Sentences with phrase «on codeine»

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On April 27, 2017, ACOG issued a Practice Advisory on Codeine and Tramadol for Breastfeeding Women.

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

If, after exploring other options, codeine seems like the best choice, you need to be careful to monitor the effects on yourself and your baby, as no one else will be observing you both, 24/7.

On April 20, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication and announced revisions to the labels of all prescription medicines containing codeine and tramadol.

Speaking at an Inter-Agency Forum on Strategies for Countering Counterfeit Drugs and Substance in Accra on Monday, the Minister said, «the recent issues on the abuse of drugs including tramadol and codeine has become a national threat.

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday, commended the Federal Government for its recent ban on the local production and importation of codeine addictive cough syrup...

NAFDAC on Saturday lifted the shutdown order on three companies who were closed on May 7, for production of codeine cough syrups have been lifted and the normal company operations could resume.

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, commended the BBC Africa, «Africa Eye» documentary «Sweet - Sweet Codeine» that details the widespread prevalence of drug and substance abuse in Nigeria.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, Saraki stated that documentaries like «Sweet - Sweet Codeine» are real - life attestations on the need for Nigeria to take its drug abuse problem more seriously.

Codeine works by being metabolised to morphine in the body, but the extent of that metabolism depends on a person's genetic make - up, so the amount of morphine produced varies.

Based on the findings, codeine prescriptions were higher in children ages 8 - 12 and in regions outside the Northeast, and lower for non-Hispanic black children or those with Medicaid.

Opioid medications — codeine, hydrocodone (including Vicoprofen), oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), morphine and others — can help bring on dangerous respiratory infections or make them even worse, Hall said.

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.

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).

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).