Warning of the risk of death from taking painkillers

Overuse or abuse of codeine-containing painkillers after surgery may lead to serious life-threatening, life-threatening children's problems.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning last week after the investigation ended on three recent unusual deaths. Previously, these 3 patients were assigned surgery to remove tonsils or adenoid glands.

FDA recommends that parents and caregivers need to be fully aware of the signs that their children are using an overdose of codeine, including abnormal sleepiness, difficulty in stimulating attention, and not easy awakened, breathing fast and difficult. If you see this group of symptoms, parents must stop giving your child codeine immediately and quickly notify the medical staff.

Codeine addictive is present in many painkillers today.

In addition, doctors need to limit the prescription of codeine-containing drugs. For a mandatory case, it is advisable to use the lowest dose in the shortest time, according to the FDA report.

Codeine is the second most addictive substance after morphine is commonly used in many current painkillers. When entering the body, codeine is converted to morphine by an enzyme of the liver (liver enzymes). In many people, the risk of side effects caused by codeine is quite high because the rate of conversion in the liver is much faster than others. Since then, the amount of morphine in their blood after using codeine is higher than normal, leading to very dangerous symptoms of dyspnea, FDA said.

Currently, the FDA is still conducting a review to identify additional cases of overdose due to codeine overdose and will soon provide detailed information, Dr. Bob Rappaport of the Center for Research and Evaluation FDA drug declared.

Reference: Myhealthnewsdaily