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To: Viva La Homeschool
Vicodin useage can cause deafness

Only if you jam them into your ears. Opiates do not cause hearing loss.

111 posted on 10/08/2001 10:44:40 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: corkoman
Vicodin useage can cause deafness

Only if you jam them into your ears. Opiates do not cause hearing loss.

You are wrong about vicodin...

and I am not saying that Rush uses vicodin - I don't know if he does

but it is linked to haering loss...

Misuse of Pain Drug Linked to Hearing Loss

Deafness: Doctors in L.A. and elsewhere have identified at least 48 cases tied to prolonged misuse of Vicodin and other comparable prescription medicines.

"The lack of information is what I’m most furious about. That, and the proclivity of doctors to write prescriptions for Vicodin like it’s candy."

-- CHRISTINA JAEGER By LINDA MARSA, TIMES HEALTH WRITER

A powerful and potentially addictive painkiller used by millions of Americans is causing rapid hearing loss, even deafness, in some patients who are misusing the drug, according to hearing researchers in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

REST OF STORY...

182 posted on 10/08/2001 11:18:59 AM PDT by krodriguesdc
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To: corkoman
Vicodin useage can cause deafness

Only if you jam them into your ears. Opiates do not cause hearing loss.

You are wrong about vicodin...

and I am not saying that Rush uses vicodin - I don't know if he does

but it is linked to hearing loss...

Misuse of Pain Drug Linked to Hearing Loss

Deafness: Doctors in L.A. and elsewhere have identified at least 48 cases tied to prolonged misuse of Vicodin and other comparable prescription medicines.

"The lack of information is what I’m most furious about. That, and the proclivity of doctors to write prescriptions for Vicodin like it’s candy."

-- CHRISTINA JAEGER By LINDA MARSA, TIMES HEALTH WRITER

A powerful and potentially addictive painkiller used by millions of Americans is causing rapid hearing loss, even deafness, in some patients who are misusing the drug, according to hearing researchers in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

REST OF STORY...

184 posted on 10/08/2001 11:19:18 AM PDT by krodriguesdc
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