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  • Jon Larcombe, sw Cornwall  On January 8, 2011 at 10:40 am
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    Hi Jeanne,
    Like millions of others, I have continual pain – low back and permanent chronic sciatica, as the result of soft tissue damage, which has left adhesions to the nerve roots. I’ve been on Co-Proxamol since 1986 – I’ve also had 6 epidurals of anaesthetic and steroids injection, back in the late 80s – CP is the only drug which helps me to live a comparatively normal life, not pain free but reduced to a level that I can live and work full-time with. If I run out for a couple of days, I really suffer. I was taken off CP along with millions of others and tried on other drugs and combinations – I ended up taking three times as many tablets, with unacceptable side effects for 12 months or so. When I was in my local pharmacy, I said to the pharmacist that CP was the only thing that helped, could she help with anything similar – she tells me CP are still available, back to my GP and told him. “No, they’ve stopped making them (some years ago)”. I said, “No, they’re still available on a named patient basis”, and asked him to give me a script for them, which he did.

    By the way, I’m a 62 yrs old male working more than full-time hours. A doctor told me years ago, that most patients could take upto 1 CP per stone in weight per 24 hours (not applicable to obese or
    overweight people, whose hearts would already be under a heavier load). It has to be stated 8 per 24 hoursin pharmaceutical guidance and drug use instructions, as the vast majority of people are 8 stones plus.

    My GP thinks the reason why people find CP more effective is not the analgesic effect (which the experts say is the same or better with Paracetamol and Codeine, Co-Dydramol or Tramadol), but down to the opiate Dextropropoxyphene, which gives a slight hit or high. This causes the muscles to relax and hence much less pain.

    Occasionally, the pharmacy runs low on them and there’s a slight delay in supply, but they are still being made and are available today – 8th January 2011 – I know this to be a fact – I’ve just collected 200 – ah bliss! Am I addicted to Co-Proxamol? No, I can go without but suffer severe pain if I do.

    What I have found I’ve been addicted to are Zolpidem (Stilnoct) sleeping tablets. I’ve been on them for some years (not days, as advised in their usage notes). I went “cold turkey” on Thursday 30/12/2010 after realising I was like a zombie all the time. I’ve felt like absolute cr*p since, and been sleeping some very strange times, but now I’m coming out of it and feel a lot better. I didn’t fancy trying to wean off them with Diazepam, as I’d probably have ended up addicted to both!

    I hope this helps you or someone else, and please feel free to contact me on above email.

    Regards to all.

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