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Surgery pain medications

When I take codeine it causes nausea and vomiting.  Does that mean that I am allergic or is that a side effect?  I have only had codeine in cough medications.  I am having surgery in the near future.  What are the derivatives of codeine that I should not be prescribed for pain?  I recently had dental surgery and was given demerol for the pain.  I did not find it to be be very effective.  
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Codeine is listed in all of my medical records as a drug that I cannot take.  It has been such a long time since I took codeine, I cannot remember whether I took it with food or not.  I think I may have taken it on am empty stomach.
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Codeine is listed in all of my medical records as a drug that I cannot take.  It has been such a long time since I took codeine, I cannot remember whether I took it with food or not.  I think I may have taken it on am empty stomach.
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Sounds like a side effect however I wld contact your doctor about this. Did you eat prior to taking that med?
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