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"I have osteoarthritis. As I live in England, my treatment, thankfully, is free at the point of service. Otherwise I now could not possibly afford treatment, and without both Tramadol and co-dydromol the pain is intolerable.

Even both together do not wholly alleviate the pain and I do find that after a few weeks I my body becomes 'over-tolerant' of these medicines and the pain again increases.

When this occurs, I either cut down from full dose or try and stop for a few days, and this seems to help these 'analgesics' to work fully again when I increase to full dose again. However, the pain in the interim is so unbearable I can do little physically, and stairs are almost completely unmanageable."