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Is codeine the only anti-tussive narcotic? Is vicodin or percocet or darvocet or morphine or dilaudid?


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All narcotics have anti-tussive properties.  Codeine is actually converted to an active metabolite-- morphine-- which accounts for most of the action of codeine;  that is why some people (who have low activity of the cytochrome enzyme G6PD) don't obtain much relief from pain from codeine.

There are cough preparations that contain other opiates-- even dilaudid, which is quite potent.  When I was an anesthesiologist, I used the anti-tussive properties of narcotics frequently, for example to prevent 'bucking' on the endotracheal tube at the end of a case.  A narcotic-based anesthetic generally has a smooth emergence, as the patient awakes, and opens his/her eyes, calmly-- even while the ET tube is still in place.  For such cases I would trickly in small doses of fentanyl to prevent coughing.  But they all work!

To control the pain we must attend to the specialist because we can give him what is appropriate and what we need, for example I take hydrocodone, vicodin which is medicine used to counter the chronic pain that I have for years, but I rioja prescribing doctor, I take it in moderation because I read in findrxonline which is a medicine that causes anxiety, and we must control it as it can affect your nervous system, so do not take medicines without consultation because it really can be dangerous.

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