Bisoprolol and codeine

[Danielle35]

Has anyone taking these together, I'm on bisoprolol and I was in hospital yesterday with chest pains but they didn't find anything heart related causing the chest pains so they gave me codeine for pain and Omeprazole

[Captain_Birdseye]

Yes I have.

[Danielle35 in reply to Captain_Birdseye]

Okay are they okay, I honestly hate taking medication but keep getting pains x

[Captain_Birdseye in reply to Danielle35]

I was fine with them - but appreciate we all tolerate medication differently.

Your doctor and pharmacist wouldn't have prescribed them to you if they weren't.

If taking them longer than a couple of days you might want a laxative - from experience. And if they are strong/you're not used to them, don't drive as they can make you drowsy.

[Danielle35 in reply to Captain_Birdseye]

Okay thank you

[Hidden]

Yes I have { short term } then paracetamol as codeine is murder for Constipation { with me anyway }

[Bramley01]

I am on both, my pharmacist has said it is fine 🙂

[Avdi]

Hi Danielle

I took Codeine and Paracetamol with Bisoprolol and my other meds after my double bypass. I didn’t encounter any problems apart from constipation which I had medication for.

Take care

[TeresaMay]

I take together with no problem

[devonian186]

Immediately after my heart bypass I took the maximum dose allowed of paracetemol which was 8 tablets over a 24 hour period. It just about took away the pain of the surgery and after 8 weeks I suddenly found I didnt need them any more. I had no problems with constipation but the trick was to space them out

[scentedgardener]

I take the maximum dose of cocodamol, and Bisoprolol. No problems with constipation either.

[Handel]

Hi Danielle35. Codeine is an opiate so along with causing constipation, they gave my husband weird hallucinations!!! Good luck xxxx

[momander]

Hi Danielle35,

I am on both, actually I used to be on co codomol but now on dihydrocodeine. The co codomol did not make me constipated but the dihydrocodeine does!!! As far as I know its fine and safe to take both. Im being careful what I say here as sadly I got roasted yesterday for posting something my GP AND CARDIOLOGIST TOLD ME!!! NOWT SO WEIRD AS FOLK!!! I would double check though, but I am as sure as I can be that it is ok. Ive been taking them for years!!! Also I took both until the day before my heart bypass surgery, so with that, Im presuming it is safe. Good luck

[Anon2023]

hi. I’ve had no problem taking them both.

[HHH2017]

Hi sorry to hear this. Do go back to GP if your pain continues for more than a few days. I take bisoprolol for my heart and codeine when needed for fibromyalgia. No complications with these two meds. But as others have mentioned a change in bowel movements is a well known annoying side effect! I manage it with couple days on then a day off and back again! Not ideal but manageable. Best of luck 🤞🏽

[gixxerboy]

Been on both for a few years with no problem at all....