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How Can Side Effects Of Hydrocodone Be Managed?

My new Hydrocodone prescription is not working and I am having bad side effects. The old pills were Norco tablets which were yellow. The new tablets are white and already I have already gotten two different batches of the white pills. The current tabs say 10 on one side and hard to read but maybe 0 and 356 or 358 on the other side. These are different numbers on the white Hydrocodone tabs I received last month after the switch from the yellow Norco tabs they say are not available anymore. The pharmacies just throw up their hands and say well we get what they send us and my doctors seem to also be uninformed and unsympathetic. These new white tabs may have the same ingredients but as thousands are complaining about online, they DO NOT work nearly as well. We are all experiencing more pain. Please tell me there is an answer here for the millions of us who are experiencing less relief from the change in Hydrocodone tablets. They have declared an Opioid crisis but if their answer is to change the medicine to the point that it does not work, they are going to push honest people who are legitimately sick and have real pain to additional drugs to compensate for the difference between what we were all getting in relief from the yellow Norco to this nonsense we are getting now.
Mon, 16 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

* As per my clinical experience, I think there may be some manufacturing issue with the ingredients giving less potent drug molecules, anyway that is the issue to be solved by your FDA department, here I can suggest for your case.

- Deep breathing exercises, meditations with YOGA will prove major recovery items.

- Maintain sleep of at least 5 - 6 hrs.

- Maintain hydration with plenty of liquids.

- Use paracetamol every 8 hourly after discussion with your treating doc.

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How Can Side Effects Of Hydrocodone Be Managed?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. * As per my clinical experience, I think there may be some manufacturing issue with the ingredients giving less potent drug molecules, anyway that is the issue to be solved by your FDA department, here I can suggest for your case. - Deep breathing exercises, meditations with YOGA will prove major recovery items. - Maintain sleep of at least 5 - 6 hrs. - Maintain hydration with plenty of liquids. - Use paracetamol every 8 hourly after discussion with your treating doc. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.