Category

• Analgesic Anileridine; Buprenorphine; Butorphanol; Codeine; Hydrocodone; Hydromorphone; Levorphanol; Meperidine; Methadone; Morphine; Nalbuphine; Opium Injection; Oxycodone; Oxymorphone; Pentazocine; Propoxyphene
• Anesthesia adjunct Anileridine; Buprenorphine
• Anesthesia adjunct, opioid analgesic Butorphanol; Hydromorphone; Levorphanol; Meperidine; Morphine; Nalbuphine; Oxymorphone; Pentazocine
• Antidiarrheal Codeine; Morphine
• Antitussive Codeine; Hydrocodone; Hydromorphone; Methadone; Morphine
• Pulmonary edema therapy adjunct Morphine
• Suppressant, narcotic abstinence syndrome Methadone

Description Drug

Narcotic - nar-KOT-ik analgesics - an-al-JEE-zicks are using to relieve pain. Some of these medication are also using just before or during an operation to help the anesthetic work better. Codeine and hydrocodone are also using to relieve coughing. Methadone is also using to help some people control their dependence on heroin or other narcotics. Narcotic analgesics may also be using for other conditions as determined by your family doctor.

Narcotic analgesics act in the central nervous system - CNS to relieve pain. Some of their side effects are also causing by actions in the CNS.

If a narcotic is using for a long time, it may become habit-forming - causing mental or physical dependence. Physical dependence may lead to withdrawal side effects when you stop taking the drug.

These medication are available only with your family doctor's or dentist's prescription. For some of them, prescriptions can't be refilled and you must obtain a new prescription from your family doctor or dentist each time you need the drug. In addition, other rules and regulations may apply when methadone is using to treat narcotic dependence.

These medication are available in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Anileridine
  • Tablets - Canada
• Codeine
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Hydrocodone
  • Syrup - Canada
  • Tablets - Canada
• Hydromorphone
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Levorphanol
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Meperidine
  • Syrup - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Methadone
  • Oral concentrate - USA
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Tablets - USA
  • Dispersible tablets - USA
• Morphine
  • Capsules - USA
  • Extended-release capsules - USA and Canada
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
  • Syrup - Canada
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
  • Extended-release tablets - USA and Canada
• Oxycodone
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
  • Extended-release tablets - USA and Canada
• Pentazocine
  • Tablets - Canada
• Pentazocine and Naloxone
  • Tablets - USA
• Propoxyphene
  • Capsules - USA and Canada
  • Oral suspension - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada

Parenteral
• Buprenorphine
  • Injection - USA
• Butorphanol
  • Injection - USA
• Codeine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Hydromorphone
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Levorphanol
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Meperidine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Methadone
  • Injection - USA
• Morphine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Nalbuphine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Opium
  • Injection - Canada
• Oxymorphone
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Pentazocine
  • Injection - USA and Canada

Rectal
• Hydromorphone
  • Suppositories - USA and Canada
• Morphine
  • Suppositories - USA and Canada
• Oxycodone
  • Suppositories - Canada
• Oxymorphone
  • Suppositories - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Astramorph PF ¹⁰
• Buprenex
• Cotanal-65 ¹⁶
• Darvon ¹⁶
• Darvon-N ¹⁶
• Demerol ⁸
• Dilaudid ⁶
• Dilaudid-5 ⁶
• Dilaudid-HP ⁶
• Dolophine ⁹
• Duramorph ¹⁰
• Hydrostat IR ⁶
• Kadian ¹⁰
• Levo-Dromoran ⁷
• Methadose ⁹
• M S Contin ¹⁰
• MSIR ¹⁰
• MS/L ¹⁰
• MS/L Concentrate ¹⁰
• MS/S ¹⁰
• Nubain ¹¹
• Numorphan ¹⁴
• OMS Concentrate ¹⁰
• Oramorph SR ¹⁰
• OxyContin ¹³
• PP-Cap ¹⁶
• Rescudose ¹⁰
• RMS Uniserts ¹⁰
• Roxanol ¹⁰
• Roxanol 100 ¹⁰
• Roxanol UD ¹⁰
• Roxicodone ¹³
• Roxicodone Intensol ¹³
• Stadol
• Talwin ¹⁵
• Talwin-Nx ¹⁵

In Canada

• Darvon-N ¹⁶
• Demerol ⁸
• Dilaudid ⁶
• Dilaudid-HP ⁶
• Epimorph ¹⁰
• Hycodan # ⁵
• Kadian ¹⁰
• Leritine
• Levo-Dromoran ⁷
• M-Eslon ¹⁰
• Morphine Extra-Forte ¹⁰
• Morphine Forte ¹⁰
• Morphine H.P. ¹⁰
• Morphitec ¹⁰
• M.O.S. ¹⁰
• M.O.S.-S.R. ¹⁰
• M S Contin ¹⁰
• MS"dot "IR ¹⁰
• Nubain ¹¹
• Numorphan ¹⁴
• Oramorph SR ¹⁰
• OxyContin ¹³
• Pantopon ¹²
• Paveral ⁴
• PMS-Hydromorphone ⁶
• PMS-Hydromorphone Syrup ⁶
• Robidone ⁵
• 642 ¹⁶
• Statex ¹⁰
• Statex Drops ¹⁰
• Supeudol ¹³
• Talwin ¹⁵

Other commonly using names are: dextropropoxyphene dihydromorphinone levorphan papaveretum pethidine

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

This information does not apply to Opium Tinctureor Paregoric.

# For Canadian product only. In the USA, Hycodan also contains homatropine; in Canada, Hycodan contains only hydrocodone.

** In Canada, methadone is available onlythrough family doctors who have received special approval to prescribe it for treatingdrug addicts.