Experiences with Codeine Phosphate
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29/05/2017 | | 48moderated by Henry
codeine phosphate (20mg) for cough
after having a cold for weeks my throat started hurting and I developed a cough. Bouts of coughing for more than half an hour until I almost got a stitch. Codeine worked really quickly to calm it down but really suffering with the side effects.
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03/01/2017 | | 25moderated by Henry
codeine phosphate (20mg) for cough
A few days ago I was given codeine phosphate by the GP. I had been suffering with a cough for 6 weeks and my sleep was getting worse and worse. The tablets really help in reducing the cough but when it runs out, the cough comes back, but I am glad that I can at least sleep without coughing. Only work for me during the night because they make me really drowsy, but apart from that no other side e...
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15/05/2016 | | 47moderated by Susan
codeine phosphate (10mg) for pneumonia
I was nauseous and had really bad pain on my chest by my breastbone and it was like I was short of breath. I've stopped taking it now
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28/11/2015 | | 61moderated by Susan
codeine phosphate (10mg) for cough
I started taking codeine but had to stop after about a week because of the terrible stomach pains I was getting. They were waking me up in hellish pain. Stopped for 2 days now and the pain is beginning to subside, slowly but surely. This has to be a sign that they aren't exactly good for you! Taken gastric protectors for years, pantoprazol actavis 20 mg once a day.
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09/10/2015 | | 35moderated by Charlotte
codeine phosphate (10mg) for cough
I had a cough for more than two weeks, went to the doctor. Coughs can last for 6 weeks so now I am taking codeine tablets, sweating a lot and really cold. Coughing hasn't got any better.
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