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Warning over codeine use after tonsillectomy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A report out of The University of Western Ontario, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, warns the use of codeine to treat pain following a tonsillectomy could prove fatal for some children. Dr. Gideon Koren, ...


Ibuprofen is as effective as acetaminophen with codeine to treat pain in children with arm fractures

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with arm fractures fared as well with ibuprofen to control their pain as acetaminophen with codeine, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Children's Research ...


Reduction in suicides after withdrawal of painkiller

Reduction in suicides after withdrawal of painkiller

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from use in the UK has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, research led by Oxford University has shown.


Codeine use and accident risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of being involved in a traffic accident with personal injury is significantly higher among codeine users than non-users. However, sporadic or moderate use of codeine alone does not carry an increased risk, according ...


Codeine not safe for all breastfeeding moms and their babies

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using pain treatments which contain codeine may be risky for some breastfeeding mothers, according to researchers at The University of Western Ontario, and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. Lead author ...