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Pain management and postoper<strong>at</strong>ive careCODEINE PHOSPHATE – Moder<strong>at</strong>e pain with paracetamol and/or NSAID(may go straight to morphine sulph<strong>at</strong>e)Birth –1year1–16yearsCommentsOral / IM/ SCTheseroutesonly500µg/kg6hourly500 µg -1mg/kgMaximumdose60mg4-6 hourlyMaximum daily dose 240mg. IM onlyunder anaesthesiaSyrup contains 2.1%v/v alcoholNote opioid thus may cause respir<strong>at</strong>orydepression104 <strong>Anaesthetists</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong> January 2010

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