hello fellow ms-ers,
i hope everyone is happy and well. quick question- does anyone take co-codamol to alleviate pain, on top of other medication? i take:
any answers or responses (keep 'em clean) much appreciated
fluffyollie xx
I take omeprazole and baclofen. Started pregablin last week. No real effect yet. Was prescribed co-codamol by GP. I sometimes suffer from constipation. Apparently, co-codamol is bad for constipation. Took it for 3 days. Bunged me up completely so I stopped. Neuro said " no, no, no" when he’d heard that I’d been prescribed co-codamol.
derek
Hi, I was put on co-codomol and it made my head spin and I had nausea. Never felt so horrid and out of it. Stopped it. But I know others it works for.
pollx
It is a very effective painkiller for ‘ordinary’ pain. Like other opiates, codeine can be awfully constipating, but I guess that most effective drugs are a bit of a trade-off between benefits and unwanted side-effects!
Alison
Hi, I find co-coda mol very effective for pain, it can cause constipation but I take 2 sachets of movicol daily and that keeps problems at bay.
ann
Hi Fluff, Good to meet you.
I posted the following on another page, yesterday. I’ve highlighted the pertinent bit here.
I stopped Cilatopram yesterday because I was getting hyperactive. At 9pm I pulled the handle off a cupboard. I then exploded like a hand-grenade in a dustbin. Perfectly good Valentine’s Day ruined in 15 seconds. Got the flowers and everything. Back on Cilatopram by 9.30pm.
It’s a shitty day when you try so hard, for so long, to be on your best behaviour and then that happens. Gill never even batted an eyelid.
She’s my heroine. I thought I was the strong one; but its her keeping us together now. There is a God. (What’s this? No emoticon for God?)
A.
PS. I’m seeing the Continence Nurse about my constipation this afternoon (lucky woman).
PPS Fortunately there isn’t an emoticon for Continence Nurse either! Perhaps a large funnel will do?
hi albrecht durer, lovely to get your message and sorry for not replying sooner. i hope your appointment with the continence nurse was successful. take care, fluffyollie x
there isn’t an emoticon for god but there is this one with a halo.
Hi, my wife took co-codamol for a number of years and it badly affected her white cell level. Fortunately she stopped taking them and her white cell count is now back to normal. Just be aware if you do take it for long period of time.
Hi, I take co-drydamol for the pain. My nick name for a while was Dr Pam as I always had them in my bag or coat. They do some wierd things sometimes but without these I don’t think I could get up in the morning. As I said to my lovely GP, more please, I am not addicted to the painkillers I’m addicted to not having pain! He states that I am fine taking these with Gabapentin and as the pain killers enable me to be really well (hide the pain a bit), he is happy that they are efficient for my needs. My dose is 500/10 mg twice, up to four times a day. Rarely do I need this amount. I believe this is a low dose and as time goes on, I know it will need to be increased.
They do cause constipation and I take Buscopan which puts all things normal. I don’t eat bread unless I do down the shop for one bap as I find the medications and wheat products make me look like I have a football belly and I think the body slows down digestion with some of the medications.
I also found that for me, it is not wise to eat kiwis or citrus around the time of taking co-drydamol. I also read after an unfortunate episode, that grapefruit is also wise to stay away from at pain killer time, as there is something in the metabolic link which transports these type of fruits round the body, that can affect how the pain killer is digested. Not good.
So I eat my fruit and celery type foods early in the day. Hope this helps. We are all so different and searching for answers.