Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.

Same here.

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.

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

Same here.

Same for me with dihydrocodeine, unfortunately.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Not on dihydrocodeine but the pattern is familiar.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. Afternoon wearing off was my main issue with dihydrocodeine too.

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

Print the page.

Function over score. Afternoon wearing off was my main issue with dihydrocodeine too.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. How long have you been on dihydrocodeine?