can i take ibuprufen and paracetamol with oramoprph?

[tweenyb]

hiya

following dental surgery i have had a few probs and last night ended up at a&e where they gave me some oramorphm I forgot to ask ifI can take ibuprufen and paracetamol with oramoprph. Do you know?
Thanks

[WELSHYORKIE]

Ring the A&E and ask them

[woofgang]

That can't be answer on here as you haven's said what the oramorph dose is amount and frequency. as welshyorkie says, phone a and e and don't take anything except the oramorph dose till you have done so.

[tweenyb]

for 24 hours im to take 5ml every 6 oz, a&e saidthey cannot answer as only receptionist but refuse to speak to anyone to ask (complaint pending me thinks)

[WELSHYORKIE]

Try ringing NHS Direct then - see if they can deal with your question

[tweenyb]

good idea, im too tired to think of that one, cheers :0)

[emmie]

see if this helps

http://www.netdoctor....icines/100000065.html

[boxtops]

Ring your local chemists this morning and ask to speak to the pharmacist, they will give you a professional opinion.

[HowardKennitby]

Does the packaging not indicate anything about this?

[old-wos-is-name]

boxtops is right, call your local chemist ( or any chemist) and ask them, they probably know more than the doctors about dosage etc.

[rockyracoon]

When my daughter hurt her knee a couple of weeks ago, A&E encouraged me to give her both, staggering them so that she wasn't it too much pain for long. I got the usual warning about paracetemol though.

[rockyracoon]

Sorry didn't read the post properly regarding oramorph, apologies.

[EDDIE51]

There is a new product called Nuromol that is specially recommended for dental pain. You can get it from a chemist but you have to ask for it. My son had a back tooth removed and he was told to use it, works wonders no pain at all.

[daffy654]

I'm quite shocked at the hospital giving out oramorph for dental pain!
Last time I had a huge dental abscess I accidentally overdosed on paracetamol and was admitted for a few days to have the intravenous antidote, the only pain relief I was offered was ibuprofen. I had a hugely swollen face and was in agony and they wouldn't consider anything stronger for me.

[bednobs]

probbaly because of your breathing probs daffy - morphine depresses the respiratory drive. It's probably too late now for tweeny, but YES you most definately can take all 2 together