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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	163	31
Other	29	5
Headaches	11	1
Back pain	9	2
Leg pain (both)	4	1
Support another treatment	3	1
Trigeminal neuralgia	3	1
Pain and stiffness, feet	2	0
Mobility	2	0
degenerative cervical disc	2	0
pain, headache	1	1
Headache, neck stiffness & right shoulder pain	1	0
headache	1	1
Sleep problems	1	1
Muscle strain	1	0
General health	1	0
disease-related symptoms	1	0
right neck shoulder, arm pain	1	0
Pain, hand	1	0
joint pain	1	0

See all 20 reasons taken ▼

See all 215 patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	2	5%
Moderate	11	28%
Mild	7	18%
None	19	49%

Most commonly reported side effects

Constipation	9	23%
Sleepiness	6	15%
Nausea	4	10%
Sleeplessness	3	8%
Lightheadedness	3	8%
Drowsiness	2	5%
Fogginess	2	5%
Loss of short term memory	2	5%
Headaches	1	3%
Felt like I was high	1	3%
Addiction	1	3%
Itching (pruritus)	1	3%
mania	1	3%
Stomach ache	1	3%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 14 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen. See all 87 dosages ►

1000 mg all the time (24/7)	10 mg all the time (24/7)	10 mg as needed	10mg as needed	1g as needed	1mg as needed	2000mg as needed	2 325mg-10mg as needed	2 660mg-10mg as needed	2 750mg-7.5mg as needed	2 x 325 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	300mg as needed	325 mg-10 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg-10mg as needed	325 mg-5 mg all the time (24/7)	325mg as needed	3 500mg-7.5mg as needed	350mg as needed	40 mg all the time (24/7)	4 500mg-5mg as needed	4 660mg-10mg as needed	500mg-10mg as needed	500 mg-5 mg as needed	500mg-5mg as needed	500mg-7.5mg as needed	500 mg as needed	500mg as needed	50mg as needed	5 mg as needed	5mg as needed	5tab(s) as needed	650mg as needed	660mg-10mg as needed	750mg-7.5mg as needed	750mg as needed	7.5 mg as needed	7.5mg as needed	as needed	daily	mg as needed	2 tab(s) daily	3 mg daily	5 mg daily	7.5 mg daily	10 mg daily	325 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	15 mg daily	20 mg daily	40 mg daily	50 mg daily	275 mg daily	325 mg daily	500 mg-10 mg daily	500 mg-5 mg daily	500 mg daily	2 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	650 mg daily	750 mg-10 mg daily	750 mg-7.5 mg daily	750 mg daily	3 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	1000 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	2 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	2 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	1500 mg daily	2 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-10 mg/15 mL daily	3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	3 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	5 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	6 x 325 mg-7.5 mg daily	2000 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-10 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	4 x 500 mg-7.5 mg daily	8 x 325 mg-10 mg daily	3000 mg daily	4 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	6 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	5 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily	6 x 650 mg-10 mg daily	8 x 500 mg-5 mg daily	8 x 750 mg-7.5 mg daily
1	1	4	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	22	3	1	10	1	2	9	1	1	1	4	6	1	9	1	3	2	1	1	3	3	6	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	15	5	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	6	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	16	30%
Other	15	28%
Doctor's advice	14	26%
Course of treatment ended	8	15%
Side effects too severe	3	6%
Personal research	2	4%
Not indicated	1	2%

See all 50 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
3	4	11	24	31	42

Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
11	8	9	7	6	10

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	21	54%
Usually	15	38%
Sometimes	3	8%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	0	0%
Somewhat	5	13%
A little	10	26%
Not at all	24	62%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	3	8%
< $25	27	69%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 39 patient evaluations

dbrister

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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dbrister

10mg as needed

since Sep 04, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects Mild
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RMSMITH0318

Sex: F

Sensation: Severe

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: severe

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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RMSMITH0318

10mg as needed

since Sep 11, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips You must use it only as directed to avoid complications like overdose and addiction. Follow your doctors orders and try other means of pain relief first befo... See full evaluation

Mare

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: None

Cognition: mild

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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Mare

500mg-7.5mg as needed

since Oct 20, 2008
Efficacy Major for Pain
Side Effects None
See full evaluation

See all 39 patient evaluations

Forum

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Report created on November 21, 2009.

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