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Re: Narcolepsy & codeine, vicodin, darvocet

Posted by nd in WV on May 13, 2002 at 08:34:07:

In Reply to: Narcolepsy & codeine, vicodin, darvocet posted by Lilli on May 12, 2002 at 13:21:16:

I sometimes use codeine to keep me awake (under a physician's direction, of course). About 10 years ago, there was a paper published in a medical journal that said codeine helped some naroleptics maintain wakefulness. You should be able to find the specific publication if you can get on MEDLINE somewhere.

I am on an MAO inhibitor for my narcolepsy and can't take amphitamine or Ritalin or any of their derivatives. Provigil gives me terrible headaches, so I depend on the codeine if I drive long distances.

I usually take Darvocet for severe pain at night (I have a very arthritic knee), but I have never noticed it keeping me awake.

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