New Zealand's Medsafe, a unit of the Ministry of Health, has assessed the safety and effectiveness of codeine in children and adolescents. Codeine can cause serious breathing problems in children that could result in death. Ĭodeine can also be used to treat dry cough and diarrhoea. Read more about pain, pain-relief medication and opioid painkillers. Other pain relievers such as paracetamol and NSAIDs (ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen) may also be used with c odeine. They act on your brain and nervous system to lessen the way you feel pain. It's usually used when milder pain relief such as paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) don’t work well enough.Ĭodeine belongs to a group of medicines called opioid painkillers. Read more about codeine re-classification.Ĭodeine is used for the relief of moderately severe pain, such as after an injury or operation. November 2020: Notification that codeine-containing medicines are now available on prescription only.Īs of 5 November 2020, all codeine-containing medicines will be available on prescription only and can no longer be bought from your pharmacy without a prescription. Belongs to a group of medicines known as analgesics (painkillers).
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