new regulations

[Oorki Galoorki]

better buy up now hehe

[Schmickers]

Not to criticise, but I honestly can't see why anyone would need more than 30 panadeine / nurofen plus / panamax co. in the house at a time? Even if you were taking them round the clock, that's enough to last 72 hours straight. If you need codeine for any longer than that, you need to see a doctor for a script.

[AnyDream]

Not to criticise, but I honestly can't see why anyone would need more than 30 panadeine / nurofen plus / panamax co. in the house at a time? Even if you were taking them round the clock, that's enough to last 72 hours straight. If you need codeine for any longer than that, you need to see a doctor for a script.

:yeahthat: It's a pretty strong drug...I developed a nasssssssteh sensitivity after taking it during gallstone attacks.

[*Beema*]

Not to criticise, but I honestly can't see why anyone would need more than 30 panadeine / nurofen plus / panamax co. in the house at a time? Even if you were taking them round the clock, that's enough to last 72 hours straight. If you need codeine for any longer than that, you need to see a doctor for a script.

TBH I think some people just don't want to have to go to the chemist as often, and if there were two of you needing it, it wouldn't last very long. We also, tend to divide up the pack between work bags, home handbags. I am sure it isn't necessary to have more than 30, but these are just my thoughts....

[Matryoshka]

To be totally honest i take panadeine or the homebrand version which is paracetamol + approx 8-12mg codeiene depending on the brand very regularly. I have chronic neck/back pain which gives me headaches on a daily basis and plain old panadol/paracetamol does nothing for it. So i take it with the codiene at least several times a week. Sometimes even the panadol extra which is paracetamol + 15mg codeine (and the dose is 2 tablets), when i'm in extreme pain and can't move my right arm (which is a pain because i'm right handed) nothing else works.

So honestly for me to have to get a script for this is a pain in the butt. And i have also been having treatment for my neck pain for several years. I've tried acupuncture, chiropractor and finally have been seeing an osteopath for the past year. But still i get the pain and the headaches, picking up 2 little boys all the time, and household chores aggrivate it.

I can understand the urge to regulate the use of codeiene products, my old boss used to take nurofen plus and got addicted to the codiene in it and eventually developed stomach ulcers from the ibruprofen, and had to slowly come off the codiene. She was just unaware of the potential for addiction. I'm also embarrassed to admit knowing people in my uni days who would extract codeiene from panadeine to take a really large dose of codeiene (not sure why, its hardly a social drug?!). But for this i think its fairly obvious when you're buying several boxes at a time, and i believe the pharmacist has the right to refuse sale, like they did with products containing psuedoephedrine in the past.

So yeah it's frustrating for those who genuinely need it and use it responsibly.


I would also wonder..... don't you think people who did/would use codiene for self medication purposes might just turn to illegal drugs which are a lot easier to get tha having to get a script?? Codiene is similar to heroin.... i'd be really interested to see if theres a rise in heroin usage after May. In fact i have a good friend who works in drug and alcohol research so i will ask her in a few months.

[Sopdet]

I get the large pack when I purchase. I got told about the new laws coming in.

One strip at work because the first aid officers are no longer allowed to give pain medication for headaches
One in the car
One in my handbag
One in the kitchen
One in the bathroom
One in the bedroom for when we wake up in the middle of the night with a muscle spasm

So yes the packet may keep us going for a while - they don't stay in the box.