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What is Hydrocodone?
- Hydrocodone is the most widely used opiate-based painkiller
- Prescribed for moderate-to-severe pain, diarrhea, coughs
- Made from the three opium poppy extracts
- Referred to as opioids or opiates
Who uses Hydrocodone?
- Currently, an estimated 4.6 million Americans use prescription opiates/opiods illicitly every month
- Compared with 136,000 to 800,000 heroin abusers
Street Names
Routes of Administration
- Oral ingestion
- Injection
- Snorting
Physical Side Effects
- Slowed brain activity
- Appetite depression
- Slower reaction times
- Constipation
- Nausea
- Insensitivity to pain
- Lowered blood pressure
- Lowered pulse and respiration rate
- Confusion
- Sudden hearing loss
- Tolerance to pain is increased
Signs & Symptoms of Use
- Pinpoint pupils
- Dry skin
- Slowed respiration
- Lethargic, drowsiness
- Reduced vision
- Shallow breathing
- Needle or track marks on inner arms or other parts of the body
- Excessive perspiration
- Shaking
- Vomiting
- Chills
- Eyelids droop
- Head nods forward
- Speech is slurred, slowed and raspy or hoarse
- Coordination is slowed
References
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Uppers, Downers, All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs (Paperback), 6th edition, by Darryl Inaba& William E. Cohen
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