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Codeine is an opioid pain reliever that is used to treat mild to moderately severe pain and to help reduce coughing. Codeine is available as a single ingredient tablet and also available in ingredients products combined with other pain relieving medicines or cold and flu medicines. Codeine side effects occur as the body responds to the changes brought by the use of the medication.