http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/ Former Patient And Author, Adam Pick, Blogs About Heart Valve Replacement And Heart Valve Repair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-117189 Ray Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:29 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/#comment-117189 It has been 8 months since surgery and I am still on the vicdon - all over body pain I still have if I don't take one. How do I get off this It has been 8 months since surgery and I am still on the vicdon – all over body pain I still have if I don’t take one. How do I get off this

]]> http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-94108 Ray Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:14:51 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/#comment-94108 Can you tell me how you got off the vicodin - thanks Can you tell me how you got off the vicodin – thanks

]]> http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8617 Greg Giles Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:29:24 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/22/vicodin-addiction-and-heart-surgery-beware/#comment-8617 I became addicted to Vicodin after my second and third open-heart surgeries. (I'm age 34) The Vicodin addiction was kind of a pain in the ass, but was nothing compared to the Fentanyl addiction that consumed me and almost killed me a number of times/ways. Both addictions have been kicked by now, but what I agree that anyone with an even slight predisposition for addiction or anyone with an addictive personality better be careful...I guess after going through three open-heart surgeries...I can confidentally say that I'm even addicted to heart surgery. --Greg Giles I became addicted to Vicodin after my second and third open-heart surgeries. (I’m age 34) The Vicodin addiction was kind of a pain in the ass, but was nothing compared to the Fentanyl addiction that consumed me and almost killed me a number of times/ways. Both addictions have been kicked by now, but what I agree that anyone with an even slight predisposition for addiction or anyone with an addictive personality better be careful…I guess after going through three open-heart surgeries…I can confidentally say that I’m even addicted to heart surgery.
–Greg Giles

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