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How many are too many??

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hannah_47557
hannah_47557

I take 2 cocodomol 30/500 mg in morning and same again at night which are prescribed by my doc...I've just been wondering today is this really to high a dose and is it enough to become addicted? A few monthes ago I started taking 4 extra a day but have now got back to my starting dose of 4 a day. Would it get withdrawal symptoms if I stopped this dose? Just wondering what everyone thinks?

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  • Tulixs
    Tulixs hannah_47557

    Posted

    Hi Hannah. This depends on the length of time you have been taking your dose. Ie year's or month's. The longer you have taken them the more dependent your head and body wants them.. although a low dose. I would say you may feel alittle discomfort possibly alittle sleepless at night. Nothing major in your case.

  • Bolo6
    Bolo6 hannah_47557

    Posted

    Hi, your body might start complaining but only very mildly, certainly nothing that would affect you to any great degree, consider that the people on here can be taking anything up to 64 pills a day and sometimes more, then you would know all about withdrawal symptoms. If you are concerned then just cut down to two per day for a week then one then stop, but do discuss it with your GP before stopping any medication prescribed by them!
    • Benggo
      Benggo Bolo6

      Posted

      Bolo6,

                I would think taking 64 pills a day means the people taking so many are not long for this world,

    • Bolo6
      Bolo6 Benggo

      Posted

      you would think so Benggo, if you told your GP you were taking so many they probably wouldn’t believe you, the body can cope with a lot of abuse but obviously it’s pretty much like Russian Roulette.
  • Benggo
    Benggo hannah_47557

    Posted

    Hannah,

                  I was on C/C ,the highest dose for four years and they certainly deadened the pain in my neck,no more than the maximum dose per day;however two bouts of cronic constipation and I stopped taking them and rely on paracamol now.

     

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