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Codeine/paracetamol, also called codeine/acetaminophen and co-codamol, is a compound analgesic, comprising codeine phosphate and paracetamol (acetaminophen). Codeine/paracetamol is used for the relief of mild to moderate pain when paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; such as ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen) alone do not sufficiently relieve symptoms.
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Codeine is marketed as both a single-ingredient drug and in combination preparations with paracetamol (as co-codamol: e.g., brands Paracod, Panadeine, and the Tylenol-with-codeine series, including Tylenol 3 and 1, 2, and 4); with aspirin (as co-codaprin); or with ibuprofen (as Nurofen Plus).
Co-dydramol is a non-proprietary name used to denote a particular compound analgesic, a combination of dihydrocodeine tartrate and paracetamol. Co-dydramol tablets are used for the relief of moderate pain. Co-dydramol is part of a series of combination drugs available in the UK and other countries including co-codaprin (aspirin and codeine).
It would make more sense for a page detailing the common analgesic combo paracetamol with codeine, and have co-codamol redirect there 121.209.49.58 ( talk ) 10:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC) Jonathan [ reply ]
Therefore, one could extract all 256mg of Codeine Phosphate in a standard 8/500mg Co-codamol pack of 32 in a comparatively tiny amount of liquid. Even if the user starts the CWE process with 50ml water, (which, theoretically could hold 200g codeine phosphate), the maximum amount of paracetamol consumed will be 450mg (50ml*9mg/ml=450mg), which ...
1998 advertisement. Solpadeine is the brand name of a range of analgesic medication containing various amounts of paracetamol, ibuprofen, caffeine and codeine, made by Omega Pharma. [1]
The median effective dose is the dose that produces a quantal effect (all or nothing) in 50% of the population that takes it (median referring to the 50% population base). [6] It is also sometimes abbreviated as the ED 50, meaning "effective dose for 50% of the population". The ED50 is commonly used as a measure of the reasonable expectancy of ...