drug: codeine
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U.S. Preparations:
- Multiple preparations in combination with acetaminophen (Tylenol #3, #4),
pseudoephedrine, butalbital, phenergan, carisoprodol, aspirin, caffeine,
and others FDA approved indications: analgesia,
cough
- Robitussin® AC (Wyeth-Ayerst)
(combination with guiafenesin)
- Tylenol®
with codeine (Ortho-McNeil) FDA
approved indications: analgesia
Preparations Outside U.S.:
- 222® (combination with aspirin and caffeine)
- Codalgin (combination with paracetamol)
- Codapane (combination with paracetamol)
- Codral
- Dymadon (combination with paracetamol)
- Panadeine (combination with paracetamol)
Street Names:
- Codeine alone: Captain Cody, Cody, schoolboy
- Combined with alcohol: schoolboy scotch (scotch
whiskey)
- Combined with glutethimide: doors & fours,
four doors, loads (Doriden), pancakes & syrup (cough syrup)
- Combined with tobacco and marijuana:
candy blunt (marijuana laced cigar dipped in cough syrup containing codeine)
- Combined with elixir terpin hydrate: GI gin, turp
- Multiple Combinations: blue velvet (elixir terpin hydrate & tripelennamine)
*Molecule graphic courtesy of Steve Chapman
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