Active Ingredient: Pethidine
Pethidine hydrochloride may be used as an analgesic for the relief of moderate to severe pain including: obstetric analgesia; pre-operative medication and analgesia during anaesthesia; post-operative analgesia.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
50 - 300 mg
From 8.333 To 50 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The initial dose should not exceed 50 mg orally as such patients are likely to be particularly sensitive to the central depressant effects of the drug.
Intramuscular
25 - 150 mg
From 4.167 To 25 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The initial dose should not exceed 25mg, because of the particular sensitivity among elderly or debilitated patients to the central depressant effects of pethidine.
Subcutaneous
25 - 150 mg
From 4.167 To 25 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The initial dose should not exceed 25mg, because of the particular sensitivity among elderly or debilitated patients to the central depressant effects of pethidine.
Intravenous
25 - 150 mg
From 4.167 To 25 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The initial dose should not exceed 25mg, because of the particular sensitivity among elderly or debilitated patients to the central depressant effects of pethidine.
Slow intravenous injection.
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