Take the common
painkiller codeine.
Not exact matches
Utah also leads the nation in the use of narcotic
painkillers such as
codeine and morphine - based drugs, the study found.
Codeine - containing
painkillers may soon no longer be available over the counter in Australian pharmacies.
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.
Codeine and other harmful substances are sometimes found in prescription
painkillers, so be sure to read the label of anything you are taking, and when in doubt, pump and dump.
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.
While the study also calculated the risk of dying after being prescribed
codeine, it was not possible to tell from the data whether
codeine contributed to the death, or whether it was the underlying condition for which a
painkiller had been prescribed.
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.