Supplies of prescription-strength co-codamol will be limited until the summer, the Scottish government has confirmed. A UK-wide shortage of the strongest form of the painkiller - the 30/500mg dosage - ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The NHS has issued an alert regarding a widely-used painkiller taken by millions across the UK annually. Tens of millions of co-codamol prescriptions are dispensed each year, with chemists alone ...

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 ...

PATIENTS in Scotland are facing a shortage of a strong prescription painkiller until the summer. UK supplies of the drug are running low due to the Indian government delaying the authorisation to ...

The UK is facing a deepening medicines supply crisis after a nationwide shortage of a commonly prescribed strong painkiller forced patients to cut doses, switch drugs, or go without treatment ...

14:48, Thu, Feb 19, 2026 Updated: 14:48, Thu, Feb 19, 2026 Patients have been urged to ration supplies of the painkiller co-codamol amid a UK-wide shortage expected to last for months. Pharmacists ...

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.