the narcotics could be prescrtibed alone but the FDA won't allow

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When I was living in Europe, I was taking hydrocodone alone. If I wanted to add

acetominaphen, I could or I could leave it out. The hydrocodone came in a pill

by itself. In the US, The FDA won't allow single regular narcotic pills, They

require addition of tylenol to stop drug abuse since thye figured that people

wouldn't take too much of the really dangerous drug- the tylenol. Well wonder

of wonders, drug addicts either don't care or the slightly more interested ones

and more intelligent ones know how to reformulate the pills to make them pure.

Actual patients like us who are not abusing anything are the losers. IF they

don't like the effects of tylenol, remove it. But don't go telling us who have

chronic pain that incomplete pain relief is not good enough and instead we

should switch to no pain relief. I don't take either percocet or vicodin at

this time. I am on lortab 5/500 3 times a day for ages. I don't have liver

issues even with my mtx.

I would rather be on straight hydrocodone since I am on another hepatoxic

drug. But I don't get that choice in this nanny state. Reputable studies show

that something like 95% of pain patients do not become addicts but rather stay

at normal levels of drug usage even for long term. Why are we punishing the 95%

who are the legitimate users? If we simply take out the tylenol, I bet all

those people wouldn't suddenly become addicts. You don't have to take my bet.

You can do comparative studies with European patients and see if they are more

likely to become addicts since they don't add tylenol. It didn't affect my

usage at all. I took it three times a day regardless of the tylenonl or not.

in northern VA woods