Assertion: codeine | /r/HasProperty | contraindicated
Facets:
value: in pediatric patients
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Codeine is contraindicated in pediatric patients <12 years of age and in pediatric patients <18 years of age following tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
text: Codeine is contraindicated in pediatric patients <12 years of age and pediatric patients <18 years of age following tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
text: Life-threatening respiratory depression and death have occurred in children who received codeine; most cases following tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, and many of the children had evidence of being ultra-rapid metabolizers of codeine due to CYP450 2D6 polymorphism; Codeine is contraindicated in pediatric patients younger than 12 years and in patients less than 18 years undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
text: Children aged less than 12 years: Codeine is contraindicated in children below the age of 12 years for the symptomatic treatment of cough (see sections 4.3).