Pain killers

[Emmi]

Im just wondering what the strongest pain killer that can be taken in pregnancy is?
Ive got a nasty headache and it just wont budge! :no: Also which allergy medications are safe?

[GraceUnhearing]

most of the allergy medication is safe

i had to take alot of it with DS cause i was SOOO itchy!


you can take panadol and panadiene too

but not nurefen or anything like that

i suffered from very bad headaches with DS and the r said you can even take panadeine forte but i didnt want to go that far!

[the_queen]

Zyrtec is safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding, too.


Hope you feel better soon :hugs:

[Emmi]

Thanks people.

Ive noticed since i found out i was pregnant that i seem to be coming up in itchy welts and also waking up every morning with a blocked or stuffy nose and sneezing my head off all day. I dont usually have allergies.

[Scarlett_Jasper_Rafferty]

I have just squashed 2 discs in my back and my Ob has prescribed Panadine Forte,.... it is great to not be in pain - and I have a high pain threshhold!

[Mummaholic]

I'm pretty sure you can only take paracetomol (panadol) :(

Yucky.

[JnA]

you can take panadol without too much trouble.. and I took panadol forte on advice from my doctor.

[delirium]

Only Panadol. The others are not safe. This is one of the many things I hated being pregnant, that you can't take anything for pain.

[lianas1stbub]

I have taken panadine ( paracetamol) for my headaches
can get panadine (8 -10mg)
and panadine15 (15mg)
have to go to a gp for panadine forte...

I have checked with 3 pharmacists.... 2 said it was a class A drug ( safe in pregnancy ) and the 3rd one refused to sell it to me as I had just fallen pregnant....

check with your pharmacist.... dont take my word for it though.... better to be safe than sorry....

headaches suck especially when they last for days....

[delirium]

I have checked with 3 pharmacists.... 2 said it was a class A drug ( safe in pregnancy ) and the 3rd one refused to sell it to me as I had just fallen pregnant....


Paracetamol is a class A but Panadine has codeine in it. Panadine is a class c. see here (http://www.safefetus.com/DrugDetail.asp?DrugId=300&TradeName=Panadeine&TradeId=2971)

I wanted to add that I had lots of headaches during pregnancy. Massage and warm, but not really hot baths also helped.

[TeganRheana]

I took panadeine (paracetamol + codeine) during my pregnancy for about 3 months pretty much daily as I had an extremely bad toothache that would make my whole jaw ache but my dentist wouldn't do anything about it until i hit 21 weeks.....i was told by 3 chemists and my doc that panadeine was safe to take so i took it. Bubs was born perfectly healthy.

[justmum]

I thought you could also take mersyndol?

Best to always check these things with your pharmacist.

[Scarlett_Jasper_Rafferty]

I have spent the last 5 days on panadine forte due to back pain,..my Ob prescribed it, and it is perfectly safe,..

[sam's mum]

I had round ligament spasm while I was pregnant and the OB told me to take Panadol, Panadeine or Mersyndol, depending on how bad the pain was at the time.

[Lissa7]

I wouldn't take anything else other than panadol unless I checked with my obs first!!!

I was getting really bad headaches too and I brought myself a laytex pillow and had a massage which I now do every 6 weeks and it is amazing the difference it has made. I haven't had one since and they were really horrible tension headaches.

Might be worth a try anyway, there are qualified masseurs out there for pregnancy massage and I highly recommend it :flowerz:

[fiveofus]

I went to the GP today as I was awake most of last night with sinus pain - couldn't put my head on the pillow pain! Couldn't see my regular GP and the one I saw - who I din't like told me to take Nurofen and Panadol. I feeling so bad at the time I didn't question him but I thought Nurofen/Iboprufen was a no-no. I looked up one book I have at home which also said no. Some of the stuff on the net is a bit contradictory but I would rather be safe than sorry!