can vicodin produce extended pain when being on vicodin for a long period of time

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

I've been on Vicodin for about a year. I take only two a day most of the time, sometimes three. I could use more, but my doctor has told me that I should expect to need pain medication for the rest of my life, so I want to take the least I can possibly get by on. My understanding is that as time goes on, our bodies can get accustomed to the medication so it takes a higher dose to get the same relief. I figure I have to have somewhere to increase to, so I take as little as I can. I also try to take a break from it altogether every 6-8 weeks. I aim for three days off it, but I usually don't make it past two. My PM said some people seem to have success in keeping it effective for longer by doing that, others haven't. By taking a break from it, though, I confirm that it's still doing something for me, and I remember why I'm on it. I'm really hurting by the second day!

If this doesn't help, please clarify what you mean. Thanks.

Emily

I heard this on the news. It's called rebound pain. Your body actually creating pain, for instance you get a headache, you take a pain pill and this goes on a few times. Your body creates pain to get the medication.

I ask the pharmasist about this when I picked up my prescription for vicodin and he said no, your body will not create pain to get this medication. He said this was not the same as the headache thing that was on the news a while back. I hope he is right, because I have been taking it a few weeks for my back pain. It does not work as well as Oxycodone.
I am going to get a micro-D so hopefully soon I will be pain free and medication free and feel great again with exercising, walking, yoga,etc!