Meperidine Overview

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  • Why it is Prescribed
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  • How it Works
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Why it is Prescribed

Meperidine is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Meperidine is in a class of medications called narcotic analgesics, a group of pain medications similar to morphine. It works by changing the way the body senses pain.


How it Works

Meperidine comes as a tablet and a syrup (liquid) to take by mouth. It is usually taken with or without food every 3-4 hours as needed for pain. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take meperidine exactly as directed.

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Encyclopedia: Pethidine

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Pethidine or meperidine is a fast-acting opioid analgesic drug. In the United States and Canada, it is more commonly known as meperidine or by its brand name Demerol. Pethidine is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, and is delivered as its hydrochloride salt in tablets, as a syrup, or by intramuscular or intravenous injection. For much of the 20th century, pethidine was the opioid of choice for...


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Would you treat acute pancreatitis pain with Meperidine or Morphine?
Meperidine causes less spasms but can cause seizures. Morphine has a longer half life. Which would...

actually the seizures caused by meperidine attributable to the metabolite 2,3 nor-meperidine is in fact a rare complication and is only seen with very large cumulative doses. either one is...

Asked by Catherine - 13 months ago

A patient is to receive 75 mg of meperidine/Demerol im q 4 hours prn for...
10 ml; 100 mg/ml 2 ml. How much medication will the patient receive per dose. The...

The concentration is 50mg/ml. If you want 75 mg then: 75 mg/X ml = 50mg/ml solving for X you get X ml = 75/50 or 1.5 mls So, 1.5 mls = 75...

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