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in my experience it is addictive, i have been on lorcets for years and very addicted to it.but my point is sometimes i would get codeine instead of lorcets and i would abuse them too..so yes it is addictve,so you have to be careful of getting dependent on them..i am clean now but its taken about 12 years i use to take allmost 30 a day.so be careful..

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Too much of ANYTHING can kill you.

Too much water can cause Water Intoxication and has killed people. Chemicals like Codeine are members of the Opiate family of drugs. In small amounts, codeine helps ease pain, subdues coughs, etc.... Taking too much Codeine can cause vomiting, respiratory depression (slow breathing), stupor and possibly death.

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If you find that even when you do not have a cough, you still feel an urge to drink some cough syrup that contains codeine, then this is a sign of addiction. If you stop drinking it, you will recover.

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Codeine is an opiate and, as such, definitely addictive.

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Technically codeine is an OPIATE.

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