I believe that most Kodak films do have at least coating on both sides for anti-curl and artistic layersOne plausible reason could be that Kodak films don't have gelatine in the non-emulsion side whereas OP's film being a double sided emulsion has gelatine as noted in post #11. Now, with exposure to ambient moisture, the gelatine in the double-sided xray film could be locking up with some stuff in the backing paper.

