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How strong is hydrocodone/apap 5mg/500mg tabs?
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How strong is hydrocodone/apap 5mg/500mg tabs? Will this help for serious back pain?

 

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Female , Age: 41

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I have tried tylenol #3 which did nothing

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June 27 7:27 PM (8 minutes and 13 seconds later)
         
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This medicine is a combination of a narcotic and acetaminophen used to relieve moderate to severe pain. . Narcotic pain-relievers work by binding to opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord, and acetaminophen decreases the formation of prostaglandins, therefore reducing pain.

It's about half way mark from the strongest pill available. Medication effects everyone differently. Some may not help someone, while that same medication may knock someone out and have them sleep a few hours. The strongest one is a 10mg/660.

The one you have listed though is for moderate to severe pain.

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