Until 1 February 2018 you could buy codeine over the counter with no script either as ibuprofen + codeine or paracetamol + codeine. Then they changed the rules so now codeine requires a prescription.
When I had gynecological surgery, I was given several different types of opiate pain meds on discharge - I think a 7 day supply of all of them?
One was the less-addictive alternative to morphine, Buprenorphine.
I ended up not using much due to intolerable side effects - unfortunately opiates give me vivid nightmares, severe Depression, night sweats, feeling feverish, and almost complete inability to do even the most basic activities of daily living. :(
There is currently a push to get patients who are under 65 off long term opiate use [mainly due to concerns about hormone effects and bone density effects], but it is nowhere near as bad as it is in the US. It feels more "cost/benefit analysis" and less moralistic/panic than the US.
The conversations here haven't been about addiction but about side effects and accidental overdoses.
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Until 1 February 2018 you could buy codeine over the counter with no script either as ibuprofen + codeine or paracetamol + codeine. Then they changed the rules so now codeine requires a prescription.
When I had gynecological surgery, I was given several different types of opiate pain meds on discharge - I think a 7 day supply of all of them?
One was the less-addictive alternative to morphine, Buprenorphine.
I ended up not using much due to intolerable side effects - unfortunately opiates give me vivid nightmares, severe Depression, night sweats, feeling feverish, and almost complete inability to do even the most basic activities of daily living. :(
There is currently a push to get patients who are under 65 off long term opiate use [mainly due to concerns about hormone effects and bone density effects], but it is nowhere near as bad as it is in the US. It feels more "cost/benefit analysis" and less moralistic/panic than the US.
The conversations here haven't been about addiction but about side effects and accidental overdoses.