does anyone know what is in dihydrocodeine? my friend says it has in morphine? i said she wrong. and is it a good painkiller?
2007-02-13 20:59:05 · 1 answers · asked by crazychick 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Dihydrocodeine is the drug name - thats whats in it. It is a narcotic/opiod painkiller so is from the same family as morphine,codeine, diamorphine etc. It has a different duration of action though. Equivalent doses of codeine and dihydrocodeine are of similar strengths though.
2007-02-14 07:30:54 · answer #1 · answered by mustlovedogs0 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Di hydrocodine is the pain killer. Codine is a pain killer and so is morphine. They are all different.
They are all from the same 'family' of analgesics called opiates and are derived directly from opium. Heroin, morphine, codine & dihydrocodine are all from this family. They have very similar chemical structures but a different 'function group' which is what causes them to have different absorption speeds into your body as well as different effects.
2007-02-13 21:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jen G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband is on these and we asked doc if they had morphine in them cos when he takes them he just falls to sleep. doc says no morphine it is from a family of the codeine, which in docters eyes is the best way to treat long term pain plus it is not addictive like morphine so safe to take
2007-02-16 06:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i take 30mg and one 60mg at night and they are really effective and i cant comment on your friends assertions
2007-02-17 06:18:35 · answer #4 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrocodeine
The painkiller here is codeine as implied in the name.
2007-02-13 21:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