I have regular 500mg Paracetamol tablets and Panadeine tablets that contain 500mg paracetamol and 8mg codeine phosphate. Is that 8 mg of codeine REALLY makes any difference? Is it going to be a significant difference or is it just a trick from pharmaceutical companies to make people feel better phyhologicly?
2006-12-22 13:36:23 · 4 answers · asked by who_knows 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Codeine can make a difference although 8 mg is a low dose. In some patients codeine works as well as taking a pez due to the fact that they lack the cytochrome required to metabolize codeine. Codeine is metabolized to morphine. Analgesic properties are attributed to the morphine
2006-12-22 16:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by corksoaker197 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reasonable codeine dose would be 30-60 mg, but that would be a toxic dose of paracetamol in the combination pill. The Panadeine is the end-result of governmental overcaution, I suspect. Here in the US, any amount of codeine in a tablet requires a controlled prescription.
2006-12-22 14:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
8mg of Codeine is a VERY low dose. I don't know why they would even bother. 30-60mg is the normal dose.
2006-12-22 18:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by TomB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-22 13:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