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[zzdank]

Hi everyone just a quick question. I got wisdom teeth out and got vicodin prescribed. So before going to pick up the pescription i found my other vicodin pescription which was about 2 years and 5 months expired. Well anyway after a couple hours i vomited yellow color and it tasted sour and i got a rash on my face. It is still there after a couple days. So my question is why did this happen? was it because the pescription was old or just a bad reaction to vicodin? :(

[painretreat]

Hi everyone just a quick question. I got wisdom teeth out and got vicodin prescribed. So before going to pick up the pescription i found my other vicodin pescription which was about 2 years and 5 months expired. Well anyway after a couple hours i vomited yellow color and it tasted sour and i got a rash on my face. It is still there after a couple days. So my question is why did this happen? was it because the pescription was old or just a bad reaction to vicodin? :(
most likely bad reaction to vitamin V: did u take something like Benadryl for the rash? I'd say, don't take Vic. again!! 35 yrs. ago, we didn't bother with expiration dates! 5 mos. is nothing! A reaction could be serious, next time I hope u seek help before a few days pass. By the way, every time u take something u r allergic to---it gets worse the next time! Good luck!:)

[zzdank]

Acctualy i have taken vicodin before without any reaction. I took 5 7.5 this time because i thought it lost most of its power. I took a benadryl with the vicodin acctualy because i get itchy on vicodin. Am thinking it had something to do with tylenol. Does what happens to old tylenol? loses power increases or changes into somthing?

[painretreat]

have u tried tylenol without V in it? Chances are it is the Vic! Not to mention, you took to darn many! How was the buzz? Age of med. is really not the issue--YOU ARE ALLERGIC! Vicocin is synthetic and perhaps it has to do with that more than anything else--stay organic!

[Coelho]

You can use weed for the pain... make some firecrackers, or any other weed edible... if you cant eat solid food, make green dragon! There are several ways to ingesting weed without smoking it, so dont deny yourself such natural, powerful and (why not?) pleasurable painkiller! :thumbsup::stoned::jointsmile::rastasmoke::eat:

[rebgirl420]

Call the Doc about the Vike reaction. You don't want to die.

oh and,

DO NOT SMOKE AFTER YOU HAVE THE WISDOM TEETH OUT!

I had all 4 out a few months ago and you do not want dry socket.
It sucked not smoking for 2 weeks but I'm glad I did.(Here's my teeth haha.

[zzdank]

Thanks reb and co for your respones. I already took the pills tho i feel fine. I can't use any weed smoke or cook because i have a drug test coming up. I guess it was just a bad reaction to tylenol. anyways thanks for all your help.

[rebgirl420]

Yeah your not supposed to take Tylenol with pain killers. They should have told you that.

[stinkyattic]

With an infected tooth or socket, you NEED to go back to the dentist.
You'll probably end up on antibiotics, and likely an anti-inflammatory.
I've removed a post in regards to rec use of perscription drugs. Come on, please leave that subject alone.
Seriously... go back to your dentist if you're having problems. We are not medical professionals here (with a couple notable exceptions, namely FBR, Birdgirl, and Dave Byrd) and can't give good advice.

[zzdank]

With an infected tooth or socket, you NEED to go back to the dentist.
You'll probably end up on antibiotics, and likely an anti-inflammatory.
I've removed a post in regards to rec use of perscription drugs. Come on, please leave that subject alone.
Seriously... go back to your dentist if you're having problems. We are not medical professionals here (with a couple notable exceptions, namely FBR, Birdgirl, and Dave Byrd) and can't give good advice.

Yea i went back and he gave cepaxilin or something and vicoprofen. I did not use it as rec i should of stated it better. I accidently took too much it was anything but fun. So i guess i just took too much apap because i thought the pills would of lost most of its power. Anyways thanks a lot stinky and reb. :thumbsup::

[painretreat]

With an infected tooth or socket, you NEED to go back to the dentist.
You'll probably end up on antibiotics, and likely an anti-inflammatory.
I've removed a post in regards to rec use of perscription drugs. Come on, please leave that subject alone.
Seriously... go back to your dentist if you're having problems. We are not medical professionals here (with a couple notable exceptions, namely FBR, Birdgirl, and Dave Byrd) and can't give good advice.
Thanks Stinky, by the time he posted most of this--it was really too late to do anything. If I implied rec. use of prescribed med, it was not intentional. Was surprised he took so much of something he was allergic to and lived to write about it!

