Lumbar Cortisone Injections…

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Originally Posted by zilo

Morphine wasn't providing enough pain relief so one of the doctors prescribed ONE oxycodeine tablet AND two panadol simultaeneously.

Took 10 minutes, then it was like a switch was flicked for 6 hours.

Originally Posted by zilo

It was a trauma ward in emergency not exactly take home stuff..so I am not sure what dose of paracetamol it was....but know oxycodone 25mg wasn't doing anything on its own.

It would be helpful to know if you were given a normal tablet or a modified release one.

Normal tablets are give an instant hit that last for a few hours, its not a mixture of meds that do it. Breakthrough pain relief i believe it's referred to.

Modified release have many methods and time frames, but the jist is they are higher dose that releases slowly to provide long even pain relief.

Dad had 5mg instant release oxy tablets as required after his knee was replaced. One tablet and he'd be considering getting up and dancing. But his traditional slow release killers did squat.

Originally Posted by prydey

Panadeine forte is paracetamol and codeine. 500mg and 30mg respectively I think. It's prescription only.

It would have been a straight Paracetamol tablet, not Panadeine Forte. Codeine is a opiate too. Wouldn't double up on opiate pain killers from different pills.

It would be like having a Codral Original and downing a couple of Panadol for good measure. Codral already has a full dose of Paracetamol in it, you wouldn't take 2 full doses at the same time. Or at least normal people wouldn't.