Dangers of codeine for children:
"Depending on their ethnicity, up to a third of people are known to metabolize codeine much faster than usual, which could lead to an overdose. Over a dozen reports of children dying from normal doses of codeine have been reported among those so-called ultra-rapid metabolizers, Kaiser and her colleagues wrote in a paper released online April 21 in Pediatrics"
Medscape.com - Reuters Health Information, ER Trips for Kids' Pain and Coughs Often End With Codeine
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"Depending on their ethnicity, up to a third of people are known to metabolize codeine much faster than usual, which could lead to an overdose. Over a dozen reports of children dying from normal doses of codeine have been reported among those so-called ultra-rapid metabolizers, Kaiser and her colleagues wrote in a paper released online April 21 in Pediatrics"
Medscape.com - Reuters Health Information, ER Trips for Kids' Pain and Coughs Often End With Codeine
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