Vicodin ES (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen) Drug Information: Medication Guide and Patient Information

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May 27, 2012

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Fracture facts

Bone fracture, broken bone, bone crack all mean he same thing. The bone has been damaged such that. None of these terms indicate the severity of the bone damage.
Bones are the body's storage place for calcium. Under hormone control, calcium content of bone is constantly increasing or decreasing.
Bones break when they cannot withstand a force or trauma applied to them. Sometimes the bones are so weak that force may be just gravity, like compression fractures of the back in the elderly.
Fracture descriptions help explain how the breakage appears. For examples, whether or not the fragments are aligned (displaced fracture) and whether or not there is skin overlying the injury is damaged (compound fracture).
Fractures may be complicated by damage to nearby blood vessels, nerves and muscles and joints.
Children's fractures may be more difficult to diagnose because their bones lack ...

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PATIENT INFORMATION

Hydrocodone, like all narcotics, may impair the mental and/or physical abilities required for the performance of potentially hazardous tasks such as driving a car or operating machinery; patients should be cautioned accordingly.

Alcohol and other CNS depressants may produce an additive CNS depression, when taken with this combination product, and should be avoided.

Hydrocodone may be habit forming. Patients should take the drug only for as long as it is prescribed, in the amounts prescribed, and no more frequently than prescribed.

Last reviewed on RxList: 3/14/2007
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.