CODEINE

kōˈdēn, alkaloid found in opium. It is a narcotic whose effects, though less potent, resemble those of morphine. An effective cough suppressant, it is mainly used in cough medicines. Like other narcotics, codeine is addictive. See drug addiction and drug abuse.

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books on: Codeine  - 424 results

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Drugs and Society - Vol. 1
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2006
Subjects: Drug Abuse, Drugs Of Abuse, Pharmacology
...Treatment 198 Coca Leaf 200 Codeine 202 Cognitive Behavior Therapy 203...193 3 Cocaine 194 Coca Leaf 200 Codeine 202 Crack Cocaine 231 1 Disulfiram...veterinary practice. Other opiates like codeine, morphine, and heroin are more popular...
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Arthritis: A Take Care of Yourself Health Guide for Understanding Your Arthritis
Book by James F. Fries; Perseus Books, 1999
Subjects: Arthritis--Popular Works
...So in RA it is important to treat pain by treating the inflammation that causes the pain. By and large, analgesics such as codeine, Percodan, Darvon, Talwin, or Demerol must be avoided. Rest The proper balance between rest and exercise is an essential...
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Drug Testing: Issues and Options
Book by Robert H. Coombs, Louis Jolyon West; Oxford University Press, 1991
Subjects: Drug Testing--United States
...test like cocaine. A urinalysis may also pick up traces of codeine, commonly used in prescription cough medicines, and amphetamines...the late 1960s to identify and quantify narcotics, cocaine, codeine, barbiturates, and stimulants. Almost all drugs are amenable...
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Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century: An International History
Book by William B. McAllister; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Drug Abuse--Prevention--History--20th Century, Narcotics, Control Of--Government Policy--History--20th Century, Narcotics, Control Of--International Cooperation--History--20th Century
...twentieth century included heroin, morphine, codeine, and cocaine. As synthetic opiates and...limit the supply of morphine, heroin, codeine, and similar substances to legitimate...about whether widely used medicines like codeine should fall under the same restrictions...
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Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques
Book by Gregory D. Lee; CRC Press, 2004
Subjects: Criminal Investigation, Drug Traffic--Investigation, Narcotics, Control Of, Narcotics, Control Of--International Cooperation
...psychological dependence. Anabolic steroids, codeine and hydrocodone with aspirin or Tylenol...drugs in schedule IV. Cough medicine with codeine is an example of a schedule V drug. The...Opiates include opium, morphine, heroin, and codeine. The poppy Papaver somniferum L, is...
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journal articles on: Codeine  - 102 results

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Drug-substitution Treatment in Germany: a Critical Overview of Its History, Legislation and Current Practice
Journal article by Ralf Gerlach; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 32, 2002
Subjects: Drug policy, Germany, History, Substance abuse treatment
...levacetylmethadol), dihydrocodeine or codeine reduces addicts risks of non-HIV related...prosecutions some GPs began prescribing codeine or DHC to addict patients, as these substances...for many years, until February 1998, codeine or DHC could be legally prescribed to...
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Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches: Case Studies of Prescription Pill Use and Misuse among Marijuana/blunt Smoking Middle Class Young Women
Journal article by Flutura Bardhi, Stephen J. Sifaneck, Bruce D. Johnson, Eloise Dunlap; Contemporary Drug Problems, Vol. 34, 2007
Subjects: Alcohol use, Drug use, Ecstasy, Law enforcement, Marijuana, Side effects, Tranquilizers, Women
...pills such as Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Codeine, Vicodin, Ativan, Adderall, Ritalin, and...the doctor and got a prescription for codeine to help ease the pain, along with some...tablets. She liked the effect that the codeine had on her, especially when she mixed...
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The Audacity Principle in Science1
Journal article by Solomon H. Snyder; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 149, 2005
Subjects: Principles, Research, Science, Scientists
...were able to explain key pharmacologie actions of codeine and heroin. Codeine, which acts gradually to relieve pain and cough, didnt bind to opiate receptors at all. Codeine differs from morphine solely by the addition of a...
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Initiation to Pharmaceutical Opioids and Patterns of Misuse: Preliminary Qualitative Findings Obtained by the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network
Journal article by Raminta Daniulaityte, Robert G. Carlson, Deric R. Kenne; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: College students, Data analysis, Drug use, Education, Ethnicity, Health services, Heroin, Interviews, Medical research, Narcotics, Pharmaceuticals, Problems, Studies
...oxycodone acetaminophen) (1), and codeine tablets (1) as their pharmaceutical opioids...users. Vicodin , Percocet , Darvocet , codeine, Ultram , Ultracet , methadone tablets...following way: "I started taking them codeine tablets cause Im working hard, long hours...
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The Abuse of Dextromethorphan-Based Cough Syrup: A Pilot Study of the Community of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Journal article by Momodou N. Darboe, Gerald R. Keenan Jr., Tamara K. Richards; Adolescence, Vol. 31, 1996
Subjects: Dextromethorphan--Physiological aspects, Drug abuse--Research
...typically from their own homes. They may include alcohol, codeine, marijuana, or inhalants such as paint or glue. "Hard...1960s. At that time, most of the antitussives contained codeine or codeine-like compounds that had direct morphine-like abuse...
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magazine articles on: Codeine  - 74 results

