FDA Risk Warning Slowed But Did Not Stop Prescribing of Codeine to Some Children After Tonsillectomy
November 16, 2017
November 16, 2017
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Nov. 17 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
​A study published in the December 2017 issue of Pediatrics finds that 1 in 20 children were prescribed codeine after having a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy at the end of 2015, despite a warning by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the opioid's significant safety risks. The study, "Effect of FDA Investigation on Opioid Prescribing to Children after T . . .
​A study published in the December 2017 issue of Pediatrics finds that 1 in 20 children were prescribed codeine after having a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy at the end of 2015, despite a warning by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the opioid's significant safety risks. The study, "Effect of FDA Investigation on Opioid Prescribing to Children after T . . .