Citation

Dutch MJ. Med. J. Aust. 2008; 188(1): 56-57.

Affiliation

Emergency Department, The Angliss Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. martin.dutch@mh.org.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18205567

Abstract

Over a 6-month period, two patients presented to a community hospital emergency department with perforated gastric ulcers as the result of recreational misuse of over-the-counter ibuprofen-codeine preparations. Misuse of these medications appears to be an emerging cause of significant morbidity in patients with codeine addiction.

Language: en