"this drug is exceedingly helpful at managing my moderate cardiac pain from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy as i await my open heart surgery! vicodin which is the same chemical but is 5/500 instead of 7.5/500 is to weak, and i have found that percocet, is to strong, it makes me not function normally.  lortabs takes most of the pain away, yet leaves my brain basically intact. it is a happy medium pain reliever for my moderate pain!"