Re: Painkiller habit
Co-codamol is the only drug which takes my migraine pain away, and which I can tolerate. I use them very sparingly and average 6 tablets a month. One prescription lasted me 14 months! I rarely take more than two lots in one 24 hour period. I am as careful as careful can be with this drug. My latest blood tests show that my liver is fine. Not taking the drug when my pain is intolerable will lead to high blood pressure - which I consider to be dangerous. My GP knows I am very low risk of addiction because my carefulness around medications borders on the phobic due to having developed chemical sensitivity. Then there is my hairdresser who is on about 10 a day of the strongest ones (long-term) - for backpain, and she thinks that she's addicted - which she probably is.
As Ben says, the liver is a remarkable organ and as long as your liver function is fine, then I don't think you have anything to worry about there and you can focus on trying to sort out the addiction and why you keep relapsing..
One thing: when you relapse, are you taking the lower dose which you can buy OTC? The other strengths are prescription only aren't they?
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