jam05
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Just to clear up any confusion earlier in the thread, the Schedule of the drug has nothing to do with its analgesic potency. The schedule is based on a drug's potential for abuse, with 2 being the highest potential for abuse while also having some medicinal use (ex. Marijuana, heroin, payote are schedule 1- high abuse potential with no accepted medicinal value). The lower a schedule a drug has will GENERALLY tell you how much of a neuro effect it will have, as these effects are what often leads to its abuse. For instance, Tylenol with Codeine (tylenol III) is a schedule 3 drug, but plain codeine tablets are schedule 2 and tylenol with codeine elixir is a schedule 5. It is easier for someone to abuse the codeine without the APAP in it, because the APAP would be toxic at doses high enough to really abuse the codeine. With the exception of morphine, hydromorphone (dilaudid) and fentanyl, most narcotic analgesics are relatively equal if you factor in patient variability. For some people darvocet is overkill but oxycodone will not touch their pain, so to each his own.  12/4/2007 5:02:13 PM
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