Tramadol and codeine soon to be prescribed on “a secure prescription”
Medicines containing tramadol or codeine are commonly used in France to treat pain. THE ESSENTIAL In order to counter their ...
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Antarene Codeine: a toxic drug for the kidneys in the long term
The ANSM warns of the serious adverse effects in the event of prolonged intake of Antarène Codeine, a painkiller which ...
Read moreCough syrups: addicted teens
Just dig into the family medicine cabinet and surf the internet to get high. A few ice cubes, lemonade and ...
Read moreCodeine: from recreational use to overdose
They are sold without a prescription in pharmacies, are useful in relieving pain, but can lead to death when these ...
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Codeine and ibuprofen: “Serious harmful effects including death”, warns the EMA
In its latest opinion, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) warned of the adverse effects associated with excessive and prolonged consumption ...
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Ibuprofen more effective against pain than codeine
Ibuprofen is ultimately more effective against pain than codeine, a highly addictive opioid. THE ESSENTIAL As in the United States, ...
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Codeine drugs: the list is published
© iStockPhotosA week ago, the Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, signed a decree specifying that it was no longer possible ...
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Codeine: the 70 drugs under medical prescription
Following the ministerial decree providing for the prescription of codeine-based drugs, the ANSM publishes the list of specialties concerned.To great ...
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Codeine: restricting access is a good decision
MAINTENANCE - For this pain specialist, the prescription of these drugs will limit the negative effects in young people and ...
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Self-medication: one in four French people underestimate the risks
After the death of a teenage girl linked to codeine abuse, the French want certain drugs to be subject to ...
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Codeine: 45,000 signatures against the free sale of codeine
The petition launched by the mother of the 16-year-old girl who died following the diversion of codeine is mobilizing. ANSM ...
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Codeine: the diversion does not only concern teenagers
INTERVIEW - The death of two adolescents after codeine abuse raises the question of how the molecule was delivered. Prescription ...
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Codeine: the ANSM wants to review the delivery methods
The Medicines Safety Agency has launched work to combat the recreational diversion of codeine. With restrictive measures at stake.When the ...
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Cough syrups: used in cocktails by teens
No more getting his drugs from the local dealer! To shoot themselves, more and more teenagers are preparing “purple drank”, ...
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Codeine banned for children under 12
It was already contraindicated, in cough syrups, under 30 months. Codeine should now not be given at all to children ...
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Codeine: Europe permanently bans it for children
No more codeine under 12 years old. The European Medicines Agency, with CMDh, has definitely contraindicated it because of its ...
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ANSM: codeine not recommended for children under 12
No more codeine under 12 years old. The National Medicines Agency (ANSM) contraindicates this pain-relieving molecule because of its serious ...
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Codeine: Europe bans it for children under 12
No more codeine under 12 years old. The European Medicines Agency contraindicates this pain-relieving molecule because of its serious adverse ...
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Codeine: two teens die of overdose of painkillers
© iStockPhotosAccording to the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) cited by the Parisian, adolescent drug diversion with codeine, over-the-counter pain ...
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Codeine drugs: a prescription will now be necessary
July 13, 2017. A decree "with immediate effect", signed by the Minister of Health, has just entered all drugs containing ...
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Codeine: recreational use that can lead to overdose
June 12, 2017. More and more young people are having fun buying codeine, a powerful opioid, in order to have ...
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Childhood cough: no codeine before 12 years old
© iStockPhotosIn a letter addressed to health professionals (general practitioners, pulmonologists, pediatricians, pediatric emergency services and dispensing pharmacists), the National ...
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Codeine not recommended for children under 12: doctors worried
The European and French Medicines Agencies recommend no longer giving codeine to children under 12 years of age. An excessive ...
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No codeine while breastfeeding
This is what Canadian researchers say in an article published in the journal Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics. Codeine is used ...
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