Re: Codeine & sickness.
Originally Posted by
Zuleika
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Worrying isn’t it Mups when a member doesn’t answer?
I'm sorry. I've been made up with a cold and not been coming online much.
The tablets I was taking 6 at a time made the pain from my bursitis bearable. Without it I couldn't walk without pain. I was taking this dose 3-4 times a day, 2-3 times a week - just when I was going out somewhere so I could enjoy myself & not be in pain.
It worked well for 2 years - I had no problems except one time in the hot summer I was sick and the doctor put it down to heat exhaustion & codeine.
Then the bursitis got better & I stopped taking them.
Now I have polymyalgia rheumatic and some days when the pain breaks through I need pain killers to function.
The dose I took the other week was no more than I took for two years with bursitis. It's like suddenly I've become allergic to the tablets I took.
Anyway it really frightened me that I had such a violent reaction & I haven't had any since. Luckily my Polymyalgia is under control at the moment & I'm feeling quite well.
I shall not be taking codeine again!!
Thanks everybody who replied.