Fw: LDN and painkillers that contain codeine - PART 2

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Subject: Re: LDN and painkillers that contain codeine - PART 2

> To continue:

>

> To avoid unnecessary apprehension, let me clarify: the occasional use of a

> pain medication that containes a narcotic, such as medication prescribed

> for dental surgery, should present no problem to the LDN user. Naturally,

> it is best not to take the two medications within the same time period. In

> addition, people on nightly LDN who have to enter the hospital for surgery

> (where narcotics will doubtless be used) would simply discontinue their

> LDN a day or two before hospitalization and resume LDN use once they no

> longer have to take the occasional narcotic-containing pain medication.

> Indeed, such people have had no problem even if they mistakenly restart

> their LDN while they are still on occasional narcotic pain medication.

>

> Our concern is the person who has been dependent on large daily doses of

> narcotics (i.e., narcotic dependent) and who then wants to start LDN. By

> substituting full dosage narcotic-free analgesics, he or she must be

> slowly weaned off of narcotic use by decreasing dosages over a period of

> some 10 days to two weeks, and then be narcotic free for several days

> before starting LDN. This is to avoid encountering uncomfortable or

> dangerous narcotic withdrawal symptoms.

>

> Website Editor

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>

> > Hi,

> > I realise that LDN cannot be taken with meds that contain codeine, but

> > what I am wondering is what would happen if you accidentally took a

> > couple of over the counter pain meds that contained approx 20 mg's of

> > codeine?

> > Also is nurofen and Paracetamol o.k. to

> > take for pain whilst on LDN? Thank-you

> > in Australia

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