tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788117371582649688.post8762371045025284487..comments2023-07-30T12:24:35.108+01:00Comments on Cough Up: The cough is easing off!NickPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150438703340039276noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788117371582649688.post-80413529039194487192008-02-04T21:17:00.000+00:002008-02-04T21:17:00.000+00:00I have just dicovered your blog and feel heartened...I have just dicovered your blog and feel heartened to hear experiences from other cough sufferers. I'm really glad the morphine is having an effect, but I write to tell you my experiences of using opiates to stop a chronic cough (10 plus years and counting). I took dihydrocodeine tartrate tablets (another opiate) for a period of around 4 years. The effect on my cough at first was nothing short of miraculous; it really gave me my life back. However I did develop a tollerance of the tablets and so they became significantly less effective with time. I was then faced with the choice of increasing the dose or leaving off the tablets. As I was on quite a high dose already (2 x 65mg per day) I took the latter option as I didn't want to develop a dependance. It was actually quite difficult to wean off the tablets (so I had already developed a dependance as it turns out). Now unfortunately I am pretty well back to where I started, with a cough that I just cannot get rid of. I am not saying don't go down that route - the period of no / significantly less coughing was fantastic - just be aware it is a side effect of opiates and not a cure. Best of luck and I look forward to dropping in the blog in the hope that something someone else has tried will offer some relief!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788117371582649688.post-53093126521123789412008-01-09T19:37:00.000+00:002008-01-09T19:37:00.000+00:00Would like to get in touch with Mr Peake if possib...Would like to get in touch with Mr Peake if possible to talk about this problem as my mother in law is suffering from the same and she would like to know if he has a hiatus hernia? as she and 2 of her family have the same cough and all 3 have a hernia.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788117371582649688.post-53205018810803069792007-12-20T14:30:00.000+00:002007-12-20T14:30:00.000+00:00Hi Nick, glad to hear you've found some relief and...Hi Nick, glad to hear you've found some relief and are sleeping better. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I think the morphine may be masking symptoms rather than curing anything (I may be wrong of course, I am sometimes lol)<BR/><BR/>A Happy Christmas and New Year to you and yours. Hope you have a good (and relatively cough-free) holiday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com