Codeine and cough: an ineffective gold standard
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Codeine for acute cough in children.
QUESTION Owing to Health Canada's recent recommendations to avoid the use of over-the-counter cough and cold medications in preschool children, I was looking at other antitussive medications for acute cough. Codeine was recommended in the past for this indication. What is the evidence for its use and how effective and safe is it? ANSWER Cough is one of the most common symptoms in children, an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1528-4050
DOI: 10.1097/aci.0b013e3280115145