[Aggie Mama]

I had the exact opposite reaction to hydrocodone. I just recently had a c-section and my doctor gave me the hydrocodone to have for the pain once I got out of the hospital.

I thought I was just experiencing post-partum hormones, but it turned out the hydrocodone made me loopy. My skin itched, it gave me anxiety attacks and I had terrible insomnia. My dr. prescribed something else, but I opted to take a larger dose of Motrin for the pain. It didn't really help for the surgical pain, but it was better than being crazy from the medicine.

[Dog Gone]

That is exactly the reaction my wife had to that drug after her hysterectomy. I like the drug, which is bad, and she can't stand it.

Ideally, we'd both be indifferent.

[MarkL]

I had the exact opposite reaction to hydrocodone. I just recently had a c-section and my doctor gave me the hydrocodone to have for the pain once I got out of the hospital.

I thought I was just experiencing post-partum hormones, but it turned out the hydrocodone made me loopy. My skin itched, it gave me anxiety attacks and I had terrible insomnia. My dr. prescribed something else, but I opted to take a larger dose of Motrin for the pain. It didn't really help for the surgical pain, but it was better than being crazy from the medicine.

I know that I'm hypersensative to hydrocodone. If I have to take one for pain, I need to find a place to lie down for about 8 or 9 hours. I had them perscribed for pain of an extruded disk in my back, as well as for shingles. Luckily, I'm not "alergic" to it. I've heard that some people do have an alergic reaction to certain opiates. A radio talk show host was talking about just that sort of reaction to codene. He had to go to the hospital, and was saying how he was itching all over, and his airways actually begain to close.

Mark