I am so sick and scared to take my RX??!!

[daisye14]

Hey everybody just checking in.I am still sick I have a fever,cough all the fun stuff of bronchitis.Atleast it made me quite smoking cigs.Anyways I feel guilty taking the tussionex,does anyone know anything about it,I am not farmiliar with it?Oh well I will check in later hey Mary how are you?Take care everyone,love,kelley.

[bluejulie5]

Originally Posted by Rach18

I would take it. Sounds like you need it bad. Just remember you need it and when it's gone it's gone. Hope you feel better. Don't feel guilty as I know you do but my advice is to just take it and get over your sickness. Rach

I feel exactally the same way that rach does.
You are very sick right now. The fact that you DONT want a narcotic is a great sign, but you need it right now "when its gone its gone".
Take your Dr.s advice, please!!!!!!!!!!
get well soon

[Baseball65]

Originally Posted by daisye14

Hey everybody just checking in.I am still sick I have a fever,cough all the fun stuff of bronchitis.Atleast it made me quite smoking cigs.Anyways I feel guilty taking the tussionex,does anyone know anything about it,I am not farmiliar with it?Oh well I will check in later hey Mary how are you?Take care everyone,love,kelley.

Hi Daisy.
Tussionex pennikenetic(splng?) suspension is a liquid form of Hydrocodone with Polystirex(spling?) which is I believe an antihistamine??
Anyways..yes,I know a lot about it....I used to use it,and later abuse it.
Each dose contains 15mgs of hydrocodone=3 vics or 1 1/2 lortab/norco.
The polystirex in a matrix with the Hydrocodone makes for a very effective CNS depressor and is absolutely necessary to arrest reeeeeally bad coughs.

I was hospitalized with pneumonia in 98.Ever since,when I get a cold I have been very vulnerable to relapses of pneumonia or bad complications of Bronchitis.Susequently my old GP used to give me Tussionex every time I got sick as a precaution...I might have coached him along a little.

When taken as prescribed it works excellent.Unfortunately,I began to take 3 and 4 times the recommended dose.The hydro/polystirex mix is a near hallucinogenic combination.It doesn't feel like vicodin,it feels far better.The suspension aspect maintains it's time release,so I would mix it with water to thin it out and drink it.

Anyways...I am a firm believer that ANY medication that is taken as directed for what it is prescribed for is AOK.Narcotic schmarcotic...if you are in a bad way you need to take it.We know our own intentions,and if we are truly not taking it to get high there is nothing wrong with taking a narcotic.

The PDR recommends it be taken for no longer than 3-4 days....the worst part of the cough.Once you stop coughing as much and the inflammation of the bronchial passageways goes down,you can ususally use a less potent syrup if you still have residual symptoms...codeine w/phenergan,Hycodan or even an over the counter med.

Tessalon pearls are a really great cough suppresant.It's a little gel that looks like a vitamin E that you swallow.It some how only affects the cough spasm center of your brain/body without making you drowsy or shaky...they're quite miraculous.

Some Md's don't know about them.Perhaps you should mention it to your MD if your cough keeps going on longer than the 3-4 days.

Hope that helps
Peace
Baseball

[Jenetti]

Yup agree with the others. When you need the meds, there should be no guilt involved in it hon. Your body is ill and needs that medication to stop your body from coughing your lungs out. One doctor told me we have little tiny (he called them hairs uhhuh) inside our lungs and in our bronchial areas. When we cough so hard that we cough those tiny bits of hair out, (sounds like fur balls lol ) the inside becomes so inflamed and smooth that any particle of dust will throw you into a coughing convulsion. The med is to stop the coughing. To allow your bronchial areas and lungs to heal properly with the least amount of trauma to them. If you dont, then that is when you can get into deeper problems. Just tell yourself to take it only when prescribed, which youre doing, and that when its gone, if doc says that you dont need it anymore, stop. Sounds like youre doing the smart thing, hope you feel better soon sweetie, take care of yourself and know others as well as myself are sending good thoughts your way.
Jen

[daisye14]

Jen and Baseball thanks so much for your sweet responses!! I really needed that! I have been feeling so sick, wow I never knew about the hairs in the lungs lol.My fiaunce caught my bronchitis so now we are both sick on Thanksgiving lounging on the couch wining at eachother,hehe.His father was nice enough to bring us some turky,side dishes and apple pie,YUM.But we are not really hungry, anyways im glad you guys are not mad at me but my doc says I have to take it get better and I promise I am only taking it as perscribed, besides I am dizzy enough just being so sick and having a temp,lolWow baseball you could be a doc you sure are well informed about tussionex!So it cotains hydrocodone yikes that makes me feel guilty because I used to be addicted to vikes.Honestly I take it as perscribed like I said but it still gives me the nice warm fuzzy feeling .Is that wrong? Oh well Hope all my friends on healthboards are having a "HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!" Remember never eat more than what you weigh,lol.Love,Kelley.