How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. Currently on codeine myself.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Same here.

Same for me with codeine, unfortunately.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

Same here.