BACKGROUND: In August 2012, the Food and Drug Administration investigated the safety
of codeine use by children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, culminating in a black …

Background Codeine and tramadol are commonly used analgesics in surgery. In 2013, the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a contraindication to the use of codeine in …

Objectives/Hypothesis To determine if otolaryngologists at a single children's hospital were
adherent to the boxed warning for codeine use in post‐tonsillectomy patients and the …

Importance Practice guidelines recommend nonopioid medications in children after
tonsillectomy, but to date, studies have not used recent national data to assess perioperative …

BACKGROUND Concern regarding codeine use following adenotonsillectomy in children
has increased following warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of deaths …

Objectives Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) is a common pediatric surgical
procedure requiring post-operative analgesia. Because of the respiratory depression effects …

Objectives/Hypothesis To prospectively determine factors associated with codeine's adverse
drug reactions (ADRs) at home in a large homogenous population of children undergoing …

PHYSICIANS SHOULD NOT USE CO-deine to treat pain in children after tonsillectomy or
adenoidectomy, warns the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)(http://tinyurl …

Objectives Assess national trends in opioid prescription following pediatric tonsillectomy: 1)
overall percentage receiving opioids and mean quantity, 2) changes during 2009–2017, and …

Codeine was considered a suitable analgesic for children after adenotonsillectomy. It has
been used extensively in the UK1 for over 40 years and appeared effective. 2 It was listed in …