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Rescheduling codeine‐containing analgesics reduced codeine‐related hospital presentations
Author(s) -
Harris Keith,
Jiang Andrew,
Knoeckel Robert,
Isoardi Katherine Z
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50400
Subject(s) - codeine , medicine , medical prescription , emergency medicine , pediatrics , anesthesia , morphine , pharmacology
Until recently, analgesic medications containing less than 30 mg codeine per dosage unit were available over the counter in Australia.1 Codeinerelated hospital presentations placed an increasing economic burden on the Australian health care system;2 in response, the Therapeutic Goods Administration rescheduled all codeinecontaining products as prescriptiononly medicines from 1 February 2018.3