[baltodog]

I broke both of my arms last Christmas, and I was prescribed Monster Freaking Lortabs...1200 mg, I believe.
All they did was make me feel like I had to poop, in the most God-awful way.
UN-FREAKING-BEARABLE feeling of having to poop (even though I didn't have to).
After 3 of them, I switched to OTC Ibuprofen...
(Sorry if this got too personal or graphic...just my only experience with hydrocozone.)

[WestwardHo]

Your post is interesting. A friend just passed away from cancer. He had the same complaint. Maybe it was his medication and not the cancer that made him so uncomfortable.
I don’t know what oral pain medicine he was using at home.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Whenever I am getting a pain pill I ask the doctor to prescribe codeine.

It's the only thing that actually kills pain for me. Everything else just makes me delirious.

And even that doesn't work very long. Most of the time I just take nothing.

[null and void]

So how did it turn out in the end?

[Vendome]

I’ve had a cold for the last four days and the last three I have been using Mucinex to suppress this horrible cough.

I have experienced the same symptoms you did.

Felt like I was on my period and cramping. Uhg! and I’m a man.

Never taking it again.

Switching back to Robitussin DM.

[Himyar]

Ibroke my ankle/leg in 2010. After a little while I started this intense itching everytime I took one. No more for me.

[gitmo]

I had a similar experience. Unable to go #2 ... thought I was going to have to go to the ER for “relief”.