Health & Medicine

Diseases & Treatments

Codeine now not recommended for children

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19 March 2015

Manuel Diezi

CHUV

Biologie et de médecine, UNIL

Codeine-based medicines such as cough syrups are not recommended for children under 12 because of the risk of respiratory disorders they present.

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