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Codiene

Gael23 · 2014-12-03 21:12:24

Ive been given a short course of Solpadol which contain both Paracetamol and Codeine. I was wondering what the Codeine does? All my GP said is that it will make me constipated:eek: but does it actually treat pain or just make you sleep it off?

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#32 14-12-2014 11:56PM

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ryanf1 wrote: »

Slightly off topic but on the subject of pain relief.
I was given a pain blocker injection to the area while in theatre. What kind of drug would that have been? It left the surgical area totally numb for close to 24 hours.

Definitely not your normal local anaesthetic block anyway .
Normal lidocaine doesn't last that long as far as I know .

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#33 15-12-2014 02:52PM

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I did some research myself on opioid induced constipation and found an article intended for Doctors saying to treat patients for a short time with both stimulant and osmotic laxatives. So I took 2 senokot and a Movicol going for a better out than in approach. That worked so a few hours after I took 2 spoons of lactulose which gave me some diarrohea but again I think id rather that than be constipated

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#34 15-12-2014 10:05PM

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Ryanf, this is turning into more of a blog about your personal medical issues.

Closed.

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