Vicodin.

[cliffordu]

Crushed the end of my index finger on my left hand today. Almost tore it off from the looks of it. Had the nail cut off at the emergency room and some happy drugs to take the edge off.

Please type slow, I'm having trouble tracking.


:dunce:

[spanone]

1. i hate it when that happens.....take care

:hi:

[cliffordu]

2. Thanks -

It was my own idiotic fault.....

:hi:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. That stuff is bad for you. Don't take it.

Mail it to me.

[cliffordu]

5. cool. Right away

:rofl:

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Made me click

I thought it was an offer.

I'm sorry for your mishap, I hope you have a complete and speedy recovery.
Sad reason to use Hydrocodone though.

[cliffordu]

6. I know, it's a lot more fun whem it's not needed. And thanks for the good thoughts....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. grew once, will come back.

be wary of the Vike, tho.

I recently was crushed inside my car by a drunk going 15 MPH over the limit, thru a red light, and drunk as a skunk. She was fine, my back and broken leg were not. And are not. and may never be.
Vicodin did not help the pain, so much, as it made you not care. Nor remember, nor think about it, nor . . . . what were we discussing?

The failure of big pharma to find a great painkiller, that has no bad side effec . . . . wait. My surgeon told me about one. He strongly rec'ced it, but taint legal in Illinois.
Something called mary jane, or marijuanita, or something. He said, "no mental goof up like vicodin, no liver problems like any narcotic or NSAID, no permanency, no addiction, and no problems with it . . . except for it being illegal."

[cliffordu]

8. Actually, my friend says the same thing....

I used to be a viper for fun but I'll have to try it for therapy. Strictly medicinal, of course.


:rofl:



And on a serious note....

I hope you heal completely.


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[mwooldri]

9. Nice post, Dr. House.

Seriously: hope your finger gets better. :hug:

[cliffordu]

11. Thanks.....

:rofl:

My wife says I'm just like him........

[sendero]

23. Well for a short time..

.. you CAN be just like him. :)

[cobalt1999]

10. A couple of years ago, my foot tried to battle a boat prop and lost

I sent some crazy emails while trying to work from home the next couple of days.

[cliffordu]

13. Good Gawd....

Now I can't feel quite so sorry for myself.....

I hope you healed well...

[TahitiNut]

12. What strength? 5mg hydrocodone and 500 mg acetaminophen?

They make a 10mg/660mg called Vicodin HP and a 7.5mg/750mg called Vicodin ES

You can also get Lortab (another brand) in 2.5/500, 5/500, 7.5/500, and 10/500 of hydrocordone and acetaminophen.

DON'T do more than 4000mg acetaminophen daily! (Could cause liver damage.)

[cliffordu]

14. I fporgpot to tell you about the heroin sidecar....

Rush ought to be here with some Oxy pretty soon....

:rofl:

[sendero]

38. The..

... 10/325s are the best. The most of the useful hydrocodone, the least of the toxic acetaminophen :)

[TahitiNut]

42. Sounds good ... who makes em? (Oh... I see. Several mfgrs.)

My mother is on 7.5/500s @4hr for a fractured L4 vertebra and her liver is not the healthiest.

[cliffordu]

45. Geeze....can I haz won for din din???

[sendero]

46. I see that..

... you are a connoisseur. Tip of the hat to you :)

[dysfunctional press]

50. i take the 7.5's...

but i always get vicoprofen, because i have no use for acetaminophen.

[Cetacea]

51. Acetaminophen=liver failure, plus, it doesn't do jack n/t

[sufrommich]

15. Enjoy . It's not difficult to understand how people get

addicted to that stuff. It's very pleasant. :hippie:

[cliffordu]

17. My lovely spousal unit is doling it out to me like it was drugs or something.

Damn my finger hurts....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

29. my best wishes.

trust me, pain and I have been close acquaintences since August. the best part is when the drops down to bearable. On those few occasions that it does.

You will have three stages to deal with.
a) the immediate, horrible recognition (and pain) of having your carbon based bag of mostly water damaged.
the recovery takes time, and it will throb and THROB, then feel tolerable, then FUCKING THROB!.
b) as you recover, you will find your other hand doing things it never did before, even though that "asset" was never your goal.
c) the nail regrowth can be a real bitch. or as my ortho surgeon said, "Take my wife. Please."

TRULY, it does get better, but you will be frustrated, sorry to say.

But remember, that Big Pharma spent a billion promoting Vioxx which did not work as well or as safely as the painkiller they were replacing.
Let's all raise your injured finger to Big Pharma in thanks. (would it by chance, be the middle one?)

[cliffordu]

31. Nah, Index....Too bad....

Thanks for your thoughts and timeline for recovery.

I stabbed myself in the forehead with the corner of a tiled wall once..(actually I was slammed into one) and had to take four small staples in my skull....and 16 on the outside to repair the damage....

This ain't as exciting as that was, but more irritating, perhaps.....

