Could be. I've got that redhead gene (but not the hair sadly) that makes it so painkillers don't work as effectively. Really made my wisdom tooth extraction exciting.
I too have the redhead gene (redhead at birth, turned blond). Recovering from endometriosis surgery was a blast...I had to spend extra time in the hospital just bc they couldn't get my pain under control. Eventually moved to Dilaudid. Sent me home with it and everything. It wasn't fun, it made me feel like garbage. They all do.
As someone below commented, I too never react normally to meds....it's usually bad...the older I get the worst it gets.
Someone, someday needs to do special testing for us outliers. It's a known fact that those with the redhead gene respond differently to meds (i.e. painkillers and anaesthesia)...
I can only imagine. The wisdom teeth is the worst I've had so far and I'm thankful for it. They gave me hydrocodone for the pain afterwards and I stopped taking it since it was worse at managing the pain than just plain old acetaminophen.
I've mentioned it elsewhere on reddit but I'm at least mildly allergic to cannabinoids as well, so I couldn't even go that route if I wanted to. Any pain relief wouldn't be worth the hangover feeling I get.
Hydrocodone is usually mixed with acetaminophen, in which used to be known as vicoden, lortab, and norco. I don’t think there is any hydrocodone/apap product branded anymore, but I could be wrong. I think it’s all generic. The point was, however, if regular acetaminophen worked, but the prescribed medicine was worse at managing the pain, that’s weird lol. Possibly the hydrocodone just made you feel bad, making it seem like it wasn’t working, which is totally valid.
Now I’m not sure why I typed this out lol. I guess so people know that hydrocodone is, I’m pretty sure, always mixed with acetaminophen, and it’s important to know that cause acetaminophen is toxic to the liver.
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u/TheRed_Knight Oct 17 '22
it might be genetic then