500mg-10mg as needed	500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	500mg-5mg as needed	500mg-7.5mg as needed	500 mg as needed	500mg as needed	50 mg all the time (24/7)	5 mg as needed	5mg as needed	60 500mg-5mg as needed	6 325mg-10mg as needed	650mg-10mg as needed	650mg as needed	660 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	660mg-10mg as needed	750mg-7.5mg as needed	750mg as needed	7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	7.5 mg as needed	7.5mg as needed	10 mg every other week	1 mg daily	1 tab(s) daily	3 mg daily	3 other daily	4 tab(s) daily	5 mg daily	5 tab(s) daily	6 mg daily	7.5 mg daily	10 mg daily	15 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	40 mg daily	50 mg daily	60 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	325 mg-10 mg daily	400 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-5 mg daily	500 mg-7.5 mg daily	500 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	650 mg-10 mg daily	650 mg daily	660 mg-10 mg daily	30 x 750 mg-7.5 mg monthly	750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 300 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	1500 mg daily	2 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	7 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	8 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 660 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	8 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	10 x 500 mg-5 mg daily
1	2	1	9	1	1	1	1	2	8	2	2	1	1	7	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	40	8	2	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	10	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	8	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	28	2	2	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	9	1	3	16	1	2	1	1	5	2	1	6	3	11	1	3	3	3	8	1	5	13	1	3	6	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	20	33%
Did not seem to work	17	28%
Side effects too severe	10	16%
Doctor's advice	7	11%
Course of treatment ended	5	8%
Expense	4	7%
Personal research	3	5%

See all 54 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
7	12	28	64	55	86

Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
10	9	11	8	6	14

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	48	61%
Usually	19	24%
Sometimes	9	11%
Never	3	4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	8	10%
Somewhat	9	11%
A little	11	14%
Not at all	51	65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	4	5%
$25-49	3	4%
< $25	47	59%

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Patient Evaluations

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Kpain

Sex: F

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: Little

external_stress: All

Stickman: all

Description:F50y

FM:10y Dx

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Kpain

500 mg-5 mg daily

since May 31, 2009
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips Trying to get a physician to prescribe pain medications especially opiates, is really difficult. They don't understand that we use it only when we need it... See full evaluation

ashhenry

Sex: F

Pain: All

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Most

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Little

Stickman: all

Description:F29y

FM:1y Dx

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ashhenry

since Jan 05, 2009
Efficacy None for Pain
Side Effects None
See full evaluation

lisacapeheart

Sex: F

Pain: Most

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Most

Stiffness: All

function: Little

external_stress: Some

Stickman: all

Description:F41y

FM:3y Dx

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lisacapeheart

10 mg daily

since Jan 18, 2009
Efficacy Moderate for Muscle Pain
Side Effects Moderate
See full evaluation

See all 79 patient evaluations

Forum

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Report created on November 22, 2009.

0.5 500mg-5mg as needed	10 mg all the time (24/7)	10 mg as needed	10mg as needed	10 other all the time (24/7)	1.5 x 650 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1tab(s) as needed	2 325mg-10mg as needed	2 500mg-5mg as needed	2 500mg-7.5mg as needed	2 750mg-7.5mg as needed	2 x 325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	2 x 500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-10mg as needed	325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-5mg as needed	325 mg-7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg as needed	3 500mg-5mg as needed	3 500mg-7.5mg as needed	350mg as needed	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL all the time (24/7)	500mg-10mg as needed	500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	500mg-5mg as needed	500mg-7.5mg as needed	500 mg as needed	500mg as needed	50 mg all the time (24/7)	5 mg as needed	5mg as needed	60 500mg-5mg as needed	6 325mg-10mg as needed	650mg-10mg as needed	650mg as needed	660 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	660mg-10mg as needed	750mg-7.5mg as needed	750mg as needed	7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	7.5 mg as needed	7.5mg as needed	10 mg every other week	1 mg daily	1 tab(s) daily	3 mg daily	3 other daily	4 tab(s) daily	5 mg daily	5 tab(s) daily	6 mg daily	7.5 mg daily	10 mg daily	15 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	40 mg daily	50 mg daily	60 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	325 mg-10 mg daily	400 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-5 mg daily	500 mg-7.5 mg daily	500 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	650 mg-10 mg daily	650 mg daily	660 mg-10 mg daily	30 x 750 mg-7.5 mg monthly	750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 300 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	1500 mg daily	2 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	7 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	8 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 660 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	8 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	10 x 500 mg-5 mg daily
1	2	1	9	1	1	1	1	2	8	2	2	1	1	7	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	40	8	2	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	10	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	8	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	28	2	2	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	9	1	3	16	1	2	1	1	5	2	1	6	3	11	1	3	3	3	8	1	5	13	1	3	6	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1

0.5 500mg-5mg as needed	10 mg all the time (24/7)	10 mg as needed	10mg as needed	10 other all the time (24/7)	1.5 x 650 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1tab(s) as needed	2 325mg-10mg as needed	2 500mg-5mg as needed	2 500mg-7.5mg as needed	2 750mg-7.5mg as needed	2 x 325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	2 x 500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-10mg as needed	325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-5mg as needed	325 mg-7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg as needed	3 500mg-5mg as needed	3 500mg-7.5mg as needed	350mg as needed	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL all the time (24/7)	500mg-10mg as needed	500 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	500mg-5mg as needed	500mg-7.5mg as needed	500 mg as needed	500mg as needed	50 mg all the time (24/7)	5 mg as needed	5mg as needed	60 500mg-5mg as needed	6 325mg-10mg as needed	650mg-10mg as needed	650mg as needed	660 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	660mg-10mg as needed	750mg-7.5mg as needed	750mg as needed	7.5 mg all the time (24/7)	7.5 mg as needed	7.5mg as needed	10 mg every other week	1 mg daily	1 tab(s) daily	3 mg daily	3 other daily	4 tab(s) daily	5 mg daily	5 tab(s) daily	6 mg daily	7.5 mg daily	10 mg daily	15 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	40 mg daily	50 mg daily	60 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	325 mg-10 mg daily	400 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-5 mg daily	500 mg-7.5 mg daily	500 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	650 mg-10 mg daily	650 mg daily	660 mg-10 mg daily	30 x 750 mg-7.5 mg monthly	750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 300 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	1500 mg daily	2 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg/15 mL daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	7 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	4 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	8 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 660 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-10 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	8 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	10 x 500 mg-5 mg daily
1	2	1	9	1	1	1	1	2	8	2	2	1	1	7	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	40	8	2	4	1	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	10	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	8	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	28	2	2	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	9	1	3	16	1	2	1	1	5	2	1	6	3	11	1	3	3	3	8	1	5	13	1	3	6	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1

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