An Important Issue for Depressed Patients Prescribed Codeine for Pain

question 22

Multiple Choice

An important issue for depressed patients prescribed codeine for pain is that:

• A)several common SSRIs block the conversion of codeine to morphine.
• B)decreased number of SSRIs cause codeine to be converted to heroin.
• C)it causes significant respiratory depression in these individuals.
• D)drug combinations reduce the effectiveness of codeine down to about 1 hour.

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