Active Ingredient: Opium
Opium alkaloids is indicated for severe diarrhoea such as diarrhoea caused by cytostatic medication, radiation or neuroendocrine tumours when use of other anti-diarrhoea treatments have not given sufficient effect.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
500 - 1,500 mg
From 166.667 To 500 mg 3 time(s) per day every day
1 drop contains 50 mg opium tincture corresponding to 0.5 mg (10 mg/ml) anhydrous morphine.
5–10 drops, 2–3 times daily.
Individual doses should not exceed 1 ml, and the total daily dose should not exceed 6 ml.
The posology should be individualized taking into account the patient’s general condition, the patient’s age, weight, and medical history.
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