This is not the same class of drug that Rush used. It is a class 2, is less addictive and you can take a bunch of them with beer and have a good time before you puke.
This is not the same class of drug that Rush used.
Vicodin is a cocktail of hydrocodone and an OTC analgesic. It is the drug suspected of causing sudden hearing loss, so it seems likely Rush was taking it.
How do you know what Rush was or wasn't taking? He didn't identify the "pain medication". The housekeeper claims she supplied him with hydrocodone, oxycodone, and Vicodin.