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Help,

If your friend is concerned about having an addiction problem, she does need help. The first step is to see a doctor and ask for a referral to a pain specialist who also has experience treating addictions. That way, both issues can be addressed.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

I have a friend that takes up to 30 10 mg lortab a day. She has chronic pain and realizes she has an addiction but is afraid to stop taking the medication due to the severe pain she suffers. She would go into rehab but wonders what can be done for the severe pain she suffers. She has tried to cut down on her dosage but cannot without help. I am so concerned for her health as is she. Please help.

-- Contributed by: Help

Concerned:

A doctor or a pharmacist can tell you whether these medications will have harmful side effects when taken together. Please consult one to get the information you need.

Jodee Redmond, LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

My mother recently had back surgery and I am concerned with the amount of pain medications that she is taking- She has been taking many of these for many months prior to her surgery due to the extreme pain that she has been in. I jotted down a few of the meds she had taken today, Oxycodone 325 mg 4 pills from 5 am to 11:00 pm Dexamethasone 3 pills from 5 am to 11:00 pm Gabapentin 300 mg( I did not write this one down but she has taken today) Diazepam 5 mg 2 pills from 5am to 11:00 pm Aleve 2 pills from 5 am to 11:00 pm

Other pills that she had in her pill box but I am unsure if she takes daily are Tramadol Amitryptyline

Please advise if I should be concerned-

Thank You

-- Contributed by: concerned

Hi P. Jenkins,

Does your son-in-law admit that he needs help? Some people need to hit their own rock bottom before they will seek treatment. If he is stumbling around and passing out, then it sounds like he is being overmedicated. He needs to be encouraged to tell his doctor what is going on and to ask for help in getting treatment.

Take care.

JC Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

Hi Notme,

Vicodin contains acetaminophen, which is the main ingredient in Tylenol. Some medications contain acetaminophen and caffeine, since caffeine gives the pain-relieving power of acetaminophen a boost. The person you are describing might be trying to get some extra pain relief by consuming caffeine and vicodin.

JC Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

I am deeply concerned about my son-in-law. He has been on pain medication since this last July, when he was hospitalized with a serious blood infection. He was unemployed for several months afterward, and while at home is when he started taking too much pain medication. He has returned to his job, drives, but still says that he is in terrible pain from time to time. His doctors have told him that should not be so, by now. Yet, he is still able to get these strong meds refilled. My daughter (his wife) and their children are very worried as well. They never know when "daddy" is going to start stumbling around, talk like he is in a stuper, or pass out - sometimes in the middle of a meal, or fall on top of one of the children. After a long sleep, he doesn't remember any of this behavior - even denies doing it. He also drinks beer, soda, and several cups of coffee each day.

This is an educated, loving husband and father. But, not any more. I am afraid of how far this nightmare is going to go. And I fear for ALL of them.

-- Contributed by: P. Jenkins

What if someone is taking vicodin and also seems to be drinking a lot of drinks with caffeine?

-- Contributed by: Notme
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