History of Hydrocodone

[Hydro-Joe]

Just out of curiosity, when did (medicinal-use) hydrocodone-containing compounds come into use? What was the pain killer prescribed prior to the introduction of hydrocodone? Hydro-Joe

[THEPAINTER1960]

Just out of curiosity, when did (medicinal-use) hydrocodone-containing compounds come into use? What was the pain killer prescribed prior to the introduction of hydrocodone? Hydro-Joe
Before i ever had any kind of hydro products it had to be about 1983 and prior to that the only good opiates,opiods i could get were percodan.percocet.dilaudid.ty.4 and naturally morphine

[skeletontea]

http://opioids.com/hydrocodone/vicodin.html

Scroll down this page for a brief history. And for a quick answer, the 1920's, before that, morphine and codeine.

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Drug: HYDROCODONE (Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Hycodan)


Description: Patented by Merck in 1925, hydrocodone is a semisynthetic codeine derivative that is four times more potent than its parent alkaloid but only a third as powerful as morphine. Typically prescribed for relief of coughs or mild-to-moderate pain, hydrocodone produces much more euphoria than does an equivalent dose of codeine, and has thus generated a considerable black market and legions of devotees/addicts. The pains of withdrawal also fall somewhere between those of codeine and morphine in severity, but–as always–the real hook is psychological and there is a considerable "Vicodin Underground" out there amongst middle-class druggies with friendly doctors.

Some more opiate info (http://www.junkylife.com/seedless/index.php/2005/08/13/34/)

[antony]

author Jerry Stahl said about heroin, "makes you feel so good, you feel like calling the phone company and telling them what a good job they're doing."

Thats god damnd halarious...:D . Can't tell you the conversations i've had with sales people after getting home from work ingesting a couple types of pills and been so happy they're trying to get their life together