Ultracet?

[happypill]

whats ultracet? i know its a pain reliever with tylenol, but does it give you the energy and motivation of vike or percs? I ask because I had to change doctors, and while he wasnt too happy to write for the vicodins i have been on for years, he had no problem with ultracet and he gave me a script.....so im basically asking, do people  get addicted to this drug? should i not even start it?

[LeaAnn807]

Old lace?

[vicki595]

Lee Ann~  I have some "old lace"  if you ever need it~  Which you won't!!!

I think happypill has gotten the  answers~

xo

[LeaAnn807]

Hey there!  To answer your question.....Two reasons I think docs freely prescribe it.  1.  They have been told too much BS from the makers of it, and they truly believe it is safe.  2.  They don't get in trouble from the DEA, YET, for prescribing it like they would some painkillers.  Maybe trouble is the wrong word, but it "looks bad" when they give out lots of narcotics.

Seriously, if I had a choice between arsenic and ultracet right now, I would seriously consider just taking the arsenic and getting it over with!!!! : )  The other way would just be too slow!  I have been addicted to just about every controlled drug in the PDR, and ambien and ultram were the worst two I have ever detoxed from....EVER!  Including some Class II narcotics.  It was absolutely awful. And if you remember, both those drugs were said to be "non-habit forming" in the beginning!  I can tell you from personal experience that that is a crock of $hit!  

Did I make myself clear here???????????   LOLOLOLOL  

Have a good night!

Lea Ann

[vicki595]

Wow,Jordan...that sounds like it was rough!  As with so many of us,we start out trying to get pain relief and it turns crazy,bad and awful. My love affair was with barbiturates so I HAD to taper. UGH!!  When I stopped(finally!!) so did the pain. Imagine that!! It only took me 20 years...  So,I've not taken Sub. Are you sure that 12 mgs. is the right dose to start? Is that why you're a bit scared?(A lot scared?)    I thought folks started at a very low dose,like 2mgs.,and went up. But,I don't ever pretend to be a sub expert.It's
way too tricky and I'm always learning. So,that's why I ask. You can enlighten me.  

V.  xo

[JordanKnight]

Me?

I started on Vicodin/Percocet about two years ago. I had balcony collapse from beneath me and broke both feet, collapsed both arches, and tore half the ligaments in both.

I started out taking the recommended dosages, which did nothing for the volume of pain I was in, so I started exceeding it. I naturally ran out much quicker than expected. When I tried to get a refill, my doc told me I needed to wait. Lamenting this to an acquaintance at the time, he mentioned he had a couple hundred he'd sell me. After factoring the doc visits, it was actually cheaper to buy through him. So I did.

Two months later, the pain was pretty much gone, so I stopped taking the meds. That's when I started getting extremely violent WD symptoms. What I SHOULD have done was go and fess up to my doc then and there, but I was scared I'd be arrested, or branded a druggie, or what have you. I bought more, the WD pain went away.

As we all know, tolerances go up, and before I knew it, I was taking 7-10 a day. This scared me, so I went, got signed up with a Sub doc, and switched over. I stayed on Subs for about 5 months until, while working on one of the disaster relief projects after the fires out here in California, the structure we were trying to reinforce collapsed, driving a splinter of wood into my left eye. It hurt. A lot.

Problem was, I was Subs. As you probably know, pain meds do nothing while on Subs, so I got myself around 200 Norco, and started taking them until I got relief. It took about 20 or so a day. As the Subs lapsed and I switched firmly on to Norco, I found myself unable to taper any lower. The Subs themselves had driven my tolerance through the roof.

Here it is, about a year after the splinter, and I've been taking around 30 Norcos a day. I'm switching back to the Subs tomorrow, and I'm going to try and keep it down to around 12mg a day to start, but I'm still scared shi*tless.

[vicki595]

Yes,Jordan,you're right: Theoretically, it does seem to be a better drug to prescribe and many people DON'T have a problem with it...and it's prescribed for folks presumed not
to be addicts.  I mean, what addict says to the doctor:"You know, I abuse meds so be careful what you give me".    On this forum though...we're addicts or related to an addict.
So...we always come from that perspective.

Just curious...how long have you taken Vicodin and relatives?

V. xo