title: Why can't we retire codeine?
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Environmental Health Center, and Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Boston, Massachusetts; and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts alan.woolf@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003061:Codeine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D056737:Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003061:Codeine
keywords: adverse effects; analgesia; antitussives; codeine; drugs; epidemiology; opiates; pharmacogenomics; prescriptions; toxicity