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Opioid Analgesics Medication

What is it?

  • All painkiller containing codeine and dihydrocodeine
  • All cough mixtures containing Dextromethorphan, Pholcodine, Codeine, Vicodin
  • All loperamide/morphine brands for diarrhoea
  • Alfentanil (Alfenta)
  • Buprenorphine: (Temgesic, Butrans, Transtec, Probuphine, Subutex, Buprenex, Sublocade, Belbuca)
  • Butorphanol (Stadol)
  • Diamorphine
  • Dipamine (Diconal)
  • Fentanyl (Actiq lozenges, Durogesic DTrans,Ionsys, Lazanda,Onsolis, Fentora, Subsys, Sublimaze, Abstral)
  • Hydrocodone (Hysingla, Vantrela,Vicodin)
  • Hydromorphone HCI (Palladone SR, Palladone, Dilaudid, Exalgo)
  • Levorphanol (Levo-Dromoran)
  • Meptazinol (Meptid)
  • Methadone (Physeptone, Dolophine, Methadose)
  • Meperidine (Meperitab, Demerol)
  • Morphine liposomal (DepoDur)
  • Morphine salts: (Oramorph solution, Sevredol, Morphgesic SR ,MST Continus, MXL capsules, Zormorph, Morphine suppositories, Morphine injection (Minijet), Cyclimorph, Astramorph, Roxanol , Infumorph,Kadian,  Avinza, MorphaBond, Mitigo,RMS)
  • Nalbuphine (Nubain)
  • Oxycodone (Oxynorm , Oxycontin MR, Dazidox , Oxyfast ,Roxicodone , Oxydose , OxyIR ,  Xtampza, Oxaydo,  ETH-Oxydose , Oxecta, RoxyBond)
  • Oxymorphone (Numorphan, Opana)
  • Opium (Paregoric)
  • Papaveretum
  • Pentazocine (Talwin)
  • Pethidine (Pamergan P100)
  • Propoxyphene (Darvon)
  • Remifentanil (Ultiva)
  • Sufentanil (Dsuvia, Sufenta)
  • Tapentadol (Nucynta, Palexia)
  • Tramadol (Zamadol Zamadol SR, Dromodol SR, Tracolenac XL,
    Zydol, Zydol SR, Zydol XL ,Larapam SR, Zamadol 24hr
    Mabron,Tramacet, Ultram, Ryzolt, Conzip, )

 

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

Do not wait, phone for an ambulance if have or develop:

Be aware of:

This medication can cause Medication over use Headaches:

  • Painkiller medication overuse (associated with taking triptans or opioids for 10 or more days per month, or standard pain killers for 15 or more days per month)

National Headache Management System for Adults. BASH guideline writing committee. 2019.https://www.bash.org.uk/downloads/guidelines2019/01_BASHNationalHeadache_Management_SystemforAdults_2019_guideline_versi.pdf (accessed Dec 2021).

  • Patients should not use these products more than two days in a week and improvement can take up to 12 weeks, but that there may be some short-term initial worsening of headache upon withdrawal of the causative medication.
BASH guidelines 2019. British Association for the Study of Headache. 2019.http://www.bash.org.uk/guidelines/ (accessed Dec 2021).
Mathew NT, Kurman R, Perez F. Drug Induced Refractory Headache – Clinical Features and Management. Headache. 1990;30:634–8. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3010634.x

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