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* labor and delivery | *labor and delivery | ||
* GI obstruction | *GI obstruction | ||
*paralytic ileus | *paralytic ileus | ||
* acute asthma exacerbation | *acute asthma exacerbation | ||
==Adverse Reactions== | ==Adverse Reactions== | ||
===Serious=== | ===Serious=== | ||
* respiratory depression | *respiratory depression | ||
*apnea | *apnea | ||
* hypotension, severe | *hypotension, severe | ||
*paralytic ileus | *paralytic ileus | ||
*bradycardia | *bradycardia | ||
* anaphylaxis | *anaphylaxis | ||
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* tremor | *tremor | ||
==Pharmacology== | ==Pharmacology== | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 5 July 2016
General
- Type: opioid
- Dosage Forms: PO
- Common Trade Names: Zohydro, Hysingla
Adult Dosing
General
For Pain, severe chronic: Dose: Individualize dose PO q12h; start 10 mg PO q12h, may increase by 10 mg PO q12h q3-7 days. Titrate slowly in elderly patients.
Pediatric Dosing
Currently not recommended
Special Populations
- Pregnancy Rating: C
- Lactation Risk Categories: possibly unsafe
- Renal Dosing
- Adult: none
- Pediatric: none
- Hepatic Dosing
- Adult: not defined
- Pediatric: not defined
Contraindications
- Allergy to class/drug
- labor and delivery
- GI obstruction
- paralytic ileus
- acute asthma exacerbation
Adverse Reactions
Serious
- respiratory depression
- apnea
- hypotension, severe
- paralytic ileus
- bradycardia
- anaphylaxis
Common
- Constipation
- nausea
- fatigue
- vomiting
- xerostomia
- headache
- URI
- tremor
Pharmacology
- Half-life: 8 hour
- Metabolism: Liver
- Excretion: urine
- Mechanism of Action: bind to various opioid receptors