Codeine elixir

Tylenol with codeine elixir contains 12 mg of codeine per 5 mL of the elixir. If a pharmacist dispenses 4 fluidounces of the elixir to a patient, how many grains of codeine does the patient receive ... 

Codeine Elixir contains 1 gr of codeine/fluidounce. How much additional codeine should be added to 4 fluidounces of the elixir so that each teaspoonful will contain 15 mg of codeine ... 

Terpin Hydrate elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine elixir Testosterone Cypionate... 

The drug exhibits its therapeutic action in bronchitis as an expectorant. It has been duly observed that the terpin hydrate elixir as such normally contains too little of the active compound to make it effective single and, therefore it is invariably used mainly as a vehicle for the cough mixtures, namely (a) Terpin Hydrate and Dextromethorphan Elixir and b) Terpin Hydrate and Codeine Elixir. 

Each 5 mL of elixir contains codeine phosphate 12 mg, acetaminophen 120 mg, alcohol 7%, citric acid, propylene... 

Codeine-containing medications are most often taken orally, either in tablet form or as syrup (also called elixir ). Codeine may also be given by intramuscular (IM) injection. Intravenous codeine administration is not used because of the risk of causing dangerously low blood pressure (hypotension). Codeine suppositories are given rectally, but usually only in infants and children who have had surgery. 

Treatment of moderate to severe pain requires use of opioid analgesics combined with nonopioids such as acetaminophen. An elixir containing 120 mg acetaminophen and 12 mg codeine per 5 ml is generally effective. 

Sisco, W.R. Rittenhouse, C.T. Everhart, L.A. McLaughlin, A.M. Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic stability-indicating analysis of acetaminophen, codeine phosphate, and sodium benzoate in elixirs. J.Chromatogr, 1986, 354, 355-366... 

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