Ahahahahahahahahahahaha~ Last night, I was in a bit of a pickle. I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs and read the leaflet on these pills I'm taking.
4 Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Co-codamol tablets can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you notice any of the following effects or any effects not listed.
Tell your doctor if you notice any of the following side effects or notice any other effects not listed:
- Allergic Reactions - skin rash or itchy skin, difficulty breathing, increased sweating, redness or flushed face, mucosal lesions (such as mouth ulcers), drug fever
- Gastrointestinal system - stomach irritation (mild stomach pain, heartburn and feeling sick), constipation, feeling or being sick, loss of appetite, dry mouth, difficulty in the passage of food through guts, abdominal pain (may be caused by spasm of the bile ducts) and inflammation of the liver or pancreas
- Heart - slow heart rate, palpitations, low blood pressure, inflammation of the heart muscle
- Blood - anaemia, changes in numbers and types of blood cells. If you have an increase in number of nose bleeds or notice that you bruise more easily or have more infections talk to your doctor
- Urinary system - pain and difficulty in passing urine and a less frequent need to do so, kidney problems.
- Nervous system - confusion, drowsiness, dizziness, ‘spinning’ sensation, mood changes, depression, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real), restlessness, excitation, fits, increased pressure in the skull (painful eyes, changes in vision or headache behind the eyes), headache, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, reduced alertness, tolerance (medicine has less effect) or dependence (suffer from withdrawal symptoms e.g. tremor, sweating, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, raised blood pressure and feeling or being sick if the medicine is stopped too quickly)
- Eyes - blurred or double vision, extremely small pupils
- Others - trembling, unusual tiredness or weakness, malaise, low body temperature
This might just have been me, but, reading this, I started to get a bit worried. And then, what did I spy?
If you stop taking the tablets
If you stop taking the tablets you may develop the following withdrawal symptoms tremor, difficulty sleeping, feeling or being sick, sweating and increased heart rate, breathing or blood pressure.
Oh, fuck.
I'd been jittery as hell earlier, and I thought it'd just been a caffeine rush (Silly Izzy, caffeine doesn't do ANYTHING to you, EVER!) and my heart was going like crazy until I got another dose. Plus the fact that I couldn't sleep and was dry-heaving a lot kind of clinched the deal for me.
I HAVE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.
Then again, I could just be seeing things that aren't there, but I'm still shaky and I don't like it!
So, the moral of this story is, don't take drugs. Even opium tablets your doctor prescribes you. Well, do take those, but in moderation. If you really, really have to.
AAAAAH PAAAAAIN...