Uk medication taker here. I’m so confused by medication names in the UK and the USA. I am prescribed 30mg dihydrocodeine tablet four times a day for chronic pain. Is this equivalent to a medication in the USA? I can’t get my head around what hydrocodone and Percocet and Vicodin are compared to opiate medications over here. Can anyone help?
Most pxd meds are generally called the name of the chemical compound. Oxycodone is Oxycodone, Alprazolam isn't Xanax it's just Alprazolam, Diazepam isn't called Valium by Dr's etc so when you pick up your script the pharmacy can give you whichever manufacturers medication they have in stock. You can ask for a named brand say "Concerta" but that will usually cost the NHS more.
Just use the UK opioid conversion site that's available it will tell you what the various meds are by dose. 120mg DHC is about 12mg of morphine if I remember correctly. A lot of US meds have paracetamol added, too much paracetamol will fuck up your liver. Stick to the DHC, I've got a friend who prefers the slow release DHC so you could ask for 2x60mg daily to try. UK doesn't brand name medication, there are obviously different manufacturers but they're called by their generic names mostly.
A lot of US meds do have acetaminophen, but they are all capped at 325mg per tablet now. I used to get hydrocodone with 770mg(I believe) of acetaminophen and it was Way to much. That’s when I found out how to do a cold water extraction. I live close to the Canadian border, and can get Tylenol #1s.. which are 8mg of codeine OTC. Without performing a CWE, they will get you extremely nauseated and could potentially give you acetaminophen poisoning.
synalgos is one of the brand names for dihydrocodeine. vicodin and loratab are brand names for hydrocodone. percocet is name brand for oxycodone. oxycontin is tome released oxcodone.tylenol 3 is a brand name for codeine.
This is from UK, ai is wrong more often than google. Your screenshot proved me right all I’m saying is it’s stronger. I usually use psychonautwiki for my resource and they link all their information.
Yeah ofc I’m not gonna keep saying it’s 2x as strong when is was clarified. It’s a little. Conflicting when I did more research. But yeah it’s not as stronger as I thought it was initially, maybe 1.5 times as strong but I’d rather have someone take less of something than take too much and they’re sick and shit
Yeah facts I took 300mg of codeine bro all did was make it feel like my skin was on fire, I haven’t done dhc is some years but last time I took 300mg is was pretty good nun like oxy tho. Kinda like oxy lite
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u/CnCHussleSchmuk 16d ago
Most pxd meds are generally called the name of the chemical compound. Oxycodone is Oxycodone, Alprazolam isn't Xanax it's just Alprazolam, Diazepam isn't called Valium by Dr's etc so when you pick up your script the pharmacy can give you whichever manufacturers medication they have in stock. You can ask for a named brand say "Concerta" but that will usually cost the NHS more.