Vicodin: Pain killers without nausea as a side effect?

Question

I stretched some tendons in my foot and was having severe pain. The doctor prescribed me VICODIN and I was a bit worried because I tried one once a few years ago and threw it up. So after eating, I took one and fell asleep only to wake up nauseated. After it passed, I ate again, and took another one. I got really nauseated again. Is there something with the same effectiveness without nausea?? Thanks! P.S. It did help the pain tremendously but I hate feeling sick...

Answer 1

Try paracetomol or peniciline; these are generally two pain killers which have few side effects.

EDIT: Also, go to your doctor and see if they can do anything about the nauseaic side effects, maybe he could prescribe you another drug that may be helpful.

Answer 2

did u tell your doctor about ur past encounter with this drug? It's a good idea to be opinionated, pushy and a bit bitchy when dealing with a doctor. I was told that pushy and opinionated patients get better service - u pay a lot anyway. Mayb the doctor has his/her reason but if the N & V continuous, go back to ur doctor or run to the hospital

try NSAIDs

Answer 3

No.  There are no effective opiate drugs (or drugs as effective that aren't opiates) that don't cause gastrointestinal side-effects.  All of these drugs act on the same type of receptors, namely the mu, delta, and to a small extent kappa opioid receptors.  The only way to avoid these side effects is to take a different class of drug that acts on a different receptor.

Answer 4

There are other prescription painkillers which may not cause the side effects that you have mentioned-ask your doctor. The only other thing I can suggest is topical application of treatment. Try Ibuprofen gel-it doesn't work as well but may help. Again check with your doctor first.

By the way, penicillin is not a painkiller, its an antibiotic. And to the poster that said tell your doctor what to do-don't. But you are allowed to tell them about your symptoms and any good doctor (most of them, in my experience) will respond to that and suggest something else.