Children Getting Codeine in Emergency Rooms Despite Risks, Guidelines to Limit the Practice
Despite recommended limits on codeine use in children, the potent painkiller is prescribed in pediatric cases in at least half a million emergency-room visits each year, a study suggests. Use of the drug in that setting is hardly rampant — just 3 per...
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
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