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[Velvet.Tears]

I was at emergency doc early morning. Had stomach pain for nearly 3 days now and i'm on medication for a month to see if it helps but he thinks i have a stomach ulcer. I'm having a really crappy xmas.

[Mags]

So sorry to hear that, I hope your medication is helping and you'll feel better soon.

That was bad timing getting it at Christmas...:(

[lynz85]

yes, hopefully it will help! stay away from otc aspirin and ibuprofen if you do have one.

[angieh]

Hope it calms quickly - sorry to hear that you've been poorly over Xmas.

[dandysmom]

Do dear, sorry you're poorly; of all times to be ill! Do take care, and hope you'll improve very soon (((hugs)))

[Velvet.Tears]

I'm on 4000mg of codeine a day!!!!! And some stuff to see if it helps the acid in my stomach otherwise I have to go back for more tests.

[lynz85]

erm, thats a lot, are you sure thats right? the maximum recommended dose is 240mg! not nice, but watch it doesnt make you constipated aswell!

[Velvet]

Does seem a high dose. If you do get constipated ask your pharmatist about Lactulose. Hope your meds woek & you feel better soon

[Shelley123]

Hope your medicine is working and you are feeling a bit better.

[Velvet.Tears]

Yes everyone has asked me that but it is 4000mg of co-codomal i'm assuming they are the same. And opreprizole once a day. i was as high as a kite last night.

[Shelley123]

Yes everyone has asked me that but it is 4000mg of co-codomal i'm assuming they are the same. And opreprizole once a day. i was as high as a kite last night.

Co-codamol is a bit of a funny drug, neither my parents, son or friend can take it. It sent my mum and friend, funny and my son and dad were both sick.

[Mags]

I was prescribed Co-codomol 30/500mg for severe back pain earlier this year. My prescription said to take 2 tablets four times a day which would have brought my intake up to 4,000mg a day also. I found they gave me a dizzy/sickly reaction so I cut down to 1 x 4 times a day and managed to control the pain quite well on that.

[Squirrel]

cocodamol is a mix of cetamol and codine. I *think* from what I remember (having been on them myself for a while last March) they are a mix of standard amount of paracetamol, plus codine of varying levels. I believe the maximum amount of codine in any of these tablets is about 30mg, and no more than 8 are to be taken in any one day.

Having looked around online a bit, all levels of strength of cocodamol have 500mg of cetamol, with variation of the amount of codine... I was a bit shocked when I saw a different dr to normal as a visiting patient at my parents surgery and she decided it was a good idea to drop me from the very highest level of cocodamol (30/500) right down to the lowest one (about 8/500)... Mind you - I was off work due to injury at this time, and the dr thought I should return as soon as OH saw me. She gave me a fortnights line to cover that time, next dr's appt the man agreed with me, and gave me another fortnight line as was to see OH that day. Saw the OH later that day, and she told me I needed to be off for at least a further 6 weeks!!!

[Velvet.Tears]

Mine is 15/500. I haven't had any today as i'm still feeling dizzy off those yesterday!

[Velvet]

OmErprazole are good. They will protect your digestion, your doc has given you them for that reason & help soothe & settle ulcer.

Co-codamol are not too bad. Co-drydramol are more potent. I wouldnt take anymore than one at a time. Co-drydramol are prescription only.

[angieh]

Unfortunately, I cannot take any codeine based pills nor ibuprofen (although gel is OK). Both give me terrible stomach pain which would be enough to make me think I had an ulcer but it's just the pills. A while ago I was put on Tranexamic Acid tabs, which are known to possibly cause stomach problems so the GP gave me Lansoprazole to help. Fortunately, the transex tabs didn't cause any problems for me. Various anti-bs can cause me problems too.

Trouble is everyone is slightly different and what suits one does not suit another. Was recently prescribed another pill that caused me to become very breathless - stopped taking that!

[lynz85]

ah that makes more sense, i was worried you'd OD!! what you are taking is 15mg codeine and 500mg paracetamol, so you must not take any other paracetamol containing products, ie lemsips. (i must stop bringing my job home lol!) if you are feeling they are too strong just take one and see how that goes. hopefully the omeprazole will help! and you feel better soon!

[Velvet.Tears]

Oh but still is really high, i have to be careful because of my liver

[lynz85]

if you have liver problems, they doctor will be aware of this and think they are safe enough to take, as long as you dont take more than 8 in a day. i had to have my gallbladder out last year and before that i had a really sore attack, i had to take 60mg of codeine, probably the strongest thing i've ever had.... i think i went for a nap when they kicked in :lol:
if your worried at all, just ask your gp

[Velvet.Tears]

Yeah if i'm not feeling any better by morning i shall go in but I will take just one a day and no more.

