CODEINE PHOSPHATE

• Codeine phosphate is used to relieve mild to moderate pain, coughing and diarrhoea.
• It is an opioid analgesic, sometimes known as a painkiller.
• It is used to relieve pain by mimicking the action of endorphins which are pain-reducing chemicals that occur naturally in the body. Codeine phosphate also relieves coughing by suppressing the cough reflex which reduces the nerve signals that travel from the coughing centre in the brain to the muscles that produce the coughing. By acting on opioid receptors in muscles lining the walls of the intestine, codeine phosphate also enables the body to produce firmer stools that are passed less often, relieving the symptoms of diarrhoea.
• In general this drug is used treat mild to moderate pain, diarrhoea and cough.
• Benefits of being on this drug can include relief from pain, relief from the symptoms of diarrhoea with firmer less frequent stools, and a reduction in coughing.

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