I was wondering if anyone has experienced insomnia with Lortab and/or Darvocet.
About two weeks ago my GI prescribed Darvocet for me for pain until I have an ERCP with manomentry (spelling???) done. I have quite a bit of pain. I would say that if it doesn't qualify as all the time then at least 95% of the time I have some level of pain. Of course the range of pain differs, but it is always there. I explained this to the doctor and he asked how I was managing the pain (I had been in the hospital for six days on morphine for pain about two weeks earlier). I explained that I was loading up on over-the-counter meds (Advil, Alieve, Motrin, etc. - trying to stay away from Tylenol in case I would have to have blood work done knowing it can interfere with liver results). He said that he didn't want me taking the over-the-counter meds because of the gastritis I was diagnosed with and because they are "rough on the the kidneys", so he prescribed Darvocet for me to take. He specified for me to take it when the pain began. Not to wait until it got really bad. I IN NO WAY ASKED HIM FOR A PAIN MED OF ANY KIND.
Well, evey time I take a Darvocet I sleep approximate 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours at night. I am dead tired but cannot sleep. I take Librax which causes drowziness and Reglan whcih also causes drowziness, but as soon as I take the Darvocet I cannot sleep. I also had this problem with the Lortab right after I had galbladder surgery - couldn't sleep. Normally I can drink a Coke, or before I had surgery, coffee, and fall asleep within 2 minutes, not anymore.