Review of the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter codeine combination medicines

Contributors

• Christina Abdel Shaheed BPharm, PhD, The George Institute for Global Health
• Chris G Maher BAppSc(Phty) PhD, The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney
• Andrew McLachlan BPharm PhD, Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital; Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney

Report

• Investigating the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter codeine containing combination analgesics for pain and codeine based antitussives (pdf,754kb)*
• Investigating the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter codeine containing combination analgesics for pain and codeine based antitussives (Word,562kb)*

Contents

• Executive summary
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Methods
• 1.3 Results Part A: Efficacy
• 1.4 Discussion
• 1.5 Conclusion
• 1.6 Part B: Incremental effectiveness of codeine
• 1.7 Part C: Harms of codeine combination medicines (narrative review and appended table)
• References
• Appendix