You can check the amount of acetaminophen in your medicines in 2 ways. Acetaminophen is safe and works well to reduce fever and aches and pains. However, too much of a good thing can be dangerous.
Do not double doses. Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing. Hydrocodone can cause serious unwanted effects or fatal overdose if taken by children, pets, or adults who are not used to strong narcotic pain medicines. Make sure you store the medicine in a safe and secure place to prevent others from getting it. Drop off any unused narcotic medicine at a drug take-back location right away.
If you do not have a drug take-back location near you, flush any unused narcotic medicine down the toilet. Check your local drug store and clinics for take-back locations. You can also check the DEA web site for locations. Here is the link to the FDA safe disposal of medicines website: www.
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If you need to use one of these drugs with acetaminophen-hydrocodone, the dosage of one or both drugs should be reduced. Taking this medication with drugs that increase the amount of a chemical called serotonin in your body can cause a serious problem. This problem, called serotonin syndrome, can be fatal. Tell your doctor if you are taking any of these medications:. Taking this medication with drugs that can inhibit activity of certain liver enzymes can increase the amount of hydrocodone in your body and cause more side effects.
You may have increased breathing problems or drowsiness. Examples of these drugs include:. Taking this medication with drugs that can increase activity of certain liver enzymes can lower the amount of hydrocodone or acetaminophen in your body. You may need a higher dose of this medication to control your pain.
However, because drugs interact differently in each person, we cannot guarantee that this information includes all possible interactions.
Always speak with your healthcare provider about possible interactions with all prescription drugs, vitamins, herbs and supplements, and over-the-counter drugs that you are taking. Taking it again could be fatal cause death. Drinking alcohol while taking this medication may cause:. For people with head injury: If you have a head injury, hydrocodone may cause increased pressure in your brain and cause breathing problems.
For people with stomach problems: Use caution taking this drug if you have intestinal obstruction, ulcerative colitis, or constipation. This medication may worsen your symptoms. For people with severe kidney disease: This drug may build up in your body, which can cause trouble breathing and other side effects.
For people with lung disease: If you have lung disease, you might have trouble breathing if you take this medication. For people with severe liver disease: If you have severe liver disease, your risk of liver failure is increased. Also, this drug may build up in your body, which can cause trouble breathing and other side effects.
For people with prostate enlargement: If you have an enlarged prostate, taking acetaminophen-hydrocodone may cause increased difficulty in urination. For people with asthma : If you have severe or uncontrolled asthma, do not use this medication without talking to your doctor. You may have to take the first few doses in a monitored setting. For pregnant women: This drug is a category C pregnancy drug.
Known or suspected GI obstruction, including paralytic ileus. Addiction, abuse, and misuse. Life-threatening respiratory depression. Accidental ingestion. Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Cytochrome P 3A4 interaction. Risks from concomitant use with benzodiazepines or other CNS depressants. Life-threatening respiratory depression; monitor within first 24—72hrs of initiating therapy and following dose increases.
Accidental exposure may cause fatal overdose esp. COPD, cor pulmonale, decreased respiratory reserve, hypoxia, hypercapnia, or pre-existing respiratory depression; monitor and consider non-opioid analgesics.
Abuse potential monitor.
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