Hydrocodon Acetaminoph 7.5 -325

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My Dr. Switched my medication from hydrocodon-acetaminophn 10 - 325 to the 7.5 -325 starting this month Dec. 3rd. That's when I got them from the pharmacy,so I've been taking them for 10 days. For the last 3 days I've had a headache the worst one was yesterday OMG I thought my head was gonna explode,plus I had the chills(like 8 blankets ,heat on high ) I took my medication and finally somehow fell asleep. Woke up 6 hrs later and hooray my headache is gone but I still had awful back pain, so I take my medication again ,it's been 6 hrs since the last one, 1/2 hour later my headache is back and just as bad as it was earlier.Now it's Sat. Night so Dr isn't in and I won't go to the ER . What can I do for the pain for now until Monday morn.? Can I take Tylenol or ibuprofen ? Please tell me something, I can't take this back pain anymore. I have spinal- stenosis, had a fusion done on L4/L5 in 2012, also a disc. repaired in my neck in 2006..

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It sounds like you're having rebound headaches. They are caused from daily use of some opiates. You can try and reduce the amount and/or how often you take them. If you drink caffeine, you need to stop and see if that helps the headache. Since your dr is reducing your medication, he may already be aware of this but you need to mention it to him.

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Its the filler that's causing those headaches, your body doesn't like it, see if you can just get the medicine oxycodone a lot cheaper too. Then just take an ibuprophen with the oxycodone. They make a 10 oxy too! So! Your in luck There soon going to ban those 10\325,s

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I tend to agree with BL, it's likely rebound headaches, but I tend to think it's caused by the lowering of the dosage. You are bound to suffer some withdrawal and rebound effects, when the dosage is lowered like that.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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They are not going to ban Hydrocodone10/325 Acetaminphen. A dr who prescribes Hydrocodone for a patient may not be willing to prescribe Oxycodone because it is much stronger than the Hydrocodone.

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