Codeine for Pain User Reviews (Page 2)
Codeine has an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from a total of 40 reviews for the treatment of Pain. 58% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 18% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Codeine
- Jan
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- May 5, 2019
"I find solpadeine to be very effective for pain but the side effect for me outweigh the pain relief. 1.dry mouth 2.Swollen eyelids 3.Bloating 4.Cough 5.Addiction"
- spuddie
- July 28, 2008
"I take this drug for my back pain with other pain killers and I find this drug very good"
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- Anonymous
- July 13, 2011
"A dentist prescribed it to me and it works very well. The pain goes almost instantly."
- Anonymous
- November 27, 2009
"My dentist prescribed it to me to treat a toothache and it's completely useless."
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- Anonymous
- October 28, 2009
"It is the only thing that works for my migraines."
- Nickers
- November 14, 2011
"Codeine very effective for pain, but some people are very sensitive to it so what out for allergies/ sensitivities. Other than that, fantastic."
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- Anonymous
- December 10, 2009
"I also had a dentist prescribe it for pain, not helping at all."
- Anonymous
- December 21, 2009
"Had Panadeine Forte for a tooth abscess pain. Made me dizzy, light headed, sweaty, anxious and vomited."
- Deep...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- January 27, 2016
"Great. It works well for pain but does not last as long as I'd like. I can't take hydrocondone which make me itch and sometimes break out in night sweats."
- Kay0ii
- March 13, 2008
"Not as good as morphine. I had to take one pill every 4 hours ON THE DOT! VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!"
- Tammy
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- June 6, 2018
"Moderate pain reliever. Causes dizziness and sleepiness and also worsens my mood. I get more irritable when I take it."
- KiwiC...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 25, 2015
"Brought on a wicked toothache like I've never had before :/"
- Anonymous
- November 2, 2009
"I suffer really bad fibromyalgia. I'm in constant pain."
- Petey
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- January 24, 2022
"Very good medication, I take 30 to 60 mg during tooth pain and it helps massively, this saved me from long ER visits Medication also has a sedative effect."
- Mmafi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 19, 2016
"I had an external hemorrhoids surgery and codeine not helping me whatsoever as the doctor prescribed 30mg. I take 2 still same and has not helped me with tonsillitis surgery too"
- Hoppi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 6, 2021
"Works great! No issues whenever I've taken it so far."
- Muffin...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- October 18, 2021
"This is golden for pain but it gave me too much nausea to continue - even more so than the much heavier and stronger Morphine Sulfate XR!"
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 4, 2022
"Severe toothache on a waiting list for wisdom teeth to be removed hasn't helped one bit still in absolute agony"
- Hal
- January 5, 2021
"Prescribed for Crohn's disease but only take it when absolutely necessary due to the terrible indigestion and nausea it causes"
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"I took codeine every 6 hours when I had a broken arm. Codeine worked well and took the pain away in about 15 to 20 minutes after taking it, but the pain started coming back again after about 3 hours."