- Nov 10, 2001
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My wifes grandpa who is 72 or so takes 4 Vicadin(sp) a day and has for about 2 yrs now. I didn't realize that he has be taking that much for so long. According to the stuff that i have read its addtive and loses its effectiveness over time.
He had shoulder surgery a couple of yrs ago and the surgon prescribed it, and his reg DR kepts prescribing it. The bottle of this that he has is huge. It didn't have it for a couple of days and he was very unhappy from what I hear..
He has many other serious health problems and it would seem the vicadin is helping him much other then feed his addiction, which I am sure he doesn't realize he has. The Dr apparently is just going to continue the status quo, and his daughter, my m-in-law, seems unwilling to do anything for fear of provoking him.
So whats the best way of handling this short of ignoring it, it will proably kill him eventually. I have never dealt with anything like this before and would like to help him, he has always treated me well and hate to see him go through this.
He had shoulder surgery a couple of yrs ago and the surgon prescribed it, and his reg DR kepts prescribing it. The bottle of this that he has is huge. It didn't have it for a couple of days and he was very unhappy from what I hear..
He has many other serious health problems and it would seem the vicadin is helping him much other then feed his addiction, which I am sure he doesn't realize he has. The Dr apparently is just going to continue the status quo, and his daughter, my m-in-law, seems unwilling to do anything for fear of provoking him.
So whats the best way of handling this short of ignoring it, it will proably kill him eventually. I have never dealt with anything like this before and would like to help him, he has always treated me well and hate to see him go through this.