Drug dosing error with drops – severe clinical course of codeine intoxication in twins.

Maren Hermanns-Clausen; Wolfgang Weinmann; Volker Auwärter; Nerea Ferreirós; Rainer Trittler; Christoph Müller; Andreas Pahl; Andrea Superti-Furga; Roland Hentschel

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Drug dosing error with drops – severe clinical course of codeine intoxication in twins.

November 5, 2008

Hermanns-Clausen M, Weinmann W, Auwärter V, et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2009;168(7):819-24.

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This study describes cases of codeine overdose when administered as drops in young children, highlighting the potential for adverse drug events when using codeine as an antitussive in children.

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