Re: Britain’s Opioid Crisis BBC2 9 o clock Thursday

Did you watch the programme Annie?
You can still buy Solpadeine OTC and so there are probably quite a few people with chronic pain who use it and do become addicted .
See herehttps://www.priorygroup.com/blog/sol...-and-treatment

Re: Britain’s Opioid Crisis BBC2 9 o clock Thursday

Hi

It depends on your level of pain.

I need opiates from time to time, the pain is such that my leg goes into spasm, which is not a good thing, it rips the repairs apart.

The longest I have to take the extremely strong ones, which are for palliative care, is two days.

Re: Britain’s Opioid Crisis BBC2 9 o clock Thursday

Zuleika I just googled Solpadeine and it seems the level of codeine that's been approved in a combined OtC painkiller is 12.8mg. So I think 30mg must be only by prescription but I'd say no thanks if ever prescribed that level again. I was seeing pink elephants and feeling dizzy. I still have the packet with only two missing. It was a really bad experience at the time because I was in severe pain and then had a bad reaction to the level of opioid.

Re: Britain’s Opioid Crisis BBC2 9 o clock Thursday

Oops just realised I was prescribed Solpadol rather than Solpadeine. That's why it's 30mg and prescription only.