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How to Take Your Medicine: Acetaminophen-Codeine
Magazine article by Judy Folkenberg; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, January 1991
Subjects: Acetaminophen--Dosage and administration, Codeine--Dosage and administration
...How to Take Your Medicine: Acetaminophen-Codeine. by Judy Folkenberg How you...prescribed drugs is about acetaminophen-codeine combinations. One of the most widely...reliever in the United States, acetaminophen-codeine is a combination of two medicines: acetaminopehn...
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Unapproved Analgesic Sales Stopped
Magazine article by Dale Blumenthal; FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, April 1990
Subjects: Analgesics--Product defects and recalls, Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.--Cases, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Cases
...new drug. The analgesic, Esgic with Codeine, manufactured by Forest Pharmaceuticals...Mo., contains acetaminophen, caffeine, codeine, and butalbital (a barbiturate). Although...sought or received approval for Esgic with Codeine, which the company began selling on April...
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Watch out for These Drug Scams
Magazine article by John Egerton; Medical Economics, Vol. 79, March 8, 2002
Subjects: Drug abuse, Guidelines, Physician patient relationships, Prescriptions, United States
...share call: "Dr. Brown prescribed these codeine pills for me: the man told me over the...to. aspirin and NSAIDS, or to tell me, "codeine makes me deadly sick; "I broke out in...construction project and needed just a few codeine tablets so that he could make it through...
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Final Rule Issued on OTC Cough Medicines
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 21, November 1987
Subjects: Antitussive agents--Laws, regulations and rules, Nonprescription drugs--Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical policy--Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Laws, regulations and rules
...calibrated for age and weight must be included with codeine-containing products intended for children between the...dextromethorphan, dextromethorphan hydrobromide, camphor, menthol, codeine, codeine phosphate, and codeine sulfate have been determined...
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Drug Testing 101: Detecting Tainted Samples
Magazine article by Chris Bina; Corrections Today, Vol. 60, October 1998
Subjects: Diagnostic specimens--Collections and collecting, Mandatory drug testing--Technique, Prisoners--Drug testing, Urine--Analysis
...12 to 72 hours Codeine...withdrawal symptoms (from heroin, morphine, codeine) such as chills, lacrimation, rhinorrhea...which tests positive for both morphine and codeine. The inmate then is free to abuse morphine...
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newspaper articles on: Codeine  - 234 results

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Pharmacists Warn of Addicts' Painkiller Codeine Abuse
Newspaper article by Jo Butler; The Birmingham Post (England), November 16, 1998
Pharmacists Warn of Addicts Painkiller Codeine Abuse. by Jo Butler Pharmacists...discovered that the drug, made of ibruprofen and codeine, could be split into its different parts. Codeine, an opium derivative, is used by some addicts...
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Dear Doctor: Dr Mark Porter Answers Your Medical Problems; Dr Mark Porter Answers Your Health Questions on Everything from Whether You Can Become Addicted to Codeine, to How to Use Asthma Inhalers Correctly
Newspaper article by Mark Porter; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 5, 1999
...from Whether You Can Become Addicted to Codeine, to How to Use Asthma Inhalers Correctly...Mark Porter Will I get hooked on codeine tablets? Ive had a painful lower back...meantime I am taking painkillers containing codeine, which are working, but Im worried because...
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Cannabis, Codeine and Poppy Seeds - Every One Can Land You Four Years in a Dubai Jail; Dark Side to the Gulf's Sun Holiday Paradise Is Its Very Strict Law
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 20, 2008
Cannabis, Codeine and Poppy Seeds - Every One Can Land You Four Years in a Dubai Jail...poppy seeds left over from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow. Painkiller codeine, a common ingredient in flu and cold medication, is also banned. And...
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Counter Attack to Halt the Addiction to Drugs in Homes
Newspaper article by Amanda Doherty; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 27, 2000
...Derry GP Dr Tom Black stopped prescribing codeine-based painkillers like co-codamol at his...why were we giving patients the extra codeine when it had no added pain relief purposes...Patients were using larger amounts of codeine and we felt that there was an addiction...
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Over-the-Counter Addicts on More Than 70 Pills a Day
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 4, 2007
Subjects: Nurofen (Medication)
...Nurofen Plus, which contain the painkiller codeine. It is a narcotic, which makes users feel...As the body becomes accustomed to the codeine, addicts must start taking more and more...painkiller but became addicted to the codeine. Yesterday she said: I think addiction...
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encyclopedia articles on: Codeine  - 10 results

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Codeine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CODEINE ko den, alkaloid found in opium . It is a narcotic whose effects, though less potent, resemble those of morphine . An effective cough suppressant, it is mainly used in cough medicines. Like other narcotics, codeine is addictive. See drug addiction and drug abuse . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Opium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Other constituents are the alkaloids codeine , papaverine , and noscapine (narcotine...synthesized from morphine. Morphine, heroin, and codeine are addicting drugs; papaverine and narcotine...1800s to promote sleep and alleviate pain; codeine suppresses coughing; paregoric stops diarrhea...
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Opiate Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...OPIATE DRUG any of a group of drugs derived from opium . Used medicinally to relieve pain and induce sleep, they include codeine , morphine , the morphine derivative heroin , and, formerly, laudanum . Sometimes included in the group are certain synthetic...
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Narcotic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium , its constituents morphine and codeine , and the morphine derivative heroin . See also drug addiction and drug abuse . Actions and Uses In small doses narcotics...
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Endorphins
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...afflicted with chronic pain disorders, endorphins are often found in high numbers. Many painkilling drugs, such as morphine and codeine, act like endorphins and actually activate opiate receptors. Besides behaving as a pain regulator, endorphins are also thought...
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