How popping too many painkillers could make symptoms WORSE: Effects of codeine are particularly bad for headache patients



Increased pain sensitivity after taking codeine is a particular problem in headache patients, who seem more sensitive to the effect
Australian researchers found that over time, the drug resulted in the same level of increased sensitivity to pain - but provided much less pain relief. Headache specialist Professor Paul Rolan, of the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia, said codeine has been widely used as pain relief for more than 100 years, but its effectiveness has not been laboratory tested in this way before. ...read
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