Recipect
Recipect helps relieve cough by calming the cough reflex and thinning mucus to make it easier to cough up.
Form
oraaliliuos
Active Ingredient
Codeine phosphate hemihydrate
Manufacturer
Orion Corporation
How to Use
Dosage
15 ml
Method
Take with a measuring cup 3-4 times a day. Shake the bottle before use. For adults (18+) and adolescents (16-17). Adolescents (12-15) should take 10 ml 3-4 times a day.
Important
Maximum 60 ml per day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Headache
- •Nausea
- •Dizziness
- •Vomiting
- •Constipation
- •Fatigue
RARE
- •Palpitations (fast or irregular heartbeat)
- •Itching
- •Hypersensitivity reactions (allergic reactions)
- •Agitation
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to codeine, guaifenesin, or any other ingredient in this medicine.
- Do not use if you have an inborn fructose intolerance.
- Do not give to children under 12 years old.
- Do not use if your body changes codeine into morphine very quickly.
- Do not use if you are breastfeeding.
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- Do not use if you are pregnant.
- Talk to your doctor before use if you have asthma, emphysema, or other breathing problems.
- Talk to your doctor before use if you are prone to gallstone problems.
- Talk to your doctor before use if you recently had abdominal or chest surgery.
- Talk to your doctor before use if you have acute porphyria.
- If you have a chronic, asthmatic, or very mucus-producing cough, use this medicine only as prescribed by your doctor.
- This medicine is not recommended for adolescents aged 12-18 with impaired breathing.
- Do not use this medicine with alcohol.
- Contact a doctor if your cough does not improve within 7 days or gets worse.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category B
Current evidence on or experience with use in older adults is inconclusive or the medicine is insufficiently effective in the older adults. (updated 5.6.2023)