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Related Subjects: |Analgesia |Sedation and Analgesia on ITU |Codeine |Dihydrocodeine |Diamorphine |Morphine |Opiates
Caution in elderly or renal or liver or heart disease as build up can cause sedation and coma. Codeine is metabolized to morphine. Codeine 240 mg is approximately equivalent to 30mg of morphine.