[thesheriff443]

All in the title!

[Niamh.]

hhhmm I don't know, I think what they did with Codeine over here was enough, basically it's kept off the shelf and you have to ask for it and then get a quiz and a lecture from the pharmacist before they will sell it to you

[LeatherTrumpet]

I never really get what addictive painkillers are

are we talking about ibuprofen and paracetamol

when i take these they have zero effect

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I never really get what addictive painkillers are

are we talking about ibuprofen and paracetamol

when i take these they have zero effect

Codeine is addictive

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Codeine is addictive

where do you get it, the chemist?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

where do you get it, the chemist?

It's in some painkillers like nurofen plus and solpadeine

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I never really get what addictive painkillers are

are we talking about ibuprofen and paracetamol

when i take these they have zero effect

nurofen plus is the main one, codeine is addictive and the ibuprofen does the damage.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

nurofen plus is the main one, codien is addictive and the ibuprofen does the damage.

but what is addictive about something that at best will take away a headache but gives you no feeling or high?

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

but what is addictive about something that at best will take away a headache but gives you no feeling or high?

codeine is derived from opium, the body gets used to it and you get withdrawls.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

codeine is derived from opium, the body gets used to it and you get withdrawls.

but whey would you be taking it if you did not have a sore head or a hangover etc?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

but what is addictive about something that at best will take away a headache but gives you no feeling or high?

Codeine makes you feel really relaxed and floaty, it is pretty addictive (ask Marc lol)

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Codeine makes you feel really relaxed and floaty, it is pretty addictive (ask Marc lol)

SO does a can of K cider

[Vicky.]

I dont see a problem with solpadeine tbh...theres a REALLY small amount of codeine in them so you would have to take like 10 tablets or something regularly to get addicted..and the 5000mg of paracetamol that would be included in 10 solpadeine tablets would probably hospitalise you so you are extremely unlikely to ever become addicted to codeine via those..

[Vicky.]

Also I feel there needs to be SOME strong painkillers available from chemists, given that (at our doctors at least) it can sometimes take 2 weeks for an appointment.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Also I feel there needs to be SOME strong painkillers available from chemists, given that (at our doctors at least) it can sometimes take 2 weeks for an appointment.

Yeah, the bloody waiting lists for operations are getting longer too. Give us the instructions to do it ourselves.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Yeah, the bloody waiting lists for operations are getting longer too. Give us the instructions to do it ourselves.

Painkillers are miles away from operations though

I dont have to worry about this anyway, but I am thinking of others.... My mothers medicine cupboard is like a ready stocked pharmacy She gave me some solpadol (persciption version of solpadeine I think) when my codeine ran out as I had a week to wait for an appointment and I literally cant sleep with my rib pain..and stupid me figured there would be the same amount of codeine in as in my normal tablets, so popped 3 (30mg each..or should have been) only to find out half an hour later when I felt very floaty and weird that solpadol actually have 60mg codeine in each one..

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Painkillers are miles away from operations though

I dont have to worry about this anyway, but I am thinking of others.... My mothers medicine cupboard is like a ready stocked pharmacy She gave me some solpadol (persciption version of solpadeine I think) when my codeine ran out as I had a week to wait for an appointment and I literally cant sleep with my rib pain..and stupid me figured there would be the same amount of codeine in as in my normal tablets, so popped 3 (30mg each..or should have been) only to find out half an hour later when I felt very floaty and weird that solpadol actually have 60mg codeine in each one..

[Marsh.]

Codeine is in the paramol tablets I was taking for toothache. I can definitely see why it would be addictive.

[LeatherTrumpet]

I can see how coke is addictive

now that is one vile drug