Hello, I'm 50 yrs old, and have recently found the quality of my
existence has improved considerably if I take the following OTC pills
every day. The question is: am I putting my health at risk by doing
so? The pills are:

1x Paramol
1x Nurophen

These are UK pills; the ingredients are as follows

Nurofen = 200mg Ibuprophen and 15mg codeine phosphate
Paramol= 500mg paracetamol and 10mg  dihydrocodeine

By taking one of each, I find that my tendency towards insomnia,
depression, headaches and alcoholism are all improved dramatically.

I suspect that the codeine and/or dihydrocodeine are the magic
ingredient because I know that paracetamol and ibuprophen, taken on
their own make me tired and depressed, respectively.

Would I be able to get pure codeine or dihydrocodeine from my GP If I
tell him the above? (I'm not sure what the diffeence between codeine
and dihydrocodeine is, by the way).

Many thanks

RickyC