Sentences with phrase «of codeine as»

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commended the Federal Government for banning the production and importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for...

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Utah also leads the nation in the use of narcotic painkillers such as codeine and morphine - based drugs, the study found.

The babies of mothers prescribed morphine or codeine are as «at risk» as babies born to mothers who are stable on methadone.

Opiates are drugs that are derived from the opium poppy, and range from some of the most addictive painkillers such as codeine, oxycodone, and fentanyl to illicit drugs, such as heroin.

Mothers using codeine should be informed about when to seek immediate medical care and how to identify the signs and symptoms of toxicity in their infants, such as drowsiness or sedation, difficulty breastfeeding, breathing difficulties, and decreased tone.

There are four broad classes of opioids: endogenous opioid peptides, produced in the body; opium alkaloids, such as morphine (the prototypical opioid) and codeine; semi-synthetic opioids such as heroin and oxycodone; and fully synthetic opioids such as pethidine and methadone that have structures unrelated to the opium alkaloids.

As reported in the May issue of Pediatrics, solutions include changing provider prescription behaviors to promote the use of better alternatives to codeine, such as ibuprofen or hydrocodonAs reported in the May issue of Pediatrics, solutions include changing provider prescription behaviors to promote the use of better alternatives to codeine, such as ibuprofen or hydrocodonas ibuprofen or hydrocodone.

Dr. Ray said the very small number of overdoses and deaths suggests physicians may not need to be as cautious as they have been in prescribing codeine as a painkiller for adults, or among new mothers from East Africa.

There have been anecdotal reports of babies dying after being breastfed by mothers who were prescribed codeine as a pain medication after delivery.

Attendees were asked about nonmedical use — defined as using in a manner which is not prescribed (such as to get high)-- of 18 different opioids — including OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, codeine, fentanyl, and heroin.

Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal drugs such as heroin and legal pain relievers including Oxycontin, Vicodin, codeine and morphine.

Their study, published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, found that this new vaccine was not only effective in preventing heroin from reaching the brain but worked with other commonly abused opioids as well, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and codeine.

This epidemic of addiction has left millions of people dependent on illegal narcotics such as heroin, or to prescription opioid pain relievers like oxycodone (brand name: OxyContin), codeine, and morphine.

And the more serious painkillers, known as opioids (codeine, morphine) often prescribed postsurgery or for short - term relief of extreme pain, cause many more side effects such as nausea, constipation, depression, and itching in women than men.

Some of the biggest offenders are allergy and asthma drugs, antidepressants, opiate pain killers such as codeine, and the calcium channel blocker drugs used to treat heart disease.

Officials blame this increase on the rise of addictive prescription drugs such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, codeine, and Fentora, all of which are opioids (derivatives of opium).

SUBSTANCE USE - A man drinks window cleaner and passes out in a park, a woman smokes marijuana at home as well as in a car while riding and while driving and in a restaurant where other men and women are also smoking marijuana, a woman offers marijuana to a friend who declines, several house party scenes show people injecting themselves with drugs, we see prescription bottles and rubber tubing stretched around a person's arm (injections occur off screen), a man drinks from a bottle of codeine cough syrup, goes to the drug store, purchases another bottle and drinks part of it while walking home and later a female neighbor drinks the rest of it in his home, and a man places a marijuana cigarette in his mouth to hide it from a policeman and says it made him feel sick like a bomb was strapped to his chest.

(b) In the absence of 6 - AM, if the laboratory confirms the presence of either morphine or codeine at 15,000 ng / mL or above, you must verify the test result positive unless the employee presents a legitimate medical explanation for the presence of the drug or drug metabolite in his or her system, as in the case of other drugs (see § 40.137).

The type of pain relief necessary varies from one patient to another, with some dogs doing well on pretty mild pain relievers, such as aspirin, and other dogs requiring other more potent pain relievers such as etodolac (Etogesic Rx), carprofen (Rimadyl Rx) or hydrocodone / codeine (Vicodin Rx, Tylenol 3 Rx).

Weiner mixes a solution of a respective drug into a pan of water, using substances such as Aspirin, Codeine, Molly, Marijuana, 5 - hour Energy and Vodka.

The species Papaver somniferum includes many varieties of poppies, only one of which, the «red scarlet» poppy, produces opium and derivative narcotics (such as heroin) from its pods which contain significant amounts of concentrated opiates (primarily morphine and codeine).