Hycodan

Hycodan is a prescription drug that is used to provide temporary relief from cough. However, the use of hycodan are not limited to this use only, it can be used to treat other heath conditions as prescribed by the doctors. Hycodan is usually available in syrup form and is a combination of narcotic cough suppressant and anticholinergic. Both the drugs work simultaneously with the narcotic preventing the cough reflex in the brain and the anticholinergic drying up the secretions.

Side Effects of Hycodan Usage

• As it is with other prescription medication, the use of hycodan can cause side-effects on the user. Let us take a look at possible side effects of hycodan.
• Hycodan is known to be extremely harmful to a fetus. This is why pregnant women should get in contact with a doctor to discuss the possible side effects of using hycodan while pregnant as well as breast feeding
• Hycodan has a sedating effect on the user. With people who have low tolerance for sedating medicines or are already taking other medications like sleeping pills, the effect of hycodan can be extremely serious like dizziness, drowsiness or blurred vision
• Hycodan can cause allergic reactions that are quite severe. For example, hives, rashes,   swelling of lips, tongue, mouth and face, extreme itching, flushing, difficulty in urinating and palpitation
• Hycodan can also cause other uncomfortable reactions in the body like excitement, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, dry mouth and throat and thickening of mucus in throat and nose

Risk of Addiction

Hycodan is partially a narcotic which means that it has a sedating effect on the brain. This why when this medicine is used regularly over a long period of time, it is highly possible that the person taking it developing a helpless need of taking it all the Time. With time the user starts taking higher doses than recommended by the doctor and craves the drug all the time. The condition is now a fully fledged hycodan addiction or dependence. Kicking the habit without proper help is also extremely difficult as the withdrawal symptoms that a person undergoes when he misses his regular fix are extremely excruciating.

Symptom of Hycodan Withdrawal

Withdrawal symptoms are unavoidable for a person who is addicted to hycodan, if he misses his fix without proper treatment or rehab program. These withdrawal symptoms affect a person both physically and mentally. These symptoms include:

• Anxiety
• Extreme mood swings
• Confusion
• Dizziness
• Vomiting and nausea
• Headache
• Sleeplessness
• Sweating
• Unusual skin sensations
• Chills and flu like symptoms

The withdrawal symptoms mentioned above are extremely difficult to deal with and that is why trying to kick this habit without proper help comes with high risk of a relapse. This is why it is extremely necessary that a person undergoes a proper rehab program to kick his habit and have minimum risk of a relapse.

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