I also have FMS and ARD...and I take 1-2 Vicodin every six hours day in and day out. This is not the only drug I take either! If your body needs the meds for pain, you can develop a tolerance to them (requiring a higher dosage or change of drug) but I can't see how you can get addicted, since we're not doing it for a 'high' but for pain.
Scan past messages...look for ones from Helen Dynda about tolerance vs. addiction.
Hang in there! kcmo rose
At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Candy wrote:
>
>I'm so glad to have found this message board. I have had several
>surgeries for adhesions. I've had one with a colonectomy, and I had a
>tumor removed from the out side of my stomach. It was 9cm. I had a
>kidney stone last year, and every since then I have had lower abdominal
>and flank pain. It has just gotten worse the last couple of months. I
>have been off work since Feb 21st. I just got finished with a urology
>consult. I went through all the test's including a C-T scan which
>showed nothing. Now my internist is sending me to a surgeon today. I
>don't want another surgery, but can live with this pain either. My doc
>must thinkthink that I am going to be in pain for a long time because he
>gave me 100 Vicodine with one refill. It says that I can take 1-2 every
>6hrs. I tried to stick to one, but it just didn't work. I'm afraid of
>getting addiced to them. Has anyone been addicted to the drugs you have
>to take for this pain? I'm really scared about this. I also have
>fibromyalgia, which is a double whammy!!!!. Thanks for listening to me.
>It's good to have message boards like this so we can vent. Soft hugs to
>all!!!
>
>--
>Candy
>
-- If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.