Nurofen plus withdrawal

[chewey]

Hi everyone - I have just come across this forum - and would like to ask help and advice.  I have been taking nurofen plus (ibuprofen + codeine sulphate 12.8 mg per tablet) for 5 years - I take about 24 tablets per day (all at once - like the feeling along with the pain killing effects)
I must give these up - for I understand this is addiction - and must find another way to deal with pain.
I guess nurofen is much like tylenol (2? 3? 4?) - dont know which one.
So on Sunday I took 24 and on Monday I took 12 - felt lousy today and took another 12 - the plan is to stay on 12 for 3 days and then go to 6 for 3 days.
Do you think this is feasible?  I have to continue working and functioning - I have a family of 4............ So - I cannot just go c/t.  I am thinking that perhaps cutting to 6 on Thurs might be too much, but I am due to go to the US on the 14th for a week with my daughter - work and fun - and I want to be off for that trip.
Any advice would be so helpful.
Thank you in anticipation
chewey

[NichollSargeant69]

Hi everyone, I have been addicted to Nurofen Plus for over seven years and have been in and out of hospital because of this horrible drug.  I have suffered from a perforated ulcer, low blood count, low iron count and various other sicknesses.  I have tried to go cold turkey on a number of occasions to stop taking N+ but with no success I get to the end of week one and the withdrawls are just too much, having to sleep in a hot bath all night because sleeping in my perfectly good bed does not happen, having to lie to everyone and say I have stopped taking them when really they know the truth just by the way I act.
This time I am going to ween myself off them, I have the support of my fiance not so much my parents.  My parents do not know how to deal with this situation, my mother thinks I am just another attic, her exact words "its like heroin and your an attic" my father is a businessman and deals with it like a business deal.  They wonder why I dont talk to them.
I am so determined this time to get my life back on track, I have tried to get in contact with Dr Grieve but with no success yet, I am going to attend Narcotics Anonomys, when I talk about it its feels good.  I am so happy my fiance found this forum, I CAN DO IT!!!

[sunwillshine1989]

great post  makes me feel more empowered and ready to start on the journey of becoming clean and nurofen plus free ,  why oh why when did i ever think that a small white tablet would rule me ,destroy me, depress me and so cunningly convince me to buy it because for a few tiny seconds it elated me , must be a little crazy i suppose to succumb to it in the first place , actually i find it quite frightening now that i did not heed the warnings . i need to be a warrior not a coward the more i write the more i realise, thank you for sparking off a response in me finally. good luck on your journey , you truly are a warrior bless you.

[sunwillshine1989]

hi just read your post , feel very happy for you please can you tell me a plan for me I am so sad that I am addicted to nurofen plus and feel so hopeless as to stop frightens me so much .

[hooksgirl]

My bf as been taking a packet a day ...goes searching for them. He told me he is addicted. Hes got bad stomach pains and doesnt eat much. Sleeps after work ..hardly talks to me .,in his own little world ...no sex for 6 months . I feel so lonely and depressed as his addiction is making me unhappy .

[12kris]

an you die from over use of nurofen?

[rf250]

Thank u and GREAT willPower.