Effectiveness and Safety of Using Co-Codamol for Chronic Pain Management

Hi @viktorzhukov,

I hope you’re doing well considering chronic back pain. I’m a former student paramedic with a keen interest in health.
Generally speaking pain management is a practice where your gp is managing symptoms rather than treating the root cause.
Co-codamol is paracetamol and codeine combined. Codeine is an opiate.
Taking this med over a short period of time is generally ok. If you have kidney or liver problems it should be avoided if taking over a long period of time. If you’re taking other meds such diazepam talk to your doctor. Long period use can cause addiction/dependency issues and adversely effect your health.

More info here:

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/co-codamol-for-adults/

this is an nhs article on back pain;

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/back-pain/

There is a lot of discussion at the moment around stem cell treatment to treat muscular skeletal injury also platelet rich plasma therapy - this can be done in Ireland through private clinics. I believe there is a stem cell clinic in Waterford. From doing my own research the outcomes regarding these treatments has been very positive on the basis of anecdotal evidence. I would definitely look into these, obviously do your own research and always get second opinions.

For alternative pain management it is worth looking into.
Physio therapy - very beneficial can be expensive and time consuming.
Red light therapy expensive and although the literature isn’t that strong but people have reported positive results. Not quite sure if it balances cost v benefit.

It’s worth listening to various podcasts as well dr Andrew Huberman is really good and also Max lugavere.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/07qEG8NAS9fVAWfnyzBfAK?si=ubFuiZ2mToWj5dIiKbjSjw

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WlvxcgEiC2hwXU6ZCjoKV?si=KrVQ4SPXQnGfd3HqY4KXDA

These are just some but if you do a deep dive starting from there I’m sure you will find something useful.

I hope this helps and you get sorted. This is something you had for a while, I know GP’s generally do there best trying to sort people out as quick as they can with a limited tool belt. Unfortunately, from time to time people often have to take a step back and try to fix things themselves. Saying that, always do your own research and get second opinions from people who are qualified in that specific area.
Best of luck!