FDA: No Codeine After Tonsillectomy for Children

• Autores: Bridget M. Kuehn
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 309, Nº. 11, 2013, pág. 1100
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Physicians should not use codeine to treat pain in children after tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, warns the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (http://tinyurl.com/aauoq4j). To make sure physicians get the message, the agency is adding a black box warning to the drug's label stating that codeine is contraindicated for this use.