Norco

Hydrocodone acetaminophen has a trade name of Norco.

This is a medication very commonly given to post-op patients and to patients who are in the hospital and are experiencing pain.

Therapeutic class is opioid analgesic, allergy, cold and cough remedy, and antitussive.

You know it as OxyContin.

Hydrocodone, Vicodin, Norco, morphine, fentanyl, tramadol.

By the CDC's own count, more than 800,000 Americans have died from opioid overdose since 1999.

That's 27 years, half my life.