Vicodin

Item from House M.D. by David Shore

The hydrocodone painkiller that manages House's leg pain, fuels his addiction, and has become as much a part of his identity as his cane and his diagnostic brilliance.

Also known as: Vicodin, Hydrocodone, The Pills, Vitamin V

What They Know

• Hydrocodone/acetaminophen combination narcotic analgesic — prescribed for House's chronic leg pain from the infarction-related muscle removal
• House's tolerance has built over years, requiring increasing doses — he carried approximately 600 pills when Tritter searched his home
• Vicodin-induced psychosis caused hallucinations of dead Amber Volakis, leading to voluntary commitment at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital
• Wilson, Cuddy, Stacy, and the team have all enabled, confronted, or tried to manage House's addiction at various points — it's the show's central recurring conflict
• House once agreed to quit Vicodin for a week to avoid clinic duty — the bet is a window into how transactional his relationship with sobriety has always been

Connections

• used_by — house
• investigated_by — tritter

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