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Show In a Gallup Survey of 1 ,000 consumers, con-sumers, 90 percent of those who had taken a cough medicine in the past three years said that if they had the choice between a codeine cough product and an equally effective medication without codeine, they would take the noncodeine preparation. The second leading cause for people to prefer noi to receive codeine, co-deine, the survey found, is because it's a narcotic and can be habit-forming. An increasing number of people are deciding to "just say no" to codeine! The main reason most people prefer not to receive codeine is its main side effect drowsiness, reports re-ports the survey conducted on behalf be-half of Forest Laboratories. Drowsiness Drowsi-ness can affect your safety and performance on the job, on the road, at school and at home. Fortunately, doctors can prescribe alternate prescription pre-scription medicines such as benzonatate, that suppress coughs without causing the degree of drowsiness seen with codeine. M! o |