Codeine: why one person’s painkiller can be another person’s problem

Codeine: why one person’s painkiller can be another person’s problem

Summary

Codeine is one of the UK’s most familiar painkillers, yet the same dose can be helpful, useless or risky depending on how a person’s body processes it.

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Codeine is one of the UK’s most familiar painkillers, yet the same dose can be helpful, useless or risky depending on how a person’s body processes it.

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