I am so worried about my sister, she has been taking co-codomal now for over 6 years to my knowledge. She takes up to 4 at a time and even buys them ( although a lesser dose) from the chemist if she runs out.
She started to take these after being diagnosed with sponalitous but now takes them ALL the time.
She does not sleep properly and looks very ill . Her teeth have fallen out and she always complains of a sore stomach. Her hair has gone very thin and she has a red flushed complection.
Her doctor has tried to get her to reduce them , but she gets very angry with her and just blames her for putting her on them in the first place.
I have tried everything i know to get her to see the damage that i feel she is doing, or to to get her to reduce them but she says she NEEDS them.
I dont think that her body can take it.
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The problem with co-codamol is the parecetamol your taking and this is whats really making her ill i suspect, she will need these tablets due to the addiction to codeine and probabbly need to take them every 5-7hrs just to stop herself from getting sick. Her doctor should most certainly give her something without the paracetamol in as this damages your kidneys when taking too much so taking anymore than 8 in one day is bad news and even 8 a day is too much if you ask me, the codeine will do no harm to your body but of course it is addictive but she really needs to get something whcih does not contain paracetamol, this could be causing longterm damage, maybe get some references from google about the dangers of taking too much paracetamol and present it to the doctor and see if they will give her some codeine phosphate/tartrate or dihydrocodeine instead. Good luck
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