Please, I know I am on here and have ended up as punch bag, but I am not nor ever have been an idiot!
http://www.talktofrank.com/drug/opiateopioid-painkillers if you do not wish to click the link here it is:-
What are opiate/opioid painkillers?
Opiate/opioid painkillers are medicines with effects similar to opium. They act by stimulating opioid receptors in the brain and nervous system. There are a large number of opiate/opioid medicines including codeine, morphine, dihydrocodeine, methadone, buprenorphine and diamorphine (also known as heroin). Opium comes from the flower of the opium poppy and has been used for many hundreds of years to treat pain, sleeplessness and diarrhoea. Increasingly the terms opiate and opioid are used interchangeably when referring to these drugs. Opiate is sometimes used to refer only to those drugs derived directly or indirectly from natural opium. However, they all act on the opioid receptor in the body.
Opiate painkillers are available either from doctors on prescription; or, in relatively low doses over-the-counter, at a pharmacy, combined with aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol. They are intended to be used for a limited period of time to treat pain that does not respond to standard effective painkillers like aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol.
Although opiate painkillers will vary in how powerful they are, they are all sedative painkillers that can depress the nervous system, and so slow down body functions and reduce physical and psychological pain. They can also be highly addictive.
Although they are normally safe to take if you follow your doctor’s/pharmacists instructions, some people who have used opiate painkillers regularly become dependent on them. If they are taken primarily to get high and to feel better, the risk of addiction will be greater.
The key effects and risks of opiate painkillers include:
Pain relief.
Feelings of well-being, relaxation and sleepiness.
Constipation.
Suppressed coughing.
Nausea, vomiting, sweating, itching, mood swings and feelings of lethargy
Addiction.
In overdose, breathing stops.
I very rarely say things I have not researched. I am trying to write accurate posts for other users to use.
Don't question me unless you know for sure.
Oh and moderators. I do not believe I have at any point said any thing offensive, abusive, inflamatory. No doubt you will ADVISE ACCORDINGLY.
Fueled with pain killers and now 2 glasses of wine. Life is presently swimming around me!
Well, I've read the above and it quite clearly says paracetamol is a standard painkiller:
"Opiate painkillers are available either from doctors on prescription; or, in relatively low doses over-the-counter, at a pharmacy, combined with aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol.They are intended to be used for a limited period of time to treat pain that does not respond to standard effective painkillers like aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol.
I've actually been told that paracetamol is safe to give to just about everyone including the elderly and pregnant, and the painkiller of choice for people who can't always communicate pain accurately.
Plus, I can get OH to bed in under 15 minutes. His head hits the pillow, he's asleep.
Well i stand corrected and well done you but there is NO way that i could get my ma anywhere close to bed in under 45 minutes from table to wash, to sorting out legs etc. However, we didn't rush because I feel it is an important time before sleep to settle people and if Underwoods dad is already unhappy and unsettled then one would hope that the carers would take time and care and interest enough to do this at a measured pace. I spoke to a lady just yesterday who was almost in tears saying "why do they keep rushing at me, they rush, they make me hurry, I don't like it. It upsets me I like to take my time". What an awful reflection on our society that the speed of care is more important than love and tenderness. Just my opnion please don't shout at me!
Hi Fizzie
Thank you
Which paracetamol do the NHS use?
In case this is helpful ... I take Cocodamol on prescription, a combination of Codeine (an opioid) and Paracetamol (properly acetaminophen and not an opioid) ... the mechanism of action of the two is quite different which is why they can safely be combined. And yes, I do know for sure.
Annie, thank you,
However, my father has a urinary infection.
Depending on which paracetamol and which derivatives, where do the NHS aquire their paracetamol from?
I'm sorry, I have no idea where they source it. But I do know it is commonly prescribed to deal with the pain and discomfort of UTIs
Thank you Annie, but the hospital discharged to the care home and there was no mention of him having UTI or delirium. SS knew about it 'bed blocking' but care home do not!
I find this a very sad and disturbing thread. I will not add to the responses about what can be done as I have nothing new to add there. But it does strike me that this a cautionary tale in terms of the advisability of anyone promising anyone else that they will not end up in a care home. Such a promise may well be impossible to keep given that no-one can predict the future. I'm sure very many of us hope this laudable aim will be achieved but have realised that it might not, for any one of a number of reasons.
I'm not sure you understood me, UTI is Urinary Tract Infection. You did state he had/possibly still has a urinary infection?
OH wasn't on a single medication when he was diagnosed. Plus, he hardly ever takes painkillers. As with every medical article, read with caution.
Paracetamol is Paracetamol. Stop getting paranoid.