Category

• Analgesic

Description Drug

Combination medication containing narcotic analgesics - nar-KOT-ik an-al-JEE-zicks and acetaminophen - a-seat-a-MIN-oh-fen are using to relieve pain. A narcotic analgesic and acetaminophen using together may provide better pain relief than either drug using alone. In some cases, relief of pain may come at lower doses of each drug.

Narcotic analgesics act in the central nervous system - CNS to relieve pain. Many of their side effects are also causing by actions in the CNS. When narcotics are using for a long time, your body may get using to them so that larger amounts are needed to relieve pain. This is called tolerance to the drug. Always when narcotics are using for a long time or in large doses, they may become habit-forming - causing mental or physical dependence. Physical dependence may lead to withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking the drug.

Acetaminophen does not become habit-forming when taken for a long time or in large doses, but it may cause other unwanted effects, including liver damage, if too much is taken.

In the USA, these medication are available only with your family doctor's or dentist's prescription. In Canada, some acetaminophen, codeine and caffeine combinations are available without a prescription.

These medication are available in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Acetaminophen and Codeine
  • Capsules - USA
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
  • Oral suspension - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Acetaminophen, Codeine and Caffeine
  • Tablets - Canada
• Dihydrocodeine, Acetaminophen and Caffeine
  • Capsules - USA
• Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen
  • Capsules - USA
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Tablets - USA
• Oxycodone and Acetaminophen
  • Capsules - USA
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Pentazocine and Acetaminophen
  • Tablets - USA
• Propoxyphene and Acetaminophen
  • Tablets - USA

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Allay ⁴
• Anexsia 5/500 ⁴
• Anexsia 7.5/650 ⁴
• Anolor DH 5 ⁴
• Bancap-HC ⁴
• Capital with Codeine
• Co-Gesic ⁴
• Darvocet-N 50 ⁷
• Darvocet-N 100 ⁷
• DHCplus
• Dolacet ⁴
• Dolagesic ⁴
• Duocet ⁴
• E-Lor ⁷
• Endocet ⁵
• EZ III
• Hycomed ⁴
• Hyco-Pap ⁴
• Hydrocet ⁴
• Hydrogesic ⁴
• HY-PHEN ⁴
• Lorcet 10/650 ⁴
• Lorcet-HD ⁴
• Lorcet Plus ⁴
• Lortab ⁴
• Lortab 2.5/500 ⁴
• Lortab 5/500 ⁴
• Lortab 7.5/500 ⁴
• Lortab 10/500 ⁴
• Margesic #3
• Margesic-H ⁴
• Oncet ⁴
• Panacet 5/500 ⁴
• Panlor ⁴
• Percocet 2.5/325 ⁵
• Percocet 5/325 ⁵
• Percocet 7.5/500 ⁵
• Percocet 10/650 ⁵
• Phenaphen with Codeine No.3
• Phenaphen with Codeine No.4
• Polygesic ⁴
• Propacet 100 ⁷
• Pyregesic-C
• Roxicet ⁵
• Roxicet 5/500 ⁵
• Roxilox ⁵
• Stagesic ⁴
• Talacen ⁶
• T-Gesic ⁴
• Tylenol with Codeine Elixir
• Tylenol with Codeine No.2
• Tylenol with Codeine No.3
• Tylenol with Codeine No.4
• Tylox ⁵
• Ugesic ⁴
• Vanacet ⁴
• Vendone ⁴
• Vicodin ⁴
• Vicodin ES ⁴
• Wygesic ⁷
• Zydone ⁴

In Canada

• Acet-2
• Acet-3
• Acet Codeine 30
• Acet Codeine 60
• Atasol-8
• Atasol-15
• Atasol-30
• Cetaphen with Codeine
• Cetaphen Extra-Strength with Codeine
• Cotabs
• Empracet-30
• Empracet-60
• Emtec-30
• Endocet ⁵
• Exdol-8
• Lenoltec with Codeine No.1
• Lenoltec with Codeine No.2
• Lenoltec with Codeine No.3
• Lenoltec with Codeine No.4
• Novo-Gesic C8
• Novo-Gesic C15
• Novo-Gesic C30
• Oxycocet ⁵
• Percocet ⁵
• Percocet-Demi ⁵
• PMS-Acetaminophen with Codeine
• Roxicet ⁵
• Triatec-8
• Triatec-30
• Triatec-8 Strong
• Tylenol with Codeine Elixir
• Tylenol with Codeine No.1
• Tylenol with Codeine No.2
• Tylenol with Codeine No.3
• Tylenol with Codeine No.4
• Tylenol with Codeine No.1 Forte

Other commonly using names are:

• APAP with codeine
• Co-codAPAP
• Co-hycodAPAP
• Co-oxycodAPAP
• Co-proxAPAP
• Drocode, acetaminophen and caffeine
• Hydrocodone with APAP
• Oxycodone with APAP
• Propoxyphene with APAP

For quick reference, the following narcotic analgesics and acetaminophen combinations are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.

In Canada, Phenaphen with Codeine isvarious from the product with that name in the USA The Canadian productcontains phenobarbital, ASA and codeine.