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 - 900 mg
From 8.333 To 150 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The normal single dose, usually not to be repeated more often than four hourly, is as follow: 50-150 mg.
Intramuscular
25 - 600 mg
From 4.167 To 100 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The following single dose may be used and should not usually be repeated more frequently than four hourly: 25-100mg.
Subcutaneous
25 - 600 mg
From 4.167 To 100 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The following single dose may be used and should not usually be repeated more frequently than four hourly: 25-100mg.
Intravenous
25 - 300 mg
From 4.167 To 50 mg 6 time(s) per day every day
The following single dose may be used and should not usually be repeated more frequently than four hourly: 25-100mg.
Slow intravenous injection.
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