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More than likely this is methadone, which can be used to treat addiction to opioids or (less likely) alcohol. This is called 'supervised consumption', where the pharmacist must supervise the client taking the medicine. Sometimes this will be ordered by the court but sometimes it is just used by the prescriber until the client has been using the treatment regularly and reliably for a period of time, often about 6 weeks, when the client might be trusted to take their doses home without OD'ing or selling their supplies. (Source: I'm a UK pharmacist)

I think you may have misunderstood my comment? Like I said I was experiencing 10/10 pain and felt like I was dying - that's why I went to A&E. Obviously, yes, I didn't die and got what I needed in the end. I was sharing my story as I can empathise with what OP is going through.

I think you may have misunderstood my comment? Like I said I was experiencing 10/10 pain and felt like I was dying - that's why I went to A&E. Obviously, yes, I didn't die and got what I needed in the end. I was sharing my story as I can empathise with what OP is going through.

I'm going to add my own experience here which may or may not be helpful. I went to a&e with 10/10 abdo pain a couple of years back. The sort of pain where I'm feeling like I can't breathe, feeling like I'm going to die. The pain went away before I was seen by one of the doctors (about 10 hours later). I had blood tests and a doctor examined my abdomen. He dismissed the episode as acid/nothing too serious. I mentioned family history of gallstones but he said I was too young and slim for that. A few months down the line and the same thing keeps happening. I asked my GP if any further investigation can be done. I was sent for an ultrasound 6 weeks later which showed up gallstones and some other problems which require 2 separate referrals and 2 operations to fix. (Which I had to wait about 18 months for) I guess the way I got it fixed in the end was by asking my GP for help rather than the a&e doctors. The care from my GP felt much more understanding and complete, with the aim of actually reaching a solution.