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Has Drunk Feeling And Bouts Of Shakiness . Taking Cocodamol. Side Effects?
My aunt is recovering from a bilateral lumpectomy and is taking cocodamol for the pain. She s suffering from a drunk feeling and is starting to feel like the room is becoming stuffy and hot when the temperature is in fact fine. She s also suffering from bouts of shakiness. Is this a normal reaction or side effect, or is it the result of something else?
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
Hello Bencaddy,
Thanks for posting your query,
The symptoms you have described seem to be as a result of co-codamol which is a combination of paracetamol and codeine. Most of the side effects are as a result of codeine in the combination medication. If those side effects are not too serious (i.e if your aunt can support them) then your aunt can contiinue the co-codamol till the pain from lumpectomy is controlled. If the symptoms are serious, then she will have to control her doctor as soon as possible. A change of pain killer might be just all she will need. Her doctor could also try to exclude other possible causes of her symptoms since she has undergone a surgery (possibly there was anesthesia used).
Hope this helps
Thanks for posting your query,
The symptoms you have described seem to be as a result of co-codamol which is a combination of paracetamol and codeine. Most of the side effects are as a result of codeine in the combination medication. If those side effects are not too serious (i.e if your aunt can support them) then your aunt can contiinue the co-codamol till the pain from lumpectomy is controlled. If the symptoms are serious, then she will have to control her doctor as soon as possible. A change of pain killer might be just all she will need. Her doctor could also try to exclude other possible causes of her symptoms since she has undergone a surgery (possibly there was anesthesia used).
Hope this helps
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