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Originally Posted by avlady
I am on hydrocodone/acetomiphen 500/7.5 for my pain in my hip from an accident, and i don't think i could handle it if i was ever taken off of them by the doc, as i've had such terrible reactions when I even missed 1 pill at a certain time of day. Did anyone here ever get off of hydrocondone?
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I was on long acting pain meds plus hydrcodone/acetaminophen 10/325 a short acting pain med for close to two years before my surgery. I was on various hydrcodone meds for years before that. I went off both ahead of schedule. I did wean down going to lessor amounts and down to the 7.5/325s and cutting them in half and increasing time by hours. I was worried about the possibility of withdrawals but did not have any problems. I did find myself much more tired and needed to build up strength. I think I may be more sensitive to pain than I was before but that could be because I am still in the recovery stage of surgery. I'm going to be using a Tens unit for pain instead of medicine which I'm looking forward to. Once I'm pass the 6 month recovery stage I can use anti-inflammatory's to control the arthritis pain.
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