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Codeine Linked to Deaths of Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
By Jim Greene Children

Codeine Linked to Deaths of Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors to cease prescribing codeine to children after surgeries such as tonsillectomies, removal of the adenoids, or both. Why? Due to several deaths, which have been linked to prescription codeine post-surgery for removal of the tonsils and/or the adenoids. The deaths have occurred specifically in child patients […]

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