Codeine Addiction

[laurabuk]

It doesn't help the patient at all - but unfortunately the pharmacist at the store I worked in was very apathetic towards things. I'm glad to be out or ?

[Sir_Dispensalot]

i think some pharmacists take the attitude of "well they'll only go somewhere else and buy it" but imho that's wrong - it might feel sometimes (pardon the expression) like you're pissing in the wind - but sometimes the right bit of advice at the right time might save someone's life from spiralling down the toilet.

To play Devil's Advocate, even if your advice does nothing at least it's not the packet of solpadeine max that came from your shop that the police find by the body...

[SolomonQ]

and your point in telling the pharmacy team was.......

[Sir_Dispensalot]

and your point in telling the pharmacy team was.......

so that they can highlight further sales to the pharmacist too! - sometimes enough repeat buyers will get through even to a lazy/apathetic bugger!

and look at it this way - if the other staff know too - if there's a locum on the other staff could highlight it to the locum and (hopefully) the locum will have a word.

[Jeff]

Any objections to me inviting one(or two) of the recovering from codeinefree.me to this thread?

Jeff

[admin]

Any objections to me inviting one(or two) of the recovering from codeinefree.me to this thread?

Jeff

No objections from me Jeff...........

[johnep]

Thanks for pointing me towards Cuprofen Plus. Got some in from AAH today and bought a pack for my poor old bones. 25% cheaper than the established brand.
johnep

[Jammydodger]

Thankyou for replying to my codeine addiction problem.
Fortunately it is not my problem but i have 2 patients on methadone who were initially addicted to prescribed codeine and then developed otc addiction to solpadeine max and nurofen plus.
My referral to their gp has caused them to become methodone users,
i wondered whether this was actually any benefit to the patient as they have been on methodone for over a year.

[Sir_Dispensalot]

i wondered whether this was actually any benefit to the patient as they have been on methodone for over a year.

To an extent it's just shifting them to another opiate but at least they aren't abusing otc products now in combination with other damaging drugs in overdose eg paracetamol or ibuprofen.

[Jeff]

Thankyou for replying to my codeine addiction problem.
Fortunately it is not my problem but i have 2 patients on methadone who were initially addicted to prescribed codeine and then developed otc addiction to solpadeine max and nurofen plus.
My referral to their gp has caused them to become methodone users,
i wondered whether this was actually any benefit to the patient as they have been on methodone for over a year.

Yes - they aren't destroying their livers,kidneys,bowels with massive doses of paracetamol/ibuprofen.

And well done for referring them.

Jeff