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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 61 11
Other 7 3
Headaches 4 0
degenerative cervical disc 2 0
Support another treatment 1 1
Back pain 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 7%
Moderate
4 29%
Mild
2 14%
None
7 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
4 29%
Constipation
3 21%
Loss of short term memory
2 14%
Nausea
1 7%
Stomach ache
1 7%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vicodin. See all 24 dosages ►

  1g as needed 2000mg as needed 350mg as needed 4 500mg-5mg as needed 500mg-5mg as needed 500mg as needed 50mg as needed 5mg as needed 5tab(s) as needed 750mg as needed 7.5mg as needed as needed mg as needed 2 tab(s) daily 3 mg daily 10 mg daily 500 mg-5 mg daily 500 mg daily 2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 1500 mg daily 3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 6 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 8 x 500 mg-5 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 17 Number of Patients: 17 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vicodin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
6 38% Doctor's advice: 38%
Did not seem to work
5 31% Did not seem to work: 31%
Other
3 19% Other: 19%
Side effects too severe
2 13% Side effects too severe: 13%
Course of treatment ended
2 13% Course of treatment ended: 13%
Personal research
1 6% Personal research: 6%

See all 16 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
2
1
3
10
8
15

Stopped Taking Vicodin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
5
1
2
4
1
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
9 64%
Usually
5 36%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
3 21%
A little
2 14%
Not at all
9 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
11 79%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.