Hydrocodone Treatment Report
What is Hydrocodone?
Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeine is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from two of naturally occurring opiates, codeine and thebaine. It is an orally active narcotic analgesic and antitussive. It is commonly available in tablet, capsule, and syrup form and is often used in combination with other agents.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 16 |
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| Back pain | 16 |
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| Headaches | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Pain, knee | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Fibromyalgia | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 3 |
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See all 45 patients currently taking Hydrocodone
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrocodone. See all 26 dosages ►
| 0.75mg as needed | 10mg as needed | 150 mg as needed | 1tps. as needed | 325 other as needed | 350mg as needed | 500mg as needed | 5 mg as needed | 5mg as needed | 650mg as needed | 750mg as needed | 7.5 mg all the time (24/7) | 7.5mg as needed | daily | mg as needed | 7 mg daily | 7.5 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 100 g daily | 250 mg daily | 360 mg daily | 500 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Course of treatment ended
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6 | 35% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 24% |
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Other
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4 | 24% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 12% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- Tinner
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 4
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Severe
- 24 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- Tinner
- 4 other daily
- since Oct 26, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips I get very sick so I have to decide whether I want to be in pain or not be in pain but throw up most of the day! See full evaluation
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- Middlechild
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 54 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- Middlechild
- 650mg as needed
- since Dec 25, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fibromyalgia
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Taking Hydrocodone works for the pain, however sometimes I get sleepy but if I take it before bedtime, I experience insomnia. See full evaluation
See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.