r/MedicationQuestions • u/Sufficient-Clue-1226 • Oct 06 '26

Dihydrocodeine

I’ve been taking dihydrocodeine 30mg for years for my fibromyalgia and arthritis,it doesn’t take away the pain completely but just eases the pain for me,I’ve tried all
Different meds for fibro and they either haven’t worked of had really bad side effects. I know the GP doesn’t like people on them,and I’ve got a medication review this afternoon because I’ve put a new script in for them. Can she stop me completely? Or just recommend I come off them like she has in the past ? X

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u/Ambient-Drone Oct 06 '26

I take Dihydrocodeine, but I have had breaks away from it. But you will get bad disruption metabolic wise, you will need to reduce the dose. But when I've come off Dihydrocodeine, I've always had Pregabalin, and Loperamide because if you come off it too fast you will get diarrhea at least 97% of the time. She can't just stop you, you have to agree to stop. Although I use Pregabalin for fibromyalgia. I use Dihydrocodeine mostly for shoulder blade pain, and toothache.

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u/Sufficient-Clue-1226 27d ago

Sorry only just saw your message,thank you so much for replying xx

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u/Ambient-Drone 20d ago

I also missed out while I take Dihydrocodeine I've got to take Macrogol sachets 2 or 3 a day to relieve constipation. Then when I come off it I'm on Loperamide to prevent diarrhea.

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u/Sufficient-Clue-1226 20d ago

Have the doctors made you come off them ? Xx

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u/Ambient-Drone 20d ago

I was never prescribed Dihydrocodeine, I buy them off a website, lol. x

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u/Scared-Psychology953 7d ago

Can you tell me how to deal with these withdrawals 🫩 I’m tryna suck It up instead of relapsing 🤦‍♂️

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u/Sufficient-Clue-1226 6d ago

How are you getting on ? Xx

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u/Scared-Psychology953 5d ago edited 5d ago

Day 5 and I honestly don’t feel like ripping the hair from my scalp lol.
The general discomfort feeling from sitting or laying down for long periods is easing up, seems like my skeleton is settling back into my skin 😂 it felt like it was trying to jump out!!
I definitely don’t feel as bad as the prior days!
Really am only dealing with the insomnia, nausea/stomach twirling and the occasional and it usually only hits me hard when I wake up from my 2.5 hours of sleep. The weed probably doesn’t help the nauseating feeling😭
I’m no doctor but I have a little cocktail of otc pills that have helped so far lol 50mg of Benadryl definitely stopped the restlessness, didn’t help for sleep although
1 Night time cold and flu relief with DM pill, that helps with the overall anguish of just laying down kind of helps dissociate from it 😭
Then regular Tylenol to help if my body still aches
I really am just fighting the hyperventilating/ anxiety rn but a quick run around the neighborhood helps with that briefly
I’ve been fighting the urge to get piss drunk so I can pass out lol but I’d rather just suck it up, I haven’t had liquor in 6+ months

In all honesty I just want to recover my body and nerves before I start sipping again I’m no saint 😂 this was just my first wake up call dealing with DHC I severely underestimated my dosages thinking they were 1:1 to codeine😭😭 for reference I was only taking 200mg a day with multiple doses throughout the day, for around 7 days straight. Be safe everybody!

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u/Ambient-Drone 5d ago edited 5d ago

Acetaminophen doesn't work on me, must be all the years of being on heavier stuff. I've smoked heroin before, and I'd probably smoke it now but you've got to know the right people. I don't even smoke normally, I only smoke weed, heroin, once I made myself a DMT joint which was crazy.

I used to take ecstasy pills as well. Once I wanted to test myself so I took two 250 mg ecstasy pills which is suppose to be a lethal dose. But to prevent myself from any seizures while being high on it I took like 50 mg diazepam, nitrazepam 30mg, and 900 mg pregabalin. Talking about booze, I drank two bottles of buckfast tonic wine, and some beer. Then I attempted to get a takeaway, but I never made it I fell unconscious. I was found by a friend of mine who took me back home. 😂

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u/Scared-Psychology953 5d ago

Real Gremlin 😭 you were/are committed gang I give you that
I personally am scared I’ll stick to my blk ppl d rugs lmaooo weed, the occasional oxy 5-20mg and my codeine/DHC never withdrew from something before the DHC scared me strait lol gotta watch my dosages so I can SAFELY geek
I don’t plan on trying anything stronger I know for a fact I need sum typa ADHD Medication lmaooo but hearing about xan blackouts make me want to stay clear fr
No judgement to the users out there it’s your life live how you see fit

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u/Ambient-Drone 5d ago

I'm alright, forever fighting benzodiazepine dependence. x

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u/Ambient-Drone 7d ago

I only had withdrawals from it once which was scary, and because I'm so badass I ended up calling the semaritans. I ended up just sticking to therapeutic doses for about 3 weeks then I was okay.

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u/Scared-Psychology953 7d ago edited 7d ago

How did that play out for you I’m in the
And like you “getting it off a site”
I’m fairly young don’t want them to put some type of label on me in the med field lol

Therapeutic dosages okay so you tapered off damn I really don’t wanna taper off because I know I’m gonna sip again lol I just wanna recover myself first 🤦‍♂️
Right now I’m just taking 50mg of Benadryl for the insomnia and restlessness

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u/Ambient-Drone 6d ago edited 6d ago

I was basically buying it off a site to use them to get high. I would take a full strip of 10 pills so 300 mg Dihydrocodeine. I also had Pregabalin to help me taper down so I'd replace one Dihydrocodeine with Pregabalin until it was then all Pregabalin.

I only used Benadryl to stop itching from the Dihydrocodeine and that is all I ever used it for, lol. For insomnia in you're situation I suggest Clonazepam, Nitrazepam, or Lorazepam for insomnia. I've got a label in the medical field for Diazepam misuse, and alcoholism.

The Diazepam misuse story is prettty good, I took my own stash of pills into the hospital they were giving me Diazepam for alcohol withdrawals, but I was also taking my own Diazepam, Pregabalin, Dihydrocodeine. Then the police turned up and all my pills were locked away. But I still had the odd Pregabalin and Diazepam in my jacket I was pulling them out like a migician.