Codeine and cough: An ineffective gold standard

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Bolser, Donald C ^a,b   Davenport, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitussive; Codeine; Cough; Cough suppressant

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CODEINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLACEBO;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CODEINE; COUGH; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33846209465     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3280115145     Document Type: Review

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