Ed,
maybe you're a candidate for botox injections.

500/5 Vicodin is 500mg of Tylenol and 5 mg of oxycodone (but you knew that).

I disagree with him in that all narcotics, synthetic or otherwise can cause constipation.

Valium works for me alone most of the time - I don't use the codeine unless it is particularly gnarly.

My liver function has progressively improved as well, but my personal protocol is not to ingest anything that could further exacerbate the damage.

Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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