Quote: dellas @ 13th October 2015, 4:33 AM BST
HI Grypt, I have been given co-codamol, good pain relief, but then need to take dose of anti constipation pills!- crap ![hopefully],
My hips are perfect all day, just in bed the creeping irritant begins?
When it got bad I went to see a GP in emergency and she gave me Codamol, but apart from the constipation (>_< !) they didn't seem to make much difference so a week later saw my regular doctor and he put me on Gabapentin (Trade name Neurontin - he said they numb the nerve ends?) which seemed to be a bit better but certainly not 100%.
It's been a long haul but overall it is now not as bad as it was one/two months ago, thank heavens!
As far as the constipation with codamol is concerned, if you want a natural remedy I suggest dried prunes or pear juice - I also have a tin of prunes at the weekend. Can also highly recommend Senokot - worked wonders for me!
And oddly enough, at the moment I am having the complete opposite to constipation! Dunno what has brought that on...........