Nalbuphine

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Relief of moderate to severe pain. Supplement to balanced anesthesia and obstretic analgesia.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity, oxybate administration, pseudomembranous colitis.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Pregnancy, lactation. asthma, alcoholism, benign prostatic hyperplasia, inflammatory bowel disease.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Nervousness, depression, restlessness, crying, euphonia, psychomimetic effects. Hypotension/hypertension, tachycardia/bradycardia, pulomonary oedema. Dyspnoea and bronchospasm. Itching, burning and urticaria. Pseudo-sinusoidal fetal heart rhythm.

Drug Category/Class

  • Analgesics
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Narcotics
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Opioids
  • Morphinan Derivatives
  • Nervous System
  • Morphinan derivatives
Prescribed For the relief of moderate to severe pain.
Weight :357.4434
Structure Nalbuphine
Generic Drug Nalbuphine prescribed For the relief of moderate to severe pain.
Formula

C21H27NO4

Nalbuphine has 2 Brands listed


Rubuphine (10 mg)Rubuphine (20 mg)

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