[walkaway]

16. I took it all day... every day for two months after accident.

I'm not sure if it helped that much with the pain but my attitude through the ordeal was great. I was a little pissy when I stopped but I didn't lose any friends. I hope.

[cliffordu]

18. It's kind of like coming off a bender for me....not much fun, just stupider

than usual....

[jus_the_facts]

19. I got mepergans a couple times.....

....make vicoden seem like baby aspirins! :silly:

[cliffordu]

22. OOOOOOh...I used to get cluster headaches and got those.....

the worked REAL GOOD!!!

[midnight]

20. O my, that sounds painful. Glad to hear they gave you something

to deal with the pain.

[cliffordu]

24. I wish thry could give me something for my bruised ego.

it was a stupid mistake....

[leftstreet]

21. I thought this was gonna be another Rush Limbaugh thread

Hang in there

:hi:

[cliffordu]

25. Thanks, my friend!!

:hi:

[sammythecat]

26. I had a 3 year love affair with hydrocodone

several years ago.

The break up was hell, but while it was good it was very good indeed. :-)

[MiniMe]

27. Had a tooth pulled last week, and I'm right there with you

What is your name again?

[cliffordu]

28. Scooter? Cooter?? pooter??

Wait a minute, lemme see...

Haynes.

Thats what it says on my underwear....

[Warpy]

30. Keep track of what you're taking

Oh, the hydrocodone won't hurt you but the Tylenol they put in with it might if you lose track of things and take too much.

Put that hand up in the air, flake out on the couch, and enjoy the haze as you veg out in front of the TV. You've earned the right.

Just watch that Tylenol intake, m'kay?

[cliffordu]

32. My wife and I have 23 years in the program...we dole the drugs out

for each other on a rigorous schedule when they are abolutely neccessary....and although I've had a couple Vics today, tomorrow will be narcotic-free....


Thanks!!

Tylenol has turned the livers of more than a few people into jelly..I won't take it if I can get away with ibuprophin.

[Warpy]

33. Take them if you need them.

but I think you already know that.

Congratulations on the 23 years, by the way. That's an amazing achievement, one lousy day at a time.

[cliffordu]

34. ...Yow!!

:hi:

[dysfunctional press]

48. there's a way around the tylenol thing...

next time- ask your dr. to prescribe vicoprofen.

[lonestarnot]

35. Oh no. Damn! Ouch!

Poor thing, I hope you're right handed. Hand injuries are the worst. :hug:

[cliffordu]

39. Left index finger...I was using a chopsaw.....

and the piece of wood I was cutting rotated, crushing my finger between the work and the steel guide....

[lonestarnot]

43. San don donia! Sympathy pain here. Now my back and my left index finger both hurt!

Take good care of it and keep it dry. Guess they told you that :P

[cliffordu]

44. Thanks...If the sympathy pain gets to be too much, take two

of these and call me in the morning.....


:rofl:

[leeroysphitz]

36. No percosets? You got ROBBED.

[cliffordu]

40. I know - I was looking for a couple seconal..... or a tuinal

[DJ13]

37. Took the stuff for nearly two years after an auto accident

It doesnt work as well as everyone says, but its about the strongest (my ass) pain med doctors will prescribe anymore.

I finally stopped going to the doctor (orthopedist) because vicodin was putting me in such bad moods.

I hurt more, but my general wellbeing is better without that stuff.

[cliffordu]

41. Yep - Like I said above,

I'll take this tonight and go on to the ibuprofen tomorrow...

The doctors are soooo scared of being investigated for prescribing Ugly Drugs, they just won't do it....

[dysfunctional press]

47. Vicoprofen- next time, ask for it by name.

vicodin is hydrocodone and tylenol (acetominophen)...
vicoprofen is hydrocodone and advil(ibuprofen)...

tylenol doesn't do anything for me- i prefer my hydrocodone to be cut with advil.

[csziggy]

49. Cold packs will help with the pain when you are tired of being stupid from the Vicodin

Pain killers have their place - like when a horse tries to rip your arm off or you fold a torn miniscus in your knee - as I have done. But for the long run, cold packs will help without making you as stupid as the drugs.

I found frozen black eyed peas make a great cold pack - they don't drip as they thaw out, can be refrozen as many times as you want and they are cheap. The small peas conform to any body part, too.

I keep a supply of Vicodin around for my bad knees and shoulders - next ortho appointment is end of this coming week. But I HATE taking that crap. Yeah, it can be fun for occasional use, but I think it cuts my IQ in half. My doctors know how much I hate it so they let me refill it without going in every time since I refuse to take it as much as they recommend.

Edited to add: Glad you didn't do worse by your finger - my uncle cut three of his off in a table saw. They were re=attached and kinda worked until he passed away ten years later.

[RushIsRot]

52. My dentist prescribed that stuff after gum surgery, but I took one,

didnt like the feeling, and went back to my usual pain killer, alcohol. Works much better on me.