Codeine for Pain User Reviews (Page 2)
Reviews for Codeine
- Anonymous
- July 13, 2011
"A dentist prescribed it to me, and it works very well. The pain goes almost instantly."
- spu...
- July 28, 2008
"I take this drug for my back pain with other painkillers, and I find this drug very good."
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- Anonymous
- October 28, 2009
"It is the only thing that works for my migraines."
- Jan...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- May 5, 2019
"I find Solpadeine to be very effective for pain, but the side effects for me outweigh the pain relief. 1. Dry mouth 2. Swollen eyelids 3. Bloating 4. Cough 5. Addiction"
- Anonymous
- November 27, 2009
"My dentist prescribed it to me to treat a toothache, and it's completely useless."
- Nic...
- November 14, 2011
"Codeine is very effective for pain, but some people are very sensitive to it, so watch out for allergies/sensitivities. Other than that, fantastic."
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- Dee...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- January 27, 2016
"Great. It works well for pain, but does not last as long as I’d like. I can't take hydrocodone, which makes me itch and sometimes break out in night sweats."
- Anonymous
- December 21, 2009
"Had Panadeine Forte for a tooth abscess pain. Made me dizzy, lightheaded, sweaty, anxious, and vomited."
- Anonymous
- December 10, 2009
"I also had a dentist prescribe it for pain. Not helping at all."
- Tam...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- June 6, 2018
"Moderate pain reliever. Causes dizziness and sleepiness and also worsens my mood. I get more irritable when I take it."
- Pet...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- January 24, 2022
"Very good medication, I take 30 to 60 mg during tooth pain, and it helps massively. This saved me from long ER visits. Medication also has a sedative effect."
- Hop...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 6, 2021
"Works great! No issues whenever I've taken it so far."
- Muf...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- October 18, 2021
"This is golden for pain, but it gave me too much nausea to continue - even more so than the much heavier and stronger morphine sulfate XR!"
- Kay...
- March 13, 2008
"Not as good as morphine. I had to take one pill every 4 hours on the dot! Very uncomfortable!"
- Hal...
- January 5, 2021
"Prescribed for Crohn's disease, but only take it when absolutely necessary due to the terrible indigestion and nausea it causes."
- Mma...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 19, 2016
"I had an external hemorrhoids surgery, and codeine is not helping me whatsoever, as the doctor prescribed 30 mg. I take 2, still the same, and it has not helped me with tonsillitis surgery, too."
- Bar...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 19, 2025
"Awesome, I get the DHC Codeine 60 mg, takes pain away 96%. I have palmoplantar keratoderma, which is a rare skin disease. It also makes me so calm. I am angry a lot of doctors won't give it to you."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 4, 2022
"Severe toothache on a waiting list for wisdom teeth to be removed hasn't helped one bit, still in absolute agony."
- Kiw...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 25, 2015
"Brought on a wicked toothache like I've never had before :/"
- Anonymous
- November 2, 2009
"I suffer really bad fibromyalgia. I'm in constant pain."
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"I took codeine every 6 hours when I had a broken arm. Codeine worked well and took the pain away in about 15 to 20 minutes after taking it, but the pain started coming back again after about 3 hours."