I've been on hydrocodone for over 20 years and take them every 6-7 hours. I see pain management also. I weaned off 1 mg xanax by going from half in morning and half in evening for about 6 weeks to 1 in am and half in pm for a month then down to just 1 in the morning and a month later a half in the morning. I started them back because of the potential benefit for tinnitus but if it doesn't work I'll wean off again. The pain meds were prescribed every 4 hours. I took them every 6. Then I decided to go to every 7 hours. I can't take anything else that works for my pain. I have severe back issues. I was getting 120 a month, I'd see Dr every 2 months and he'd send rx to pharmacy and one would go on file. I always had to move my appt out because of excess pills and when I moved it out a month, I was told I couldn't do that, I needed to see him every 2 months not 3. That's when I suggested doing just 90 pills but that isn't going to work because some days I need them more often than every 6-7 hours and 90 would make me short where as the 120 I had enough if I needed extra. I would suggest spacing them out by an hour for awhile then go another hour until you are at the place they still work but you have no side affects from them. The only time I got nausea was ONCE when I took them too close together. Now I write down the time so I don't have to remember.