T he day before Rachel*, 30, went to get fitted for a hormonal coil in 2022, the nurse advised her to take co-codamol an hour beforehand (usually painkillers like paracetamol or ibuprofen are ...

Ibuprofen is a newer anti-inflammatory drug ... It’s often given with other painkillers, such as with paracetamol in co-codamol, because codeine doesn’t actually act at the site of the pain ...