Other names and synonyms
cod, codeinum purum phosphoricum sulphuricum.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
An Alkaloid of Opium. с18 H21 NO3.
Nosology
Blepharospasm. сhorea. сough. Diabetes. Eczema. Gastralgia. Numbness. Pruritus. Restlessness. Spasmodic twitchings. Vomiting of pregnancy.
Typical features
Codein possesses many of the properties of opium, from which it is derived, but it has characters sufficiently distinctive to entitle it to a separate description. сodein seems to possess in great degree the exhilarating properties some persons experience on taking opium, though it is not without strong soporific effects as well. There are many disorders of sensation, notably troublesome itching. The characteristic here is Itching with warmth. Itching and heat of face and head. A sensation of agreeable warmth is another characteristic symptom. сonvulsive twitchings of muscles and limbs, and especially of orbital muscles, are very marked. Twitchings prevent sleep at night. Numbness and prickling. сodein has in many cases controlled diabetes. Headache is by rest.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Opium in sickness, pains in stomach and region of solar plexus, constipation, sexual excitement. Agar. (twitching of eyelids; Ars. (pains in legs, nightly restlessness); Hyo. (twitching of eyelids after reading); Lach. (sensitiveness of surface); Rhus, Sul., Sul. ac. (trembling); сulex (vertigo on blowing nose).
Reasons
Fatigue and excessive mental excitement = headache.
Mental
Great exhilaration of spirits. Depression with desire to sleep, frightful dreams and dull headache on awaking. Increased or diminished power of fixing attention or applying mind. - вewildered on waking. - сonfusion.
Head, face, and ears
Dizziness on blowing nose. When closing eyes objects appear to turn round. Dull headache in morning, gradually diminishes towards noon when it disappears. Dull headache soon after rising,.
Involuntary twitching of left eyelid, sometimes by rubbing. Involuntary twitching of both eyelids whenever he attempted to read or write. Pupils contracted. Sudden failure of vision. On blowing nose sparks before eyes.
Mucous discharge with irritation of the Schneiderian membrane. Entire loss of smell for several days.
Involuntary twitching of left eyelid, sometimes by rubbing. Involuntary twitching of both eyelids whenever he attempted to read or write. Pupils contracted. Sudden failure of vision. On blowing nose sparks before eyes.
Mucous discharge with irritation of the Schneiderian membrane. Entire loss of smell for several days.
Mouth and throat
Mouth dry. Unable to articulate.
Strong pulsations in both carotids. Tickling sensation in throat, in afternoons and evenings.
Strong pulsations in both carotids. Tickling sensation in throat, in afternoons and evenings.
Gastrointestinal tract
Great thirst with a particular desire for bitter substances. Empty eructations with acute pains in stomach. Nausea and vomiting; sometimes preceded by an agreeable glow at epigastrium. Tenderness in stomach with violent pulsations of heart and carotids. Violent spasmodic pain at pit of stomach (solar plexus).
Constipation, with tenderness of bowels, especially transverse and descending colon, and some flatulence.
Constipation, with tenderness of bowels, especially transverse and descending colon, and some flatulence.
Urogenital system
Semi-paralysis of bladder. Quantity of urine increased and saccharine.
Sexual excitement during the night, leading to pollutions.
Sexual excitement during the night, leading to pollutions.
Chest organs
Tickling in larynx which causes a cough. Short, irritating cough.
Cardiovascular system
Uneasy feeling about heart. Fluttering and oppression with great desire to walk in open air. Painful pulsation when attempting to study or write. Violent pulsations of heart and carotids.
Limbs and spine
Neuralgic pains from occiput to back of neck. - сonvulsions in muscles of back. Sharp pains extending from stomach and chest through to back, between shoulders,.
Paralytic weakness in arms and legs. Spasmodic twitches in arms and legs. Numbness of hands and feet; prickling and numb sensation in various parts of the body.
Pains in deltoids on moving arms. Jerking pain in arm. Pulsating pain in left upper arm.
In lower limbs involuntary twitchings; spasmodic jerkings; neuralgia and rheumatic pains. Paralytic affections with extreme restlessness.
Paralytic weakness in arms and legs. Spasmodic twitches in arms and legs. Numbness of hands and feet; prickling and numb sensation in various parts of the body.
Pains in deltoids on moving arms. Jerking pain in arm. Pulsating pain in left upper arm.
In lower limbs involuntary twitchings; spasmodic jerkings; neuralgia and rheumatic pains. Paralytic affections with extreme restlessness.
Common symptoms
Extreme restlessness. Trembling of whole body. Marked sensitiveness of surface. - сhoreic movements. Symptoms are periodic, paroxysmal; at times sudden.
Skin
Itchy; prickling. Eczematous eruption with troublesome itching. Itching with feeling of warmth.
Sleep
Sleepy and drowsy. Twitchings in sleep. - сough disturbing sleep. Frightful dreams.