[painretreat]

With an infected tooth or socket, you NEED to go back to the dentist.
You'll probably end up on antibiotics, and likely an anti-inflammatory.
I've removed a post in regards to rec use of perscription drugs. Come on, please leave that subject alone.
Seriously... go back to your dentist if you're having problems. We are not medical professionals here (with a couple notable exceptions, namely FBR, Birdgirl, and Dave Byrd) and can't give good advice.
Stinky--sorry to make u work so hard; am a noob and still learning the rules; my sincerest apology! thanks 2 ur hard work (and the other mods) this is a very resourceful site and I would feel bad to cause it a problem. I have found it a little difficult to navigate, but getting the hang and PROMISE, I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER. Almost have my legal card now. With all the reading, I AM LEARNING. Maybe a list, like most sites, to list the regulations and a box that states "I agree" would help with a dim wit like me to using new sites would help WITH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF YOUR DEDICATION!

[FakeBoobsRule]

I doubt this had anything to do with the medicine being old. It might not have even been expired. Depending on your state pharmacy laws, some states require the expiration date of the medicine to be written on the prescription bottle as based on what is written on the stock bottle in the pharmacy (stock bottle meaning the big bottle the pills are sitting in on the pharmacy shelf that fill up your little prescription bottle). Other states may require an expiration date based on when the prescription was filled (sometimes 6 months from the day it was filled, sometimes a year). Some states require no information on expiration on the prescription label. Some labels have a default date on it from a year from when the prescription was filled because the system might be set up to put dates on the labels but the state doesn't require them. It's all very confusing but if you are getting a commonly prescribed drug the turnover is quick so you are getting a prescrition that might not expire for several years. Generic vicodin is commonly prescribed so there is high turnover and "fresh" pills. Expiration doesn't necessarily mean it turns rancid but that it has lost some of its effectiveness. They try to base it on if stored at ideal conditions how long before it becomes only 80% effective then factor in the fact that people often times don't store meds in ideal conditions to come up with expiration dates, not when it turns poisonous. Some drugs do suffer "major breakdowns" like aspirin which will turn to vinegar if old or stored in damp conditions but vicodin is pretty "stable." On top of all of that, they short date the expiration dates. If it says Aug of 2008 it probably really expires in May 2009 or about 9-12 months later than when they say. It's an additional factor to make sure people are getting effective medicine. Me, I take expired meds all the time I really don't care when it comes to some things, not all but some.


Don't take this as written in stone by any means or your sole source of medical advice meant to replace your doctor but most of the time if you take a narcotic pain killer and you throw up then this is falling under the category of adverse reaction and not allergy. I'll talk about the rash in a second. It is normal for many people to feel the side effect of nausea and possibly vomiting from hydrocodone (vicodin) as well as other narcotic pain killers. This doesn't necessarily mean you are allergic to the medicine but it makes you sick to your stomach.

The skin rash is a lot tougher to talk about because there is a range of skin problems from side effect to adverse reaction to allergic reaction. A lot of people complain that their nose itches or their hair stands on end or flushing when taking narcotic pain killers. These are side effects that many people experience. Other times it is a definite rash and not flushing. Best advice, call your doctor and talk to them about it.

There's a histamine release that can be associated with some painkillers but that really is most common with morphine so we won't talk about that.

If you have trouble breathing or it feels like your throat is swelling shut after you take a med, hopefully no one needs to point out this is almost always a very serious allergic reaction, sometimes anaphylactic, and you should call your doctor and maybe 911.

You were probably throwing up bile. Some doctors will say that if your vomits contains bile you should be seen. If it is a small amount and you hadn't eaten for many hours others may disregard this as duodenogastric reflux (bile flowing back into the stomach from the small intestine) and may opt for a wait and see approach. You should call your doctor and tell them and let them decide, although this advice is a little late!