Pain killers

Moderate to severe acute or chronic pain

acute pulmonary odema

relief of severe dyspnoea

Renal impairment - reduce dosage

respiratory patients

elderly

children

nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, constipation

SIAHD, anaphylaxis, seizures

5-30mg, upto 100mg

Controlled relase must be swallowed whole

Do not take kapanol with alcohol

Medication may make you feel drowsy or faint - get up slowly

• 5–15 mg every 4–6 hours.
• Start with 5 mg dose in patients >70 years

• Moderate-to-severe pain
• Opioid dependence

• Local irritation from the patch
• Delayed local allergic reaction

• Nausea, vomiting, constipation, drowsniess
• confusion, seizure

5mcg/hour patch, increasing upto 20mcg/hour if required

200-400mcg every 6-8 hours

Change patch every 7 days

Write the time and date patch was applied with a permenant marker and apply patch to clean dry skin on the upper torso

Don't let patch come into contact with any direct sourced of heat ie heatlamps or electric blankets

Place tablet under the tongue and let it dissolve, do not chew it

• Mild-moderate pain
• Cough supressant
• Diarrhoea

Renal

epilepsy

respiratory depression

30-60mg every 4 hours max 240mg

medication may make you feel drowsy and increase the effects of alcohol

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Pain, especially due to inflammation (eg period pain)
• Local pain and inflammation in soft tissues (1% gel)

Asthma patients - increased risk of bronchospasm

Cardiovascular patients - increases risk of cardiovascular events

GI disorders - avoid use!

Acute flare of gout

nausea, dyspepsia, GI ulceration or bleeding, dizziness

75-100mg daily in 2 or 3 doses

If you develop swollen ankles, difficulty in breathing, black stools or dark coffee-coloured vomit, stop taking the medicine and tell your doctor immediately.

Do not take aspirin for pain relief as it will increase the risk of side effects with this medicine.

300-900mg every 4-6 hours

If you develop swollen ankles, difficulty in breathing, black stools or vomit that looks like coffee grounds, stop taking the medicine and contact your doctor without delay.

Remove tablets from packaging just before use as aspirin can break down rapidly if it isn't protected by the packaging.

• Mix dispersible tablets in water immediately before use
• It may be advisable to stop taking aspirin 7 days before planned surgery and some dental procedures; discuss with your doctor or dentist.

• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis

7.5-15mg once daily

If you develop swollen ankles, difficulty in breathing, black stools or dark coffee-coloured vomit, stop taking the medicine and tell your doctor immediately.

Do not take aspirin for pain relief as it will increase the risk of side effects with this medicine.

• heart failure
• CAGB pain

• For OA - up to 200mg daily
• For Pain- 400mg then 200mg daily then after for a max of 5 days

cardiac toxicity

100mg every 4 hours

• Epilepsy
• Other serotonin drugs
• Renal Impairment
• Elderly

headache, sweating, sleep disorder, dyspepsia

seizure

• 50-100mg every 4 hours - max 400mg
• 12h CR- 50-200mg
• 24h CR - 100mg daily initially

• his medication may make you feel drowsy and may increase the effects of alcohol. If you are affected, do not drive or operate machinery.
• Be careful when you stand up as this medicine might make you feel dizzy if you stand up too quickly.