Drug Information: Vicodin

Vicodin has a high psychological dependence and a high physical dependence. The chronic use of Vicodin can cause you to build up a tolerance for the drug. To get the same effect as the first time you took Vicodin, you would have to take more and more pills; people who abuse the drug must take large numbers of pills as their tolerance grows. It has been documented that some long-term Vicodin abusers take up to 100+ pills per day.

Another danger of abusing Vicodin is that it contains Acetaminophen (tylenol) of which long-term use or abuse can cause liver damage or failure. Symptoms of withdrawal include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, involuntary leg movements, watery eyes, runny nose, loss of appetite, irritability, panic, nausea, chills, and sweating. Taking a large single dose of an opioid could cause severe respiratory depression that can lead to death. Effects of an overdose are clammy skin, convulsions, slow and shallow breathing, coma, and possible death.

Some side effects of using this drug are fast or slow heartbeat, trouble breathing, swelling of the face, hives, skin rash, itching, hallucinations, changes in behavior, severe confusion or tiredness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, drowsiness, dizziness or weakness, dry mouth, nausea or vomiting, constipation, headache, and blurred vision.

Vicodin and other hydrocodone drugs can cause psychic and physical dependence after several weeks of continued use and mild physical dependence after only a few days. Also, Vicodin abuse has recently been linked to causing deafness in some long-term abusers.

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