Abhishek Pathak, Professor at Indian Army, shared a post on LinkedIn by Neil Nijhawan, UK-trained Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Burjeel Medical City, adding:
“Morphine is a wonder drug , more so in palliative setting.”
Quoting Neil Nijhawan’s post:
“This is why I don’t use codeine for cancer pain.
Sources: Abhishek Pathak/LinkedIn and Neil Nijhawan/LinkedIn
In care settings like the UAE where we have access to a variety of strong opioids including morphine, there is very little reason to use codeine.”