[Velvet]

Unfortunately, I cannot take any codeine based pills nor ibuprofen (although gel is OK). Both give me terrible stomach pain which would be enough to make me think I had an ulcer but it's just the pills. A while ago I was put on Tranexamic Acid tabs, which are known to possibly cause stomach problems so the GP gave me Lansoprazole to help. Fortunately, the transex tabs didn't cause any problems for me. Various anti-bs can cause me problems too.

Trouble is everyone is slightly different and what suits one does not suit another. Was recently prescribed another pill that caused me to become very breathless - stopped taking that!

Im the same Angie, I have Co-Drydramol in the house but dont take them, they really go for me and anything else is like drinking a glass of water. I need a knee replacement so they are for arthritis.

[farthing]

I hope you feel better soon.

[MrsH]

What a nasty thing a stomach ulcer is, I hope you're feeling a bit better soon.

[Velvet.Tears]

Trying to keep my flat clean and tidy without any help from my bf is taking its toll, i wanna cry in a corner :(

[Shelley123]

Trying to keep my flat clean and tidy without any help from my bf is taking its toll, i wanna cry in a corner :(

sounds like you are having a bad time VT, sometimes christmas and new year can make us feel worse.
I personaly don't realy like new year but as it's our pups birthday i'm going to start liking it.

[Velvet.Tears]

It's my eldest rabbits birthday new years day then another ones is a few days later

[Shelley123]

It's my eldest rabbits birthday new years day then another ones is a few days later

Yours will be a birthday house :lol:
Tomorrow we are hoping to take Malaika to the park to meet her doggy friends. She has goodies to share :lol: (am i mad, or what )

[angieh]

It helps to stay positive if you possibly can VT. Don't worry about your flat ..... do a little if you feel like it, otherwise concentrate on your rabbit's birthday and celebrate that.

[Velvet.Tears]

Paris will be 5 so naturally i'm worrying more about her but she acts 5 months lol, she is an active little tinker.

[Kazz]

Hope you feel better soon.

[dandysmom]

Any better today?

[Velvet.Tears]

Unfortunately not, my stomach is swollen so much i look like a beach ball and pain has spread to kidneys, waiting for emergency doctors to open and give them a ring.

[lynz85]

oh dear!! sounds like you need to get to hosp asap! how did you get on?

[Velvet.Tears]

Was still no help, they said to double the dose of the omprezole tablets and have 1 co=codomal & 1 paracetamol tablet but no ibruprofen. Then see how I am next week.

[Velvet]

Is it your lower or upper abdomen and is one side worse than the other?

[Velvet.Tears]

upper, its my actual stomach

[Velvet]

Is one side worse than the other?

[Squirrel]

hmmmmm... if it the stomach itself, that would probably (at an uneducated guess!!!) be mostly left side of the body, but too high to be appendix related at least. Were you thinking one side of the stomach more affected than the other Velvet?

[Velvet]

Yes - I will wait & see what VT says first, horrible to be ill during holidays.

[Velvet.Tears]

I'm not as bad today, just my stomach hurting.

[Velvet]

Thats good news. Medication
Maybe starting to take effect :)

[Shelley123]

How are you now VT ?

[Velvet.Tears]

Hi sorry haven't been on in a few days, been on a bit of a downer and don't know what to do with myself, i've been crying here non stop all night. But anyway no i'm still no better trying to give the medication time to work, I find the more stressed I am it hurts more.

[Squirrel]

Hi sorry haven't been on in a few days, been on a bit of a downer and don't know what to do with myself, i've been crying here non stop all night. But anyway no i'm still no better trying to give the medication time to work, I find the more stressed I am it hurts more.

Sorry to hear this VT... The stress thing is natural and normal... When I was recovering from broken upper arm earlier on in the year, physio told me that pain in a specific place is transferred as a message to the brain. Stress is just another message, and if you're in pain, and stressed, the brain interprets both of those messages in the same way. So feeling stressed adds to the pain. It didn't help that he explained this after I visited OH to see if they would let me back to work, it was a bad day, I was on higher level of pain killers, and could do even less than normal...

I'm not saying I'd have been let back to work even had stress not been playing a part, from what OH was saying my movement wasn't good enough even on a good day, but the stress out didn't help...

[Velvet.Tears]

Thought i'd let you all know that after my scan (which he didnt even scan my stomach) andyway I already knew I had a damaged liver 4 years but was tld nothing to worry about, well this scan has revealed I have fatty liver disease so i am going for more tests to see how advanced it is.

[angieh]

Very sorry to hear that news V.T - I hope that something can be done at least to prevent the pain you've been suffering. (((hugs)))

[Velvet]

Hope you get sorted soon. Do they know what caused it?

[dandysmom]

Sorry to hear this news; hope something can be done to ease the pain now that they know the cause. (((hugs)))

[Velvet.Tears]

Not sure yet as they have only done a scan I go for more tests at the end of the month so will know what type it is and everything.

[Shelley123]

sorry to hear of your problem VT

[Kazz]

Hope you start to feel better soon.