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This is exactly what's happened in Australia. Over-the-counter opioids (codeine, primarily) were banned last year. People were destroying their livers and stoma
by shermozle 7y ago
This is exactly what's happened in Australia. Over-the-counter opioids (codeine, primarily) were banned last year. People were destroying their livers and stomachs due to overdosing on the adulterants (paracetomol/acetaminophen and ibuprofen) that were specifically put in to stop people taking them in bulk.
Now ordinary people with ordinary aches and pains can't get effective painkillers without visiting a doctor (or a quick trip to NZ where they're still available).
- renaudg 7y agoIf your "ordinary" aches and pains require medication with adverse effects as significant as addiction, maybe they're not that ordinary ? Is the threshold for visiting a doctor that high in Australia ? From my European perspective, seeing your GP is a routine and cheap thing to do, and definitely warranted before starting an addictive drug.
- adrianN 7y agoIbuprofen always worked for my ordinary aches. I find it justified to require a visit to a doctor if the pain doesn't react to Ibuprofen.
- shermozle 7y agoIbuprofen fucks my stomach. Paracetamol does nothing for me for pain (as predicted by the literature). Mild opiates like codeine kill it dead. And taking it once isn't an addiction problem.