Oh, how the UK rocks sometimes... (Codeine-related)

[darkglobe]

This thread won't be much use to those outside the UK.

SWIM slipped a disc in his back a year ago, and still gets baaaaad pain from it. Hence SWIM's prescription painkillers

SWIM gets 30mg Codeine/500mg Paracetamol (Acetaminophen in US). Now, SWIM only began playing with codeine a month ago, but has been doing it every night (I know, I know... not good).

SWIM's question is this: Why the hell isn't he noticing even a slight tolerance?

SWIM usually takes 300mg Codeine (Orally, after performing CWE with lab grade filters... He likes his liver!), sometimes slightly more/less. Surely by now he should notice the required dosage creeping up?

I've done quite a lot of research into Codeine, but cannot determine why SWIM isn't rapidly developing a tolerance.

Any help?


~dark