What Are The Red Spots In Vicodin For

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They are added so that one cannot dissolve the pills and administer them intravenously. Go ahead add some water to a pill and you will see what i mean. ## You are so wrong, that's not what they're for. Get help buddy. ## The specs in vicodin is only coloring solely for identification purposes. It helps distinguish them from similar pills. Being a narcotic it helps paramedics identify them in a possible overdose. Its not there to prevent abuse like some believe. ## I'm in treatment now for hep c. Sure am glad I have the strength to erase that enlightening news!!! Anyway, I had a feeling there was something up with that! ## The red spots in Vicodin are a dye so people do not insufflate the pill. They have also started putting blockers in them so people don't feel that ...

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I'm a Disabled Army Combat Veteran and I've had, to no surprise, a slew of different types of hydocodone, but recently the pills I've been issued have red or blue spots in them. I was told by my doctor that the spotted pills absorb into your body faster and therefore begin working faster and last longer, is this fact or fiction? ## Fiction! They are all regular release tablets that will take 15 to 20 minutes to start working and the speckles in some of them make no difference to that. That's just something that the manufacturer decided to do to their tablets to set them apart from the others available on the market. Learn more Vicodin details here. Any such colors and speckles are entirely up to whit and whim and mean nothing whatsoever to the actual absorbency rate of t...

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What are the reddish orange dots on Watson 3202 vicoden? Are they just for a design or is it another medication in the pill, if so what type of medication is the reddish dots made of? ## This tablet contains 5mgs of Hydrocodone and 325mgs of Acetaminophen, the active ingredients in Vicodin, a narcotic pain reliever. And no, the red spots are just the way they designed their pills, they contain no special medication or ingredient. Common side effects may include: nausea, drowsiness, dizziness and dry mouth. Are there any questions or comments? ## Due to all the welfare frauds out there, I'm finding it difficult to find a doctor that will treat my arthritis - due to my age, it's hard enough to get treatment, let alone treatment that works! If less people abused these drugs and too...

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