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OPIUM TINCTURE (OPIUM TINCTURE)
10 mg/mL (morphine) oral
- 0.6 milliliter (6 mg) by oral route every 3-6 hours as needed
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea
- 0.3 milliliter (3 mg) by oral route every 3-6 hours as needed
- 0.6 milliliter (6 mg) by oral route every 3-6 hours as needed
- 0.6 milliliter (6 mg) by oral route 4 times per day
- 0.6 milliliter (6 mg) by oral route 4 times per day as needed
- 1 milliliter (10 mg) by oral route every 3-6 hours as needed notto exceed 6 doses (60 mg) in 24Hrs
- Depade
- naltrexone
- naltrexone microspheres
- Revia
- Vivitrol
Contraindicated
- sodium oxybate
- Xyrem
Severe
Moderate
- Buprenex
- buprenorphine
- buprenorphine-naloxone
- butorphanol tartrate
- Butrans
- Fanatrex
- gabapentin
- gabapentin enacarbil
- Gralise
- Gralise 30-day Starter Pack
- Horizant
- nalbuphine
- Neurontin
- Suboxone
- Zubsolv
- Sleep apnea
Contraindicated
- Acutely deteriorating asthma
- Alcohol intoxication
- Alcohol withdrawal delirium
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Coma
- Cor pulmonale
- Debilitation
- Dehydration
- Drug abuse
- Gastrointestinal tract surgery
- History of opioid overdose
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Intracranial hypertension
- Morbid obesity
- Neoplasm of brain
- Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
- Pulmonary emphysema
- Respiratory depression
- Seizure disorder
- Shock
- Suicidal ideation
- Systemic mastocytosis
- Toxic psychosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Urethral stricture
- Urinary retention
Severe
Moderate
- Acute abdominal pain
- Biliary spasm
- Constipation
- Disease of liver
- Drug dependence
- Gallbladder disease
- Kidney disease with reduction in GFR
- Mood changes
- Untreated hypothyroidism
OPIUM TINCTURE (OPIUM TINCTURE)
- None
- Dizziness
- Drowsy
- General weakness
- Hypotension
- Malaise
- Syncope
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- Acute confusion
- Atelectasis
- Flushing
- Involuntary muscle movement
- Respiratory depression
- Blurred vision
- Diplopia
- False sense of well-being
- Headache disorder
- Nervousness
- Oliguria
- Ureteral spasm
- Visual changes
- Xerostomia
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Allergic dermatitis
- Angioedema
- Bradycardia
- Bronchospastic pulmonary disease
- Depression
- Dyspnea
- Hallucinations
- Laryngeal edema
- Laryngismus
- Pruritus of skin
- Pulse changes
- Skin rash
- Tachycardia
- Urticaria
Less Severe
- Anorexia
- Biliary spasm
- Constipation
- Gastrointestinal irritation
- Insomnia
- Nausea
- Vomiting
Contraindicated
None
Severe Precaution
Narcotic Analgesics, Systemic
Potential increased sensitivity to effects, adverse CNS effects and respiratory depression.
- 1 Day – 2 Years
- Potential increased sensitivity to effects, adverse CNS effects and respiratory depression.
Management or Monitoring Precaution
None
Contraindicated
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Precaution Exists
Opium
Monitor infant for respiratory depression and increased drowsiness
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| Evaluate use carefully | Excreted | Not known; no or inclusive data | Monitor infant for respiratory depression and increased drowsiness |
No Known Risk
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
Opium-containing Products
General-Use cautiously in asthma, prostatic hypertrophy and hepatic disease.
| Organ / System | HEP | REN | CARD | ENDO | NEURO / PSYCH | PULM |
| Increased Risk / Adverse Effects | N | Y | N | N | Y | N |
BEERS: N HEDIS: N STOPP: N
No Known Risk
None
- None
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