Medications
Spain cuts subsidies for more than 450 medicines
Spain's cash-strapped government is eliminating state subsidies for more than 450 medicines, ranging from cough remedies to the pain-killer codeine.
Jun 28, 2012
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News tagged with codeine
Health
Children's deaths linked to post-tonsillectomy codeine, study says
Western researchers are sounding an alarm over the danger of giving children pain-killers containing codeine following a tonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).
Apr 10, 2012
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Sleep disorders
Report highlights child deaths from post-surgery codeine use
(HealthDay) -- Researchers have identified three previously unreported instances of severe opioid-induced toxicity in children following adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, according to a case report ...
Apr 9, 2012
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Health
Mother's postpartum oxycodone use: No safer for breastfed infants than codeine
Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through ...
Sep 6, 2011
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Medications
Errors put infants, children at risk for overdose of painkillers
Parents who give young children prescription painkillers should take extra care to make sure they give just the right amount. What they may be surprised to learn, however, is that the dose given to them by the pharmacy could ...
Apr 30, 2011
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