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That is completely correct. It also has synergistic effects as a pain reliever, but it's mainly there to deter abuse. Of course, addicts have found ways to ext
by jaggederest 10y ago
That is completely correct. It also has synergistic effects as a pain reliever, but it's mainly there to deter abuse.
Of course, addicts have found ways to extract the opiates from the adulterants, so it's not even effective.
- joshgel 10y agoSource? Adding it for synergism makes sense and is what I was taught in medical school. I doubt they add it to deter abusers, but I could be wrong...
- icantdrive55 10y agoI think what you were taught in med school was correct. I was told by an emergency room nurse that Vicodin is not killing patients/abusers; it the liver damage that results from the acetaminophen. A few years ago, I heard they were talking about removing it, but lost track of the outcome.
- jaggederest 10y agoJust look at the simple fact that they were schedule 3 instead of schedule 2 until 2014, even though the base hydrocodone was schedule 2 without adulterants. Here's an interesting discussion from 2010, before they were rescheduled https://painmedicine.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/379.full.pdf https://painmedicine.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/379.ful...