Everyone responds to pain differently. Mild pain doesn’t always require treatment, but most people seek relief for moderate to severe or unremitting pain. If natural or over-the-counter remedies don’t ...

Codeine and hydrocodone are opioid pain relief medications. As part of a similar drug class, they share key characteristics. However, codeine supports mild to moderate pain management, while ...

What is codeine used for? Codeine is commonly used to treat mild to moderate pain. Codeine may also be used for other conditions as determined by your healthcare provider. How does codeine work ...

Frequent and large does of codeine may increase sensitivity to pain and fail to offer the same relief as morphine, according to a study presented at the 2013 International Headache Congress in the US.

Aside from genetic differences, maternal characteristics and other clinical factors may also affect pain perception and dose consumption. The objective of this study was to investigate clinical and ...

During the past 10 years, efforts in pharmacogenomics have generated insights into the efficacy and safety of drugs, enhancing our understanding of the safety profile of even some of the oldest drugs, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As most episodes of AOM cause significant pain to the infant or child, assessment and treatment of discomfort is ...

Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist, Barwon Health The setup goes something like this…you have neck pain or migraines or some other reason to suffer ...

On March 4, the Defense Department’s Military Personnel Drug Abuse Testing Program raised the codeine cutoff rate from 2,000 ng/mL of codeine to 4,000 ng/mL to mitigate false positive results for ...

Peter Carroll is President of the NSW branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, which is lobbying against the removal of codeine-containing products from sale without prescription. From ...