Codeine Side
Effects, Overuse
Codeine side effects cause damage through habitual, progressive drug intake
In addition to aggravated Codeine side effects (listed below),
other indicators of Codeine overuse involve:
- Loss of pleasure in favorite activities and hobbies.
- Lack of will in doing simple things in life.
- Indifference toward family, events, or loved ones
- Decreased interest in sex and affection
- Loss of professional or personal drive
- Unawareness of how behavior and emotions distress others
- Additional signs of clinical depression, including:
- Anger, emptiness, irritability, sadness, or self-criticism
- Loss of appetite
- Fitful sleep
- Lack of sexual drive
- Increased erectile dysfunction
Most people contact us because of the damaging side effects
from progressive and habitual intake of pain-relief medicine,
like Codeine.
Codeine Side Effects
Common adverse Codeine side effects include:
- Constipation
- Dizziness (orthostatic hypotension)
- Drowsiness
- Dry mouth
- Erectile dysfunction
- Euphoria
- Headache
- Sleeplessness (insomnia)
- Itching, rash
- Lack of sexual drive
- Nausea, vomiting
- Pinpoint pupils (miosis)
- Sweating
- Urinary retention
Seek urgent medical attention in
the event of:
- Anxiety or nervousness
- Convulsion, seizures
- Confusion, hallucination
- Depressed mental state
- Mood changes
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty urinating
- Hives
- Itching
- Severe rash
- Severe allergic reactions
- Severe or persistent stomach pain
- Slow or shallow breathing
- Slow or shallow heartbeat
- Fast or irregular heartbeat
- Swelling of the face
- Swelling of the lips
- Swelling of the mouth
- Swelling of the tongue
- Tightness in the chest
- Yellowing of eyes or skin
- Tightness in the chest
- Tremors
Histamine reactions do not decrease over time as much
as do direct narcotic effects. (i)
Other serious health concerns:
- Intravenous injection proves particularly dangerous
due to the potential for lethal respiratory failure.
- At high doses. tablets that combine Codeine and paracetamol
(acetaminophen) may cause liver damage.
- Ibuprofen-codeine combinations may cause kidney failure
and stomach pain or nausea.
- Codeine when paired with aspirin can lead to internal
gastrointestinal hemorrhaging. (ii)
- Illicit morphine manufactured from Codeine by using
pyridine may become toxic and carcinogenic. (iii)
The benefits of a medication usually outweigh the risk
of unlikely Codeine
side effects. You doctor considers
this tradeoff when prescribing a drug. But, call
your doctor immediately if any of these effects occur
or worsen. Also seek immediate
medical attention in the event of an unlikely allergic
reaction.
Remember to monitor persistent side effects if dosage is
prolonged or excessive. Learn the dangers of Codeine side
effects and of a medical Codeine
overdose. Different people react differently to various
medications. If you experience other side effects not listed
above, contact your pharmacist or doctor immediately.
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(i) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine
(ii) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine
(iii) Hogshire,
Jim (June 1999). Pills-A-Go-Go: A Fiendish Investigation
into Pill Marketing, Art, History & Consumption.
Los Angeles: Feral House, 216–223. ISBN
0-922915-53-9. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine)
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