N+ death
Hi everyone.
I came across this thread on Google, after searching some information on the effects of N+..... 4 years ago, the father of my two children died a very slow and painful death due to his 5 year addiction to this over the counter painkiller. He originally started taking them for a bad back and an operation on a broken knee cap. His addiction started almost from day one. He used to buy the packs that are now no longer available, i think they were packs of 90 or so. He went through these in two days. I kept nagging him to stop, and he would become crafty and start hiding things. I was cleaning the bedroom one day and decided to dust the top of the large cupboards. when i finally got a chair and ran a dust cloth over it, over 80 packets on N+ fell on the floor !! i was so angry. When he came home from work i confronted him, he turned it into an argument and told me he would try to cut down. He then started to pop them out and put the pills straight into his trouser pockets, but when he was sat on the sofa they would fall out and i would find them on the seat, and again get very angry as i had two small children that could of picked them up and eaten them !
His health got a lot worse and was diagnosed with Crohns disease. He had an operation to remove some blocked bowl and he was told that he had to stop taking N+ immediatly as they were one of the worse things you can take, with Crohns. He tried, but couldnt. He was sneaky, hiding things, his appetite stopped he would take so many he would come out in a rash.
I left him due to his addiction, and other issues. 15 months later he died. He had a burst bowl, and that was it. He apparently led in the hospital bed writhing around in agony before he died. I think after i left him, he just ate the N+ like sweets and because no one was there keeping an eye on things and telling him not to do it, he just swolled them down like sweets until they killed him.
Now he has left two children without their dad, which is devastating for them and i find it very difficult to accept that he was prepared to die rather than love and cherish his two lovely children. I know addictions are tough, and devestating for friends and families - but i am still very angry 4 years on that he didnt care enough to kick the habit, and think about his children who were 4 and 5 when he died.
N+ and other codiene based painkillers should be more regulated, however, its down to the individual to know when they need help if the addiction takes over.
Please come off the N+ - i know its hard, but think about how amazing life can be without them - the alternative just isnt worth thinking about ! My Ex was 32 when he died .....
I've introduced myself on the NMI thread, and been posting here for a few days now and got a lot out of this place.
Thanks for all your support.
So I thought id share my horror story with Nurofen Plus/codiene addiction her as a warning.
It almost killed me.
I've been a codiene user for 6 years and probably a a serious addict for 3 or so.
Any way, I ued to get prescribed strong 500/30 tablet painkillers for back ache.
I got a buzz out of them so I started going through my monthly prescriptions in no time.
So i would buy nurofen plus tablets. The highest codiene content tablets available her in the UK. Ibuprofen based so the harm wasn't instantly noticeable, I had omeperazole which prevented stomach ulcers but it was lower down dammage was being ddone.
Net result. Burst intestine, Burst abdominal wall,.
This was after 3rd or 4th hospital admission, also I was having kidney failure, losing protiene and potassium and other vitals in my urine.
Then I had an emergency hospital admission with serious stomach ache.
Peritonitis I was told, basically, a completely infected intestinal system.
I had to have 5 major surgwries, nd still had a huge gaping wound.
Please see pic, which is a month after healing. 2 months after surgery.
Story isn't over yet, I've just had another surgery a year later to regraft abdominal muscles, and reconstruct my abdominal wall.
The reason im telling this story, is that this can happen to many opiod users, through constipation alone so beware.
Please see picture.
I'll be happy to help where i can. A few people have been asking why im so desperate for sleep and aafter euphoria, well I hope u guys can understand now.'but please don't follow in my footsteps.
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