A husband-to-be who was so addicted to co-codamol he would take 48 a day says his wife saved his life by giving him the ultimatum: 'choose me or the drug'. Ben Welthy was first prescribed the drug for ...

A MUM who was prescribed co-codamol for an innocent injury ended up spiralling into an addiction so severe that she faced losing her job and kids. Gill Owens was taking a dozen pills every day within ...

The NHS has issued a warning over a common painkiller used by millions of people in the UK every year. Pharmacists alone hand out 650,000 prescriptions of the drug to tens of millions annually. While ...

You may be taking co-codamol if your usual go-to painkillers don’t work on their own. This medicine, coming as a tablet or capsule, has a list of “serious” side effects that happen in less than one in ...

The NHS has issued a warning over the co-codamol painkiller. Millions of people use the strong painkiller every year, with pharmacists alone handing out 650,000 prescriptions on top of those ...

An NHS GP has urged patients taking one common medication to stop taking additional paracetamol due to risks of accidentally overdosing of one ingredient. Paracetamol ranks amongst Britain's most ...

Gill Owens was prescribed the medicine for pain relief after she threw her neck back on a fairground ride with her daughter ...

This is the NHS advice about taking it with painkillers and other herbal supplements. Is it safe to take co-codamol with other painkillers? It's safe to take co-codamol with ibuprofen and aspirin, ...

Supplies of prescription-strength co-codamol will be limited until the summer, the Scottish government has confirmed. A UK-wide shortage of the strongest form of the painkiller - the 30/500mg dosage - ...