# not tolerating vicodin well for my back. what are non-nauseous alternatives? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-tolerating-vicodin-well-for-my-back-what-are-non-nauseous-alternatives/466084 "2008-10-01T22:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SweetHomeColorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-tolerating-vicodin-well-for-my-back-what-are-non-nauseous-alternatives/466084/1 "2008-10-01T22:04:07Z")
I fractured my spine in two places… The L2 and L4. Its quite painful. My doc put me on 7.5/500 mg of hydrocodone/apap. It makes me sick to my stomach and I’ve even vommited because of it ☹ the problem is that I take it because it controls my pain. Are there alternatives to the medicine which won’t make me feel sick to my tum tum? The pain gets quite bad and I really don’t want to compromise the pain relief for something that doesn’t work as well. I have no allergies so that’s not a problem. I’ve taken the medicine with an empty stomach, a light snack, after a meal, with a tall glass of water, milk… Just about everything. What would be a suitable alternative for vicodin that is more stomach-friendly? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-tolerating-vicodin-well-for-my-back-what-are-non-nauseous-alternatives/466084/2 "2008-10-01T22:12:50Z")
Sorry about your pain. I don’t mean to denigrate it at all. And I know you mean well asking about alternative medicines. But this Board isn’t the place. Call your doctor, tell him/her what’s wrong, go from there. **samclem** GQ moderator