Ernest Co-Codamol 30mg/ Paracetamol 500 mg tablets
Co-codamol tablet is a combination of Codeine phosphate (30mg) and Paracetamol (500mg) that is an analgesic medication used to relieve severe pain.
Codeine phosphate belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics while paracetamol (acetaminophen) also has analgesic properties. This combination medication is used in such pain conditions in which other analgesic medications are not useful.
How Co-codamol tablet works?
Paracetamol works by inhibiting the chemical signals and thus we don’t feel pain. Whereas codeine works by binding with the mu-opioid receptors in CNS and interrupt the chemical signals of pain between body and brain and hence we don’t feel pain.
How to take co-codamol tablets?
Always take co-codamol tablet in manner told by your doctor or pharmacist.
Dosage: Take one to two tablets of co-codamol 30/500 mg tablet at an interval of 4-6 hours but make sure that you do not to take more than 8 tablets in 24 hours.
What happens if you take more Co-codamol tablets than prescribed?
If you take to many Co-codamol tablets then you must immediately contact your doctor or visit the nearby hospital or emergency department as the overdose of paracetamol causes liver damage and the overdose of codeine causes drowsiness.
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