Are you kidding? I swear by the stuff!!! I usually use the regular one in the blue bottle -- Costco sells it for less. It was recommended to me by an HMO doctor when my asthma got bad almost two years ago and it has really helped with that. Also, when I get a cold I take it and it seems to stave off the secondary sinus and ear infections I commonly got. Robitussin expectorant cough syrup has the same active ingredient, but I like the 12-hour formula contained in Mucinex. I have also taken the Mucinex cough formula that you got, with good results, and my cousin likes the one with decongestant when her allergies are acting up.

We try to manage our health through diet and natural supplements I'm an advocate of this too, wholeheartedly, and especially as a parent and one who has chronic conditions. I'm not a doctor and many people are put off by my subversity. But I have had such success with alternative treatments that were more cost-effective and safer than pharmaceuticals. It takes time and research but I have found really good alternatives. The most recent incident is with one of my sons who developed really bad acne during puberty (it was awful... his face was riddled with inflamed cystic acne). We tried all the creams and washes and nothing was working. A few friends recommended antibiotics and Accutane. When I researched these, both came with warnings that pregnant women should not take them because they could cause birth defects. Again, I'm not a doctor... but I couldn't get past why I would give my son, whose going through a significant growth stage, medicine that pregnant women cannot take because it could harm their fetus. It just didn't make sense to me. Is a developing fetus and pubescent kids comparable? I don't know... but my gut told me this wasn't right. I continued to research and found a couple of safe supplements that, along with some dietary changes, have made a significant difference in his acne. Within a month, the cystic inflammation was gone. His face looks great and we are so happy for him. I know this is off-topic and I apologize to anyone who's offended. I'm also not advocating dismissing pharmaceuticals entirely because they certainly have their place. I also encourage working with a licensed, board certified alternative care practitioner because the supplement industry can be dodgy and unregulated as well.

haha....don't think you will need more than 5 mg Valium LOL. I am a retired RN and I can assure you it is plenty. Your MD will make sure you are comfortable and they ask you to tell them how you are and adjust accordingly. I chatted with the anesthesiologist and the surgical RN ( they were friends) for the whole first part...you will be GOOD. Stop worrying. If you look up Vicodin and codeine you will see they are both part of the opioid family and that Vicodin is the most strong of the two. Look at the side effects of Vicodin and there you have it. The most common side effects of Vicodin include lightheadedness,dizziness, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, drowsiness,constipation, headache, mood changes, blurred vision, ringing in your ears, dry mouth, and difficulty urinating.Apr 25, 2015 Side Effects of Vicodin (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and ... - RxList www.rxlist.com/vicodin-side-effects-drug-center.htm As it happens an anti-inflammatory like Ibuprofen combined with Tylenol ( 2 of each) taken every 12 hrs will give you MUCH more relief as the opioids only mask a problem and do not stop the inflammation that is causing the problem . Too bad that so many MD's reach for the high powered narcotic rather than the OTC that is actually doing something and is cheaper and way fewer side effects. Not sure about the insistence on unbalance etc with mono-vision. When prescribed by the Opthamologist it isn't a random occurrence as suero is describing. It is a very well thought out ratio. I won't say any thing further but it certainly doesn't lead to unbalance etc or forcing of the eyes...it is extremely subtle and the brain gets used to it almost immediately except in a small percentage of cases. Enough said :) Good Luck and you WILL be fine. c

I have seen a couple of sides of the story. One heroine addiction is not always caused by being prescribed pain medications but due to the Mental Health system not treating patients correctly or in time. My son, yes my very own flesh and blood was a heroine addict (whew) hard to admit. We were an upper middle class family and knew from an early age he had issues. We took him to therapy, doctors you name it. He'd tell them what they wanted to hear and they'd call us over protective. He started drinking and drinking to the point I had to pick him up from PC at jail with a blood alcohol lvl 3xs the legal limit. I drove him straight to a treatment facility who told me eh kids will be kids just because he drank too much this time did not mean he had a problem. I tried explaining to them he was depressed, he stayed to his self I knew what I was seeing I lived with it with my mother she was bipolar. They sent him home. Fast forward a couple of years. He comes to me Thank God and tells me he has a problem with alcohol and heroine. When I asked why he took those things he told they made him feel better because there was something inside of him that was dark that he couldn't explain. When he drank or did heroine the darkness went away. We called a treatment facility. Ready for this? They would not take him unless he was high. I am dead serious. I called my doctor begged him to see my child even though he wasn't his patient. We took him in and my doctor tried to get him a bed at a treatment facility they told him the same thing he had to be high. My doctor was shocked!!! My doctor tried admitting him for another health issue to a regular hospital to try and move him from there to a treatment facility. No health issue no admitance. He even suggested my husband and I take my son and get him high. He couldn't believe he was having to suggest this. None of us were willing to do this so finally the doctor made some high up calls to be he knew and after almost 24 hours we finally got him into a treatment facility. 2 months in a facility. What did they do? Traded one addiction for another. They gave him suboxone, prozac and ready for this Adderall (an amphetimine). Once he got out of treatment he was now on more drugs and drugs that are extremely hard to get off of. He went to out patient programs, Narcotic anon. He was told he needed a phychiatrist. The wait for that 6 months!! Guess what happened in the 6 months we waited. He aged off our insurance and now could not get any of his meds because they would not fill the meds without insurance even though we offered to pay in cash. Now he was spiraling again. He could not get insurance, this happened before Obama care and he had no job and could not afford insurance. We had to sit with him day in and day out while he cold turkey withdrew off the medications the doctors had prescribed him because he could now not get them at all. He finally got over that but still fights his darkness. He got a job with insurance and we are now again in a 6 month holding pattern waiting to get him into a mental health doctor. I have seen the increase in him drinking, I know he is struggling. I watch it like a hawk and try to get him to talk to me but he says he can't explain what it is inside of him. I have called to see if we can speed things up, he has called to see if he can speed things up. We are both told unless he is suicidal there is nothing they can do. There are so many patients and so few mental health facilities and because he has a job and functions he is not a high priority to them. I fear every day that he will find a way to find drugs to help him cope. I also fear when he does get into see a doctor they will put him back on a similar cocktail that to me is just as bad. So don't always blame the drug epidemic on doctors over prescribing pain meds, some of the issue is also the mental health system and them not treating patients in a timely manner to the point they seek out relief in other ways. A regular PCP will not help as they claim they do not have enough training to help with a mental health patient, therapist can't prescibe medications and even if the therapist suggests to the PCP what might help just as with the pain meds a lot of doctors now wont even prescribe mental health drugs as they are scared to prescribe anything.