Codeine

[Karen]

Did you find that taking Codeine affected you in any way after the SAH? How long did you take it for and what advice would you give others?

[Skippy]

Hey

Codeine was a big no no for me - I was advised to take it with paracetamol (ie at the same time not two hourly inbetween) amd I ended up back in hospital with an analgesic headache - they said that I shouldn't have been given the codeine to take for two weeks.

I refuse to take it now purely because of the bad experience I had.

Hope this helps

Sami xxx

[rince]

I took it for a long time afterwards (had it on a repeat) and my Doc was shocked when I went in for something else and told him I was still taking it! He cancelled it straight away.......

Scott

[Karen]

Hi,

I found that the Codeine tended to make me feel "bombed out".....I only took it for a limited time, as my GP wouldn't prescribe any more, due to the dependency factor of Codeine.

K xx

[Guest Tracey]

Hi,

I took it for a week and it turned me into a zombie, I felt quite dreadful while on it, Id only take it again if I was in desperate unbearable pain.

Tracey.

[Karen]

Hi

I have been on co proxamol which is codeine based and have found no problem. Unfortunately the government is withdrawing them as too many people are committing suicide with them. I have tried other painkillers but no good and as I also have spondylosis and co proxamol has been a relief and I have no intention of killing myself so I feel they should be available but thats a matter for another website.

Cheers

John

(Original posting from Ninja)

[Joan]

Codeine phosphate continues to work for me, together with the heavy duty T-L (can't put it in) if a bad headache ever threatens. Doctor gave me beta blockers to keep my blood pressure down and that helps with headaches as well.

[bogbrush]

Hi

I was on paracetamol and codeine continuously whilst in hospital post SAH. After I got home I used it only when necessary if paracetamol didn't reduce the pain to bearable levels which was most days in the first couple of weeks. I still use it very occasionally (5 months post SAH) if I have a really bad headache as a supplement to paracetamol. It usually spaces me out, so I try to only take it at bed time.

Regards

Keith

[Slim]

I was intially prescribed codine and paracetamol, codine caused me to be severly constipated. I was also told that the codine can be addictive and causes headaches! I now take paracetamol and tramadol.

[Slim]

OOpps I'm not on Tramadol I'm on Dicolfenic, I was on T before but apparently it can cause vomiting. I'm also on a Stomach tablet Omazaprole, Dicofenic apprently sore on tummy. Its great I haven't had heart burn in ages!!