Codeine is a prescription painkiller.
Codeine overdoseoccurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Alternative NamesMethylmorphine overdose
Poisonous IngredientCodeine
Where FoundNote: This list may not be all-inclusive.
SymptomsDetermine the following information:
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
What to expect at the emergency roomThe health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
Codeine is usually found in combination with other medications such as acetaminophen. Therefore outcome also depends on how well the toxicity of these other medications is treated. Shock, brain damage, and death are possible.
ReferencesMurphy NG, Benowitz NL, Goldschlager N. Cardiovascular toxicology. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 8.
Yip L, Megarbane B, Borron SW. Opioids. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 33.
Codeine is a prescription painkiller.
Codeine overdoseoccurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Alternative NamesMethylmorphine overdose
Poisonous IngredientCodeine
Where FoundNote: This list may not be all-inclusive.
SymptomsDetermine the following information:
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
What to expect at the emergency roomThe health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
Codeine is usually found in combination with other medications such as acetaminophen. Therefore outcome also depends on how well the toxicity of these other medications is treated. Shock, brain damage, and death are possible.
ReferencesMurphy NG, Benowitz NL, Goldschlager N. Cardiovascular toxicology. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 8.
Yip L, Megarbane B, Borron SW. Opioids. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 33.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 02/02/2012
Eric Perez, MD, St. Luke's / Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY, NY, and Pegasus Emergency Group (Meadowlands and Hunterdon Medical Centers), NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
The only antidote for codeine is time, unless it was an overdose. Then the antidote is the emergency room.
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your asking if an opiate is safer than weed? Codeine is a painkiller, it is possible to overdose on it. You can't die from weed. Also, codeine is physically addictive, weed is not.
Yes, it may cause nausea. They can also overdose causing breathing complications or death.
IF you take an overdose, the cough medicine could have an alternative reaction to your body.
Panadeine Forte contains paracetamol 500mg & Codeine Phosphate 30mg, Most of the licit morphine produced is used to make codeine by Methylation. Codeine has about one-sixth of morphine's analgesic activity.
Well, you might want to call a doctor or get to a hospital because the Accetaminophen in it will poison you and damage your liver. The overdose of the Codeine would cause sedation, euphoria, itching, and nausia.
If you mean "codeine", then you can overdose if you take them together.....they are chemically similar, with Hydrocodone being a synthetic version and codeine being the naturally-occurring one.
No, Pimp C (aka Chad Lamont Butler) killed Pimp C. He consumed an overdose of promethazine and codeine (aka cough syrup).
No
No, Hydrocodone 5mg Acetamin (325gm) contains hydrocodone and acetaminophen (paracetamol). Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opioid, originally synthesized from codeine (now sometimes synthesized from thebaine).
Absolutely NOT. This is called a "duplication of therapy" and in the case of oxycodone and Tylenol with codeine, it can cause a person to stop breathing, or potentially aspirate (breathe in) their vomit during periods of unconsciousness. Only do this if a pharmacist or doctor tells you to, as they can guarantee that you will not overdose.