Pain relief - any suggestions please.

[Borntobeamum]

3 years ago I broke my ankle. It healed relatively well but I over compensated and gave myself severe Achilles Tendonitis in my other ankle.
This is so debilitating and painful as anyone who has had it will know.
I’m now devastated to Find it’s occurring in my other ankle.
I’m about to go on holiday and would welcome any suggestions for pain relief. I currently take alternate Paracetamol and Ibruprophen.
I’ve had physio and shock wave treatment and neither has worked. I know I need surgery but that’s not happening before the holiday.

Many thanks x

When I've had moderate back pain, my doctor told me to take paracetamol and ibuprofen together rather than stagger them so that you get the maximum pain relief. I slipped a disc just under three years and couldn't have managed without codeine. Have you tried co-codamol? It's a combination of paracetamol and codeine and comes in two strengths and you can still take it with ibuprofen. You would need a prescription for higher strength codeine on its own.

That’s interesting. Do I take one of each every 4 hours?

Cocodamol upsets my tummy.

You can take the max dose of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen every day. So 1g Paracetamol at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and 8pm, 400mg Ibuprofen at 8am, 2pm, 8pm.

Gosh, I never knew this!
many thanks x