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Getting Doctors To Stop Prescribing Codeine To Kids Has Taken Years

10:34am November 16, 2017

by Greta Jochem

After the Food and Drug Administration told doctors to quit prescribing codeine to children after tonsillectomies because it could be deadly, some doctors kept on prescribing.

The FDA expanded its warnings about prescription cough and pain medications that contain the narcotics codeine or tramadol.

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Don't Give Kids Cough Syrup Or Pain Meds That Contain Codeine, FDA Says

8:17pm April 20, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The agency expanded its warnings about prescription cough and pain medications that contain the narcotics codeine or tramadol, saying they can cause dangerously slow breathing in some kids.

Cessation of breathing is a rare, but serious risk for some children who take cough syrup or painkillers that contain codeine, research shows. Advisers to the FDA say no one under 18 should take the drug.

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Limits Urged On The Use Of Codeine To Stop Kids' Coughs And Pain

1:46pm December 11, 2015

by Rob Stein

Codeine can trigger rare, but life-threatening, breathing problems in kids. Food and Drug Administration advisers want to more tightly restrict the drug's use by anyone under 18.

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