How many vicodin does it take to overdose?

Answer 1

This depends on your specific body and tolerance to it. the truth is you would probably throw it up before you had enough to kill you. If I had to give a number i would say about 15-20 of them. Some people are probably going to say oh i take 25 and drink all day well maybe their body is just that tolerant of the drug or they have so much body mass it has enough room to be diluted and not as powerful. I would like to point out i do not condone this action but just wanted to inform you since you were asking. Jose Gutierrez, M.D.

Answer 2

It varies among people. Vicodin comes in various dosages; 5 mg of hydrocodone (The Vicodin) and 500 acetaminophen or better known as 5/500. Then there's also 7.5/750 and 10/325. The maximum allowed daily is 4,000 mg of acetaminophen because acetaminophen has been known to damage the liver. The suggested maximum amount of hydrocodone is 40 mg a day; however, patients who abuse these pills can slowly get off.

The lethal dosage is around 15,000 mg for acetaminophen and 100 mg of hydrocodone. If a patient does become addicted it's best to taper off slowly even if you're at a high dose. Example: if you take 10 pills a day, do that for a few days then drop down to 9 and so forth. It's not best to go cold turkey as it may kill you.

Answer 3

Well it would depend on the "level" taken. I was given 7.5's at the ER and those didn't do much for me, my regular doctor gave me 10's and those work wonders. The higher the number (level) the less pills it takes to kill you. This is only a guess but I think if someone were to take four or five 10's they would die. Taking too much vicodin messes with your breathing. There is a warning right on my bottle that says: "Taking more of this medication than recommended may cause serious breathing problems"

I'm allowed to take 1-2 pills every six hours with the 10's. If I were to take more than that in a shorter period of time I have a feeling that it would kill me.

Answer 4

It depends. I knew a guy who took 100 tabs one day. He is still here but he had a high tolerance. If you keep taking it for years and mixing with booze eventually your life style will catch up with you and your health will suffer greatly.ie. kidney and liver damage extreme. Take advice from someone whos been there before. Stop now while you can.

Answer 5

Believe it or not the narcotic is usually not the problem. The Tylenol is what is mostly toxic.

Answer 6

are vicoden and percuset the sane

Answer 7

Most likely yes.