U.S. doctors online nowAsk doctors free
Top answers from doctors based on your search:
Disclaimer

Extract codeine from cough syrup

A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Marx
Pain Management 50 years experience
No: It has an antihistamine and a decongestant.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Marino Tavarez
A Verified Doctoranswered
A US doctor answeredLearn more
May be a good: choice to relieve symptoms at night and perhaps provide for a good night's sleep until your body and the other medicines you are taking help with your... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Grin
Pain Management 38 years experience
Promethazine/Codeine: Promethazine Hydrochloride 6.25 mg/5 mL and Codeine Phosphate 10 mg/5 mL. Promethazine hydrochloride and codeine phosphate syrup is indicated for the ... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Cough syrup: Codeine is a narcotic which helps to suppress coughs. If it contains guaifenesin that will help to break things up so that you can cough it out. Howe... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Cohn
Pain Management 37 years experience
Absolutely!: Codeine is a narcotic. Although weaker than many narcotics, it still has the same potential side effects from addiction to constipation, respiratory d... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robin Larabee
Pediatrics 28 years experience
It depends: It depends on the weight of the person, the amount of confine in the product, and the other ingredients. If there is Acetaminophen in the syrup, an o... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bac Nguyen
Family Medicine 25 years experience
Listed side effect: Rash/itching is listed side effects. In some people, Codeine can cause the release of a substance called histamine in your body, thus causing the itch... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Le
Dr. Brian Leanswered
Pain Management 19 years experience
Equate cough syrup: Codeine is a controlled narcotic. It is only available by prescription. Equate cough syrup is over the counter medication. One of its active ingred... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Romanth Waghmarae
Pain Management 41 years experience
Rondec: There is no codeine in this - its has the following chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Grin
Pain Management 38 years experience
1 day only: The short half-life of Codeine in serum is only 2-4 hours. It takes approximately 6 half lives for a drug to be eliminated from your system. 4*6/24=1 ... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.