The UK is currently facing a shortage of co-codamol and pharmacists are scrambling to keep patients topped up. CHLOE Montgomery was first prescribed co-codamol aged 16 for a migraine – and for the ...

A MUM who was prescribed co-codamol for an innocent injury ended up spiralling into an addiction so severe that she faced losing her job and kids. Gill Owens was taking a dozen pills every day within ...

When Gillian Owens suffered whiplash from a fairground ride, she had no idea the biggest rollercoaster of her life awaited her: addiction to super strong painkillers. Ms Owens, now 50, was prescribed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited (Reach Publishing Services Limited) Nicola Sturgeon's sister has told how she was ...

For two decades, Chloe Montgomery's daily life was propped up by super-strong painkillers - and she went to great lengths to make sure her loved ones never suspected a thing. Now aged 36, the property ...

“I decided to take a dose again for a severe headache a few weeks later,” Rachel remembers. “I’ve always experienced very bad headaches, which paracetamol and ibuprofen have zero effect on. Usually I ...

For 10 years, Sarah Banks, 37, from Derbyshire, took co-codamol for period pain every month. Then she started to question whether taking the pills “round the clock” for at least the first four days of ...

Coronation Street star Melanie Hill has opened up about her addiction to painkillers. The actress, who plays Cathy Matthews on the ITV soap, revealed that she struggled to stop taking co-codamol after ...

CHLOE Montgomery was first prescribed co-codamol aged 16 for a migraine – and for the next 20 years, she lived behind a “fuzzy” high that helped her get through her work day as a property executive.

Nicola Sturgeon's sister has told how she was prescribed the common painkiller co-codamol after getting whiplash on a fairground ride - only to become so addicted she 'slept away' two years of her ...