That’s why codeine is not OTC in the United States.
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What a load of crap. This isn’t addiction, it’s just the ordinary, expected withdrawal syndrome found in many people who have developed resistance to a short-half-life analgesic.
True addicts have a hard-wired compulsion to take massive doses, due to a dysfunctioning learning process. What this guy had was discomfort phobia induced by frequent drug withdrawal. Repetitive pain simply drives most folks a little neurotic. That’s why he was right as rain after a couple of days of stoicism training and a course of benzos.
It’s good to know that people like this are the reason my doctor is reluctant to prescribe codeine for a painful chronic disease out of fear I’ll become addicted. I’m saved from the dangers of OTC painkillers! Of course, I’m stil in pain, but who cares? It’s worth it for truly ill people to suffer so a few morons don’t abuse the stuff.
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