Co-codamol, Should I steer clear?
- Posted:
- 6 Mar 2011 by MoodyTrout
- Topics:
- a-25, headache, pain, codeine
Details:
i am a 25 yr old female, I started taking co-codamol over the counter when I was 12 years old for period pains they worked well so continued to use them. I now use them for headaches. So when a family member offered me two for a headache I said I was used to them and accepted. She forgot to tell me they were prescription and had 30mg codeine in, im used to only 8mg. Anyway I have ony had four tablets alltogether but feel like Im craving them (not in an uncontrollable way) but they relax me and I sleep like a baby!
Should I ask my doctor to prescribe them (as they wont do any damage??) or should I steer clear?!
I dont Really want opinions, I shouldnt be taking them unless prescribed etc etc blah blah I know that, but.. Its not like I'll take them for no reason just for bad headaches and to help me sleep.
7 Mar 2011
Hey MoodyTrout,
I understand you desire to relieve the headache and to sleep well. I encourage you to really ask yourself if the co-codamol is the answer though. Pain killers of this nature as you know are addictive and you sound like you have a reason to be concerned. In fact, taking a painkiller for headaches too often or for too long can make them worse.
So consider your alternatives for headache and insomnia. There are non narcotic meds for headache and herbal remedies for sleep, for example. I enocurage you to seek answers to your issues that are not going to be worrisome. If you find that nothing works then consider the stronger medicines like co-codamol. Taking the easy way out is asking for trouble down the road and only setting yourself up for further problems.
Just my opinion. Keep in touch,
Laurie
26 Aug 2011
dear moody trout, i am in the same boat that your in, but i found this co-codamol in my sons friends pocket after an over night stay he told me there was just for a cold,but i found the little pop out container it was in and my eyes saw the word codeine 8/500mg this kid is only 17,and i only wanted to talk to you because i sort of had your kind of problem,head acks, trust me i have my share of them im raising 2 adhd grandsons,the 9 yr old has by-polar ,the only reason you feel like your craving them is because it sounds like you may have a sleeping disorder,if so you can get a natural herb over the counter called melatonin it helps promotes sleep, but for the pain and headaches yes you should ask your doctor,i was so scared to ask my doctor something for pain because i felt like he just thinks i need pain pills,but it turned out that i have migraines not all the time but i do get them,i was given a prescription for them 10/325mg lortabs,
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three years later i developed more health problems,fibromialga, aurthtis everywhere and soon the 10/325mgs was no longer working so i got moved up tp 10/500mg lotabs plus 10mg methadone,know im stuck the pills are not working to good anymore but i dont want to get them to up them either cause i have my grandsons to worrie about,but enough about me, yes please go get help with your pain,the doctors will help you, and i will keep you in my prayers,but i have no idea about the co-codamol the one i found in my sons pocket says 8/500 so can you fill me in on any info you know about these thanks trout,
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MoodyTrout
LaurieShay
charlotte...
Hey Thanks for your response, I dont really have an issue with co-codamol now. I went to my doctor asked her to prescribe me something for my headaches and she said go get migralieve, they are expensive and shouldnt be taken all the time my headaches are getting worse and i seem to have niggly ones that last a week. I HATE going to the doctors i never seem to get Any answers. Nothing relieves my headaches ive tried co-codamol 8mg, paracetamol, ibroprofen(spelling?) co-dydromol anything else anyone can suggest!!! sleeping is fine now. Whats lotabs? and why have you been described them:?
lotabs is a class a norcotics,they were percribed to me by a doctor that my medical doctor refered me to, a pain doctor,the reason of having to be refered to a pain doctor, is a medical doctor can only percribe so many and after that you have to go to a pain doctor,lortabs,and endocets,and oxicottons,perkacets,all of these are pain meds,my pain doctor put me on lortabs,and methadones because of my medical condition,aurtheritis, fibromialgia,degenertive disk desieses,and some more that i cant even spell lol i know alot of the words are misspelled already i cant find my glasses,if you need to talk or anything just give me a hollar, i did want to ask you a question are you from the states,i was just courious,i"m from south carolina, maybe we can become friends,if you want,i"m on facebook, charlotte,
Hey thats why I didnt understand why you were saying pain doctor. Im from UK and we only have national health doctors who shove you out of the door even when you're on your death bed x Thanks for the comments x
i have a lot of facebook friends from uk, i think its unfair how the doctors are in the uk.
Dont you pay for yours? or have to have medical insurance? we dont, we get medical treatment free at all times we just pay for drugs! My doctor wont prescribe me any drugs so i can only get over the counter which dont work for my headaches!
i am waiting on my medical insurance to go through i had to put in for my disability because doctor put me out of work 4 years ago,and they are so far behind they are taken there on sweet time to get it approved, so everytime i go to my pain doctor which is every month it coast me $190.00, and for both of my meds its coast $75.00, so i will be very releved when my insurance gos through,then my doc app will be like $65.00 and my meds will be around $25.00 or $30.00,my sister and my best friend helps me so far with my doctor bills,i dont know what i would do without there help,one of my friends,friend told her that there was a place online that you could order meds without scrips,if she finds out anything i will let you know, she said one of the place"s was in the bahamas. and sorry about not getting back to you earlier i had to go pick up grandsons,and neices from school, charlotte.
Gosh see I complain but it costs me nothing to see my doctor and if i break my leg its fixed free and treatment all free. we only have to pay for medicines which at the moment costs £8 an item which is nothing compared to what you're paying. Just realised that my comments isnt going to make you feel better! I cant chose my meds tho. doctor wont give me nowt for my headaches!