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TriciaK · 02-24-2011, 08:38 PM

I am taking hydrcodone, 5 + 325, for the severe shoulder and arm pain I am having with the chemo gemzar. It takes the edge off the pain, but I try to take only 2 a day, morning and night. I am prescribed 1 every 6 hours. It makes me sleepy, which is especially good at night. It also makes me dizzy so I am really careful when I take it, since I am so dizzy anyway. I am allergic to morphine and get really strange reactions to anything else except plain tylenol. Good luck--I avoid narcotics as much as possible. Sometimes the pain is easier to handle than the side effects.

02-24-2011, 08:38 PM	#9
TriciaK Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: St. George, UT Posts: 582	Re: what to take for mild pain relief I am taking hydrcodone, 5 + 325, for the severe shoulder and arm pain I am having with the chemo gemzar. It takes the edge off the pain, but I try to take only 2 a day, morning and night. I am prescribed 1 every 6 hours. It makes me sleepy, which is especially good at night. It also makes me dizzy so I am really careful when I take it, since I am so dizzy anyway. I am allergic to morphine and get really strange reactions to anything else except plain tylenol. Good luck--I avoid narcotics as much as possible. Sometimes the pain is easier to handle than the side effects.