Is codeine ok with prednisolone.

[Ebiker]

Foolishly went mad digging garden couple of weeks ago and upset my back....past slipped disc. Seeing pysio and doing all the right things and keeping pain killers to a minimum as even the paracetamol make me feel strange, light headed and upset digestive system. I am on omeprazole. Would codeine be a good alternative?

[PMRpro Ambassador]

As long as you don't allow yourself to get constipated!

[Ebiker in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks Pro. Liquorice organic tea bags are of great assistance to keeping it at bay...used occasionally when necessary 🤫.Today I stuck with paracetamol capsules because as usual, I have other 'bits going wrong' and last night I had bad reflux, wind etc so I suspect some of the light head feeling is to do with this. Still not resolved what the ??? infestation or infection was ???

Might have to see a private specialist .. gastrology?.. on that one. As I said previously my doctor has had everything possible checked.

Btw the friends in motor home I mentioned are heading next from lake Konstanz area to site I told them about...Natters, thanks for comments on area.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Ebiker]

A yes, Natters and Mutters and Havers and Blethers ... But it helps to be a Scot to get that

[Ebiker in reply to PMRpro]

Ok. I was born very close to the border but not quite in Scotland!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Ebiker]

We passed the turn to Natters and Mutters on the way south to Italy but never went up there! One of the group christened it N&M&H&B - and so it has remained!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Ebiker]

Not too much of the liquorice tea - see this from FAQs-

healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk...

[Ebiker in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks DL. I had read some of this a long while back and use it very occasionally and sparingly. I also eat (again, very occasionally) liquorice soft pieces which are in fact aniseed flavoured.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Ebiker]

Okay, so long as you are aware..

[Bcol]

Yup Co-Codamol works well with me, but beware the liquorice with the Pred.

[Ebiker in reply to Bcol]

Thanks Bcol.

[ladygigger]

I'm currently on 15mg prednisolone - it's been a bit of an up and down journey for me due to having to taper very fast for a major operation so back up from 10mg for a while. That helps with the PMR pain but doesn't touch the bursitis in my left hip which seems to flare at night when I get into bed. Paracetamol doesn't touch it, co-codamol does but think I might have to resort soon to the lactulose and senna that were given to me at the hospital! I was also given 2 packs of tramadol but find that gives me too much of a hangover the next day.

I had a phone catch up with a rheumatology nurse yesterday and mentioned the bursitis. The rheumatologist had recommended a cortisone injection when I met him in January but nothing happened (possibly because I got put on a cancer pathway when something else cropped up) so she's now going to get him to refer me for the injection. Hope it works!

[Ebiker in reply to ladygigger]

Thanks for reply. Sounds like your having a difficult time. Hope you gdt some relief soon.