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Table 5 Urinary excretion of codeine and metabolites after administration of 100 mg codeine phosphate (n = 12).

From: Diclofenac does not interact with codeine metabolism in vivo: A study in healthy volunteers

Ae [% of dose]

codeine + placebo mean (95% CI)

codeine + diclofenac mean (95% CI)

p level

codeine

3.74 (3.33–4.15)

3.89 (3.10–4.68)

n.s.

C-6-G

62.2 (57.0–67.5)

64.7 (60.7–68.7)

n.s.

norcodeine

1.76 (1.35–2.18)

1.86 (1.36–2.36)

n.s.

norcodeine-glucuronide

3.87 (3.01–4.73)

4.01 (3.02–5.00)

n.s.

morphine

0.22 (0.13–0.32)

0.23 (0.14–0.33)

n.s.

M-3-G

4.40 (2.81–5.99)

4.66 (3.10–6.22)

n.s.

M-6-G

1.21 (0.77–1.64)

1.31 (0.83–1.78)

n.s.

normorphine

1.56 (1.91–1.93)

1.73 (1.34–2.11)

n.s.

normorphine-glucuronide

2.30 (1.80–2.79)

2.50 (1.99–3.01)

n.s.