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An Important Issue for Depressed Patients Prescribed Codeine for Pain

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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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