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News Severe Co-Codamol Shortage in the UK

lost weekend said:
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why do some brands only contain 8mg and others 12.8 ,I know there's a limit but why not make them all the same
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Even funnier when you can get 7.46mg DHC I think it is in Paramol etc (DHC is said to be up to 2x stronger so that’s still above codeine otc products in equipotenncy)

I can’t remember 100% but I believe it is 12.8mg is the legal limit for Codeine OTC and then 7.46mg is for DHC OTC but just strange.. a nurofen plus is fine OTC but being caught with a 15mg co codomal would be possession of a Class B drug

No reason as you’ve said to why co codomal otc is 8mg when you can then get it stronger OTC in another product.

It’s the UK though, when Tramadol is a Class C then Codeine is a Class B explains plenty about how moronic all of the scheduling and legislation is.
 
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Delam said:
The advice where i work is to move people to separate codeine 30mg tablets alongside standard paracetamol tabs.
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KurtAurelius said:
Even funnier when you can get 7.46mg DHC I think it is in Paramol etc (DHC is said to be up to 2x stronger so that’s still above codeine otc products in equipotenncy)

I can’t remember if 12.8mg is the legal limit for Codeine and then 7.46mg is for DHC but just strange..

No reason as you’ve said to why co codomal otc is 8mg when you can then get it stronger OTC in another product.

It’s the UK though, when Tramadol is a Class C then Codeine is a Class B explains plenty about how moronic all of the scheduling and legislation is.
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moronic to say the least especially when it comes to the psychoactive substance act .sniffing petrol out a can would get me high ,am I breaking the law? Eating a shit load of Nutmeg to would alter my brain but they sell it in supermarkets.
I can't say I've actually read the whole text
 
Come to think of it there's lots of natural foods like poppy seeds that could be very powerfull ,the act itself must disclude personal consumption or is it like the old mushroom law where as long as it wasn't prepared for use as apposed to now not even being able too remove it from the ground
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Once an opiate addict, always an opiate addict.

Even though the thought of heroin turns me off these days, I still get the urge for short, low dose binges of codeine and poppy pods.

Old habits die hard...
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Out of all the things I’ve used, and successfully have made myself no longer desire due to the huge negatives (Ketamine, Alcohol and Benzos)

Opioids are the last safety net I’ve yet to let set sail.

Lack of acess stopped the desire best of all for a few years but then after I’ve bypassed that,

It was something I have stepped back into, after 4 years without any.

A month of naughties, then a few months go by when I know I’ve milked my lot and if I go further it’s just untold misery.

Then it comes by again, ah I can have that very fleeting experience of bliss, before it goes again.

A silly silly game. But there’s a deep reluctance to fully let go.

It speaks volumes when months go by trying your best to look after yourself and you get fed up, to have 3-4 hours of loving yourself and the world when you know it’s very transient and very false.

I’ll argue to the ends of the earth that many of my problems are chemical, and that yes you can fix them somewhat with holistic action, but man. There’s a missing link.
 
BadBoy377 said:
Opiates replaced alcohol in my life. I guess that's a better trade. As long as I don't push it as hard as the I did with the booze.
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I think no matter what drug I was to take booze would always be a constant ,not sure if hard opoids would lessen the urge or just make it unpalatable but I will drink the same amount if I have dhc or codeine
 
BadBoy377 said:
Opiates replaced alcohol in my life. I guess that's a better trade. As long as I don't push it as hard as the I did with the booze.
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A lot of people go the opposite way.

My drinking is embarrassing sometimes, but I'm not in a position to score unless I work my way through all the numbers my flatmate used. Or tap up a beggar.
 
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Well, nobody can judge me (or you) but God.

I used to love drinking. Like full on balls to the wall drink as much as I could physically and still hold down a job and keep a house.

I can admit it, I was a functional alcoholic. Twenty pints in a day on a weekend were a regular. I had to stop. I just gradually cut down.

I still drink. Very lightly these days. I go quality over quantity. I can go ages without touching it now.

I do find it kinda ruins my opiate buzz though. I like the clear minded high. I only occasionally use weed with it too.

Went through a stage of holy trinities on school nights. Just because I could.

Enough said for now...
 
BadBoy377 said:
Imagine if you could buy cheap opiates in every other shop. A whole aisle or narcotics in the supermarket...
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They must have sold co co codamol in the supermarkets years ago as well as cough medicine that contained codeine
 
I'm pretty sure cough medicine with codeine would have been sold in the last 30 years.sounds a long time ago but really isn't
 
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