I have been on dihydrocodeine for two years and the thing nobody warned me about is the daytime drowsiness.
Pharmacist, not doctor, is where the useful advice has come from every single time.
What helped was writing down what I could physically do that day rather than a pain score. Numbers lie, function does not.
The difference between immediate and modified release is bigger than the leaflet makes it sound.
Genuinely open to being told my reasoning is wrong here.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. Two years in on dihydrocodeine and it lines up.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Not on dihydrocodeine but the pattern is familiar.