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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 1172 271 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 450 112 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 100 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain in lower back 80 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Back pain 77 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Muscle pain 71 30 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 1962 patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 27
Moderate
 109
Mild
 186
None
 159

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

Constipation 89
Nausea 36
Sleepiness 34
Drowsiness 24
Brain fog 18
Stomach pain 16
See all 121 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen. See all 264 dosages ►

  500mg-5mg as needed 2 500mg-5mg as needed 750mg-7.5mg as needed 325mg-10mg as needed 500mg-7.5mg as needed 500 mg-5 mg daily 2 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 4 x 325 mg-10 mg daily 3 x 500 mg-5 mg daily 4 x 500 mg-5 mg daily
  287 Number of Patients: 287 44 Number of Patients: 44 48 Number of Patients: 48 71 Number of Patients: 71 49 Number of Patients: 49 132 Number of Patients: 132 68 Number of Patients: 68 68 Number of Patients: 68 77 Number of Patients: 77 41 Number of Patients: 41  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 109   Other: 29%
Did not seem to work 107   Did not seem to work: 28%
Doctor's advice 79   Doctor's advice: 21%
Course of treatment ended 73   Course of treatment ended: 19%
Side effects too severe 46   Side effects too severe: 12%
Personal research 18   Personal research: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 11   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Expense 7   Expense: 2%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 1%

See all 364 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

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

Stopped Taking Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

Always
 274 57%
Usually
 132 27%
Sometimes
 66 14%
Never
 9 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

Very
 14 3%
Somewhat
 47 10%
A little
 76 16%
Not at all
 344 72%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen

$200+
 1 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 7 2%
$25-49
 24 7%
< $25
 310 91%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.