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Posted 6/21/2015 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone. I've been on pain meds for a few years now and pretty much the whole time its about 50/50 that I get anxiety and nauseas from it, It is Norco 7.5. I was at the smallest dosage then a few months ago increased, but I can barely tell. Sometimes I take it and feel relieved other times I get nauseas and anxious from it. I need it for the pain but I get scared before I take it at times because I am afraid of feeling sick to my stomach and anxious. Its been years to where my body should be used to it by now but it is always the same thing and has been since day 1. I get horrible migraines weekly, neck/arm/shoulder/back pain from a motor vehicle accident years ago, sciatica. So this should simply be my pain relief not a big scary pill to me worrying if I am going to have a panic attack or feel like I am going to be sick to my stomach. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and maybe an explanation, because it completely frustrates me!!! thank you.
Posted 6/21/2015 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hello.I hate that the medicine that's supposed to give you some relief is causing problems.As far as your stomach problems you could take phenergan with it or maybe eat a yogurt.

Everything causes me anxiety so it's hard to tell if my pain meds have any affect on that.

I take xanax for anxiety so all is pretty good there.

I hope you get things straightened out.

Take care.

Rick
Posted 6/21/2015 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
Tylenol in hydrocodone causes stomach issues for many of us. The trick is to make sure you have something protein based in your stomach before taking the medication.
Posted 6/22/2015 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
Meds have adverse effects as well as allergic reactions and they are not the same thing. Adverse doesn't necessarily mean your allergic to the medication it just causes some untoward effects for some people. Generally the adverse effects dissipate with use but occasionally they never do in some people. For instance nausea is a adverse effect of almost all narcotics and should go away after a few days of taking the med. If it were to increase and get bad you could say then that's a allergic response but in your case it's not worse an not constantly but still uncomfortable so it is a adverse response and most Dr's opt for switching to something a bit different. In this case oxycodone verse thehydrocodone is the mmost common one we see. Talk to your Dr and tell him what you said here and let him know it's a often enough and worrisome enough issue that it makes you hesitate to treat your pain.
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