Codeine Prescription News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

If we can t offer faster speeds or save you money we ll give you $150. comcast business built for business. eric: right now some children heading to emergency rooms might be taking drugs that are just too strong for some adults. a new study found that the powerful drug codeine is being prescribed to more than a quarter of a million kids each year. patti ann browne is live at the breaking news desk with the latest on this troubling story. hi, patti ann. hi, eric. the study found 3% of children who visited emergency rooms over a 10-year period were prescribed codeine. use did go down during that period around the study covered the years 2001 to 2010 and that was before the fda s warning last year that this drug can cause complications and even death in children in rare cases. so experts say it is likely that codeine is now being prescribed less. still the study found that the number of e.r. visits resulting in a codeine prescription was at ....

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