Dihydrocodeine?

[angelgodiva]

This is something new I have had prescribed to me, and I couldn't find out a lot about it because so much of the information I found online was contradictory.
One site said it was almost as good as morphine, while another said it is sort of weak. I did not get the pills yet, and don't like to take things I am uninformed about. Has anyone tried it? The pills are coming from a relative in Europe who is a doctor,and he has prescribed 30mg pills which will be sent from a pharmacy there near his office. He says they are pretty strong and are used for postoperative pain over there, but he has never used them himself. I would like to hear from someone who has actually tried them.
Any info would be much appreciated.
I have taken Darvocet and Vicodin daily for years for chronic pain due to Lyme disease,and they are okay but I feel I need something without all that Tylenol.

[PhotoGra1]

In the USA, I think it is only available as Synalgos-DC. Maybe you will have better luck looking it up under that brand name. Good luck.

[lisakc]

Hi,


I've bought dihydrocodeine from an overseas pharmacy before. They're not very strong, less strong than vicodin.

Just try a couple at first, then up the dose accordingly.

The ones I got (yours may be different) were time released so I crushed them up first before eating them.

Lisa

[angelgodiva]

Thank you for your replies.
I got them and did some experimenting...I also have a prescription for Darvocet 100mg mixed with 650mgs of tylenol. It's not enough, but more tylenol would be dangerous even though I do not drink, so I used a couple of the new pills to boost them. They added a bit of strength without adding more tylenol, and I was pretty pleased with the results.
It is certainly no oxycontin, which I had for a while and that totally took away the pain, but it's better than plain Vicodin and as good as Percocet if I take 4 of the dihydrocodeines with two of the darvocets. I usually limit myself to 2, though. I want to make them last. It's been a while since I had a day without pain, so this is fine.