I take "the pill", anti-depressants and recently I've had a bad case of conjunctivitis so I was prescribed codeine which I was taking until about 3 days ago. I don't know when the first time I've had to take a lot at once though, but some of my friends consider taking 4 pills every day a lot (I took anti-histamines, anti-depressants, "the pill" and iron supplements every day at one point. I did take a lot of panadeine (paracetamol with a small amount of codeine) when I first got my conjunctivitis but I took too much (too much paracetamol is lethal for those who don't know) so the doctor prescribed me a larger amount of straight codeine, which is a better painkiller anyway. Paracetamol doesn't do .