Didor Continus is used to treat moderate to severe pain. Here are some experiences from people I found on a website. If anyone knows of a source please pass it on.

- On a recent trip to South Africa, I tried to lift a heavy suitcase and collapsed. The hotel doctor was summoned and prescribed 60MG of Dihydrocodeine. I can state without equivocation that this drug is extremely powerful; within a half hour of taking 60 mg, I was totally free of pain and felt a sense of mild euphoria. I normaly take OxyContin 60MG twice daily. As everybody knows, OxyContin is a very powerful drug. I have found that Dihydrocodeine works just as well as OxyContin. This drug has satisfied my pain relief needs on those occasions that I have not been able to obtain OxyContin.

- It works pretty well and is kinda like hydro. It works great.

- Basically, dihydrocodeine is comparable to our hydrocodone or vicodin except that it contains no tylenol, which is great for those of us who need the medication in higher doses. Save your livers, try to order the dihydrocodeine. It is also about 2.5 times more potent than regular codeine phosphate because its molecular structure allows the drug to be converted quicker in the brain tomorphine and does not completely get absorbed in the liver. Anyway, dihydrocodeine is good stuff, but alot stronger than regular codeine.

- On a personal level, I found Dihydrocodeine a great help in managing my sciatic pain. I took it for about eight weeks, until I was admitted to hospital where a wonderful orthopedic surgeon put my back right for me.

- In my opinion this is a fantastic painkiller with few side effects, the worst of which can be avoided by a good doctor. As for the constipation, there is a little secret cure, and it's good old fruit and vege, and lots of it! A little Aloevera (a medicinal cacti used for the last 4000yrs) extract also does wonders, you can by it in pill or juice form and can find it in your local health food store.

- I just started taking Dihydrocodeine about two months ago to treat chronic neck pain. Vicodin was not working, so I guess this is the next step up. I only use it when the pain gets really bad, which is every couple of days or so. As far as addiction goes, I would have to say that it is not addictive, as I can take it for two days then go off it for three or four days with no adverse effects. I haven't developed a tolerance to it at all either. I like this drug because it eliminates my pain, but doesn't make me totally non-functional like Vicodin does. You need to stay hydrated, so drink plenty of water or Gatorade. The other thing to watch is constipation.

- Dihydrocodeine is not 2nd only to morphine in potency. Two other opiates, Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, are approximately three times as potent as Dihydrocodeine. Oxycodone is used in Oxycontin and in Percocet, while Hydrocodone is used in a myriad of products - most common of them being Vicodin and Lortab. Dihydrocodeine is an excellent drug, especially in that it is not as addictive as these others, but as one ""goes up the ladder"" one would use Hydrocodone (after Dihydrocodeine), then Oxycodone, and then morphine. Note that there are others even more potent than morphine. For example,Hydromorphone is approximately 10 times as potent as morphine.