andrewdelvard

I had surgery on my wrist yesterday for Carpal tunnel syndrome. They go in quite deep (amazing sensation being cut into with no pain, quite surreal ) and involves cutting into the tendon.
I've been prescribed Co-Codamol for the pain and I guess inflammation. To my mind if you dull/negate the pain and reduce inflammation surely your body doesn't respond as quickly to repair itself?
I'm 'happy' to deal with the pain and forget about medication if it helps accelerate the healing process (several weeks).
Any ideas?
Oh and I've typed this with my left hand only and it's taken ages

David Lock

Sorry - could you just repeat that.....

andrewdelvard

LMAO!!! Git
Oh and no pictures of violins please

dpb

cant imagine docs would allow the stuff if it reduced the heal time......


is this related to de poitres ??????. btw - i have the same thickening of the tendons in my hand...

.........................yours usually typing with one finger anyway......

john banks

Co-codamol has no significant anti-inflammatory properties. Steroids delay wound healing, but they have no significant analgesic properties. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen, aspirin are the two over the counter ones) have both anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, but don't delay wound healing.

ajm

No it won't make any difference to the healing time. Keep the wound clean and dry and that's it!

pslewis

Numbing the nerves isn't going to slow the healing process

You have had a Numbed Brain for YEARS ..... please take 200 pain killers and do us all a favour!!

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By the way - hope it all works out fine!!

Pete

ajm

By the way... how have they written the prescription? It may be cheaper to buy co-codamol over the counter off prescription unless they have stipulated loads for just one prescription charge.

mart360

hmm what have you been up to then laddie!!!!

lobbing a few off the old wrist!! your meant to change hands at 100!!!

what job or reptitve action do you do to cause that???

mine was riding my bike, with a bloody stiff clutch

winters were always worst...

M

andrewdelvard

I'd like to go into a detailed response to all the above very kind and useful replies but i'M NOT DOING ANYMORE 1 HAND FINGER TYPING (caps lock sorry) I'm back on the pills so thanks!

David Lock

Glad my constructive comment helped

Hope you are on the mend soon. DL

BigRed

I use Co-Codamol for migraines,usally 500mg paracetamol & 8mg codeine mine also contain caffiene to wake me up, they can be habit forming drugs, something to do with the Codeine. They are classed as illegal drugs in some countries, EG Greece. Co-Codaol has no anti-inflammatory properties, make sure you take the prescribed dose and do not take any other paracetamol based drugs whilst taking Co-Codamol.

Brendan Hughes

Andy - good luck mate. (no need to reply )

andrewdelvard

fanks

p@ul

I had this done 5 years ago due to hitting window beads on with my hand
Needless to say i use a rubber mallet now lol
Apparently it can run in the family as well which i find hard to beleive but my mothers had both hers done.
when i went in the ward was full of women and they say its uncommon for blokes to need it,did you find this?

MJW

Most pain killers shouldn't delay the healing process as they only stop the pain signals getting from your nerves to your brain - the only analgesic I can think that might is aspirin as it thins the blood. Co-codamol contains paracetamol and codeine (an opiate) so don't go mad on it !

andrewdelvard

Yean surgeon told me he operated on about 7 people a day for this but I was the 1st bloke he'd done in months. What can I say i'm a sensitive kind of guy