The NHS has warned specifically about taking too much co-codamol, described as “harmful” and “dangerous” if used to excess. It can be bought in pharmacies - without a prescription - although doctors ...

Batch number 1K10121 of a co-codamol painkiller is being recalled for safety concerns as they potentially have too little or too much of the active ingredients – codeine phosphate and paracetamol.

The NHS has issued a warning over the co-codamol painkiller. Millions of people use the strong painkiller every year, with pharmacists alone handing out 650,000 prescriptions on top of those ...

A family GP who over-prescribed so much co-codamol that a patient on 20 tablets a day started selling excess supply to other addicts has been found guilty of misconduct. Dr Martin Whitenburgh, 55, ...

The NHS has issued a warning over a common painkiller used by millions of people in the UK every year. Tens of millions of prescriptions for co-codamol are handed out every year, with pharmacists ...

AROUND 28 million adults in the UK suffer from chronic pain, caused by backache, arthritis or myalgia. So it is perhaps not surprising that every year nearly six million of us are prescribed opioids – ...

“I decided to take a dose again for a severe headache a few weeks later,” Rachel remembers. “I’ve always experienced very bad headaches, which paracetamol and ibuprofen have zero effect on. Usually I ...

This is the NHS advice about taking it with painkillers and other herbal supplements. Is it safe to take co-codamol with other painkillers? It's safe to take co-codamol with ibuprofen and aspirin, ...

A husband-to-be who was so addicted to co-codamol he would take 48 a day says his wife saved his life by giving him the ultimatum: 'choose me or the drug'. Ben Welthy was first prescribed the drug for ...

The NHS has issued a stark warning regarding a widely-used painkiller taken by millions across Britain annually. Tens of millions of co-codamol prescriptions are dispensed each year, with chemists ...