Right then, kiddies, the pub beckons, and I can hardly decline, so I'm gone for the day. Have fun . . .
243 days ago
RT @rattlecans: How many suicides will occur in the UK before Lab Party is willing to reconsider their policies and attitudes to the poo ...
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Yep - excellent day, thanks. A friend took me to Edale, in the Peak District, a Mecca for walkers… (cont) http://t.co/Ht08I91Q
244 days ago
@nigeldraper Screw that! I don't drive now, but that's way too much interference in what is purely a national, even a local, issue.
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Thanks for #CT. Bit late - been out all day.
245 days ago
This from my search-engine slush-pile “is it safe to take co-codamol with COPD?”
Simple answer – yes.
It does get more complicated though.
Opioid analgesics, like the codeine in co-codamol, can, in theory at least, cause a degree of respiratory depression. What I can tell you as absolute fact, is that they don’t do that for me and, as well as 30/500 Co-codamol, I also take Dihydrocodeine and codeine linctus. Individually or together, they do not cause me the slightest problem with my breathing
Depending on the stage COPD is at, analgesia may be essential, as it can be extraordinarily painful. With drugs that can – in theory; just because a side-effect is listed, it doesn’t mean it happens to everyone who takes the drug – cause potentially serious problems, my advice would be suck it and see. Start at a low dose and work up.
The thing is, though, all analgesics cause problems one way or another, constipation being a biggie with opioids, and NSAIDs can cause gastric bleeding.
If you need pain control* you learn to live with the side-effects or, with gastric bleeding, learn to avoid it.
*Control, not relief – you always have some pain with the analgesics that are usually prescribed. That’s life.
This from my search-engine slush-pile “is it safe to take co-codamol with COPD?”
Simple answer – yes.
It does get more complicated though.
Opioid analgesics, like the codeine in co-codamol, can, in theory at least, cause a degree of respiratory depression. What I can tell you as absolute fact, is that they don’t do that for me and, as well as 30/500 Co-codamol, I also take Dihydrocodeine and codeine linctus. Individually or together, they do not cause me the slightest problem with my breathing
Depending on the stage COPD is at, analgesia may be essential, as it can be extraordinarily painful. With drugs that can – in theory; just because a side-effect is listed, it doesn’t mean it happens to everyone who takes the drug – cause potentially serious problems, my advice would be suck it and see. Start at a low dose and work up.
The thing is, though, all analgesics cause problems one way or another, constipation being a biggie with opioids, and NSAIDs can cause gastric bleeding.
If you need pain control* you learn to live with the side-effects or, with gastric bleeding, learn to avoid it.
*Control, not relief – you always have some pain with the analgesics that are usually prescribed. That’s life.