Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 11/16/2008

Question
I take 6 loritab 10/500 a day for real bad leg and knee pain. I go to a pain center each month and am monitered by a doctor and drug tested monthly for illegal drug use and to make sure i am takeing the meds. as told to . My question is what are the side effects that this will do to my body . I have been told it can hurt my heart and that the tylonol can do liver and kidney damage . I belive that whatever good a drug gives you it takes something away on the outher side . I am a 49 year old male in o.k. physical shape . I am a smoker for about 28 years a pack a day . I am asking this to see if it is worth staying on this med. plan . The doctor has told me that it is safe to take so much tylonol a day and so much narcotics per day . I am just looking for more information to make a more informed decision . Thank-you

Answer
Hi John,

I am not qualified to give information on drugs such as Lortab. But here is some information on Lortab:

http://www.drugs.com/lortab.html

The best is to ask the question to the doctor prescribing the drug. ]f you are interested in alternative treatment for chronic pain please read:

Management of Chronic Pain at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/pain_management.html

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