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Dr Pirate
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I'm not sure if this is the right term, thing is.. Upto about 6 months ago, I was on painkillers constantly for joint pains and the like. I hadn't used any painkillers in about that time, but this week I've had to take Ibuprofen again to ease pain, but today I have gone back to the same cocktail of meds I was using before (60mg Codine, 1g Paracetemol, 100mg Tramadol, 400mg Ibuprofen)
I'm just really worried that I'm gonna become dependant on my pills again, any advice? =\
I'm just really worried that I'm gonna become dependant on my pills again, any advice? =\
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the Tramadol have just made me drouzy ;<
None of those drugs, other than codine have physical addiction potential, though you could get into a habit of taking them.
It's scaring me, that I may have to go back to not going out, not being able to walk in the mornings, and basically not being able to live a normal life again
Because of their different actions you can mix Paracetamol and codine with Ibroprofen or Tramadol.
What sort of pain issues do you have, if you dont mind me asking?
The Codine/Paracetamol Take care of alot of the pain, but due to them being such a high dose I can't take too many, so I have to take more anti inflamitries.
If I'm making no sense atm its because the Tramadol has made me incredibly drowzy.
60mg of codine isnt a massive dose, its about a middle dose from what I know (though of course I'm not a GP or anything), the problem with it is, is its relatively short action, it only lasts about 2-3 hours, but you cant take paracetamol that often.
What dose of Taramadol are you on? 50mg or more? 100mg can make people quite drowsy.
I was told by the rhumatologist (sp) that the amount of codine I was taking was about the most someone of my height/weight can handle without serious side effects.
100mg can be a bit punchy in terms of making you sleepy, how often are you dosing that? Once every 6-8 hours is the norm I know of.
Unless you are especially slight 60mg isnt really the highest dose you can take, they could up you to 100mg I recon, though its not really my diagnosis.
If just pain control med's arent working you might want to look into something quite different, maybe like hydrotherapy or acupunture, just a thought.
I've not experianced any constipation btw ;p
Cheers Bong, I was quite worried and needed someone to talk with.
I still think you should look into whether Tramadol and Ibruprofen can be mixed together, dig out the leaflets which came with them and check, if Tramadol isnt supposed to be used with NSAI's then that includes Ibroprofen.
The drowzyness is starting to wear off, but only slightly
I was also told not to take Ibuprofen when I was on Tramadol by my GP. Can't remember why though.