Pentacin

by Global/Vision

Active ingredient: Pentazocine

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About Pentazocine

Narcotic Analgesic

Uses

Moderate to severe pain.

How to take it

ORAL: Adults: 25-100 mg three to four hourly after meals. Children: 6-12 yr, 25 mg 3-4 hourly. Under 6 yr, Not recommended. INJECTION: Adults: 30-60 mg IM or SC or IV three or four hourly. Children: Under 1 yr, not recommended; 1-12 yr, max single dose 1 mg/kg body weight IM or SC or 0.5 mg/kg body weight IV. IM: Rotate injection site; avoid intra-arterial injection. Other: Rotate injection site for SC use; avoid SC use unless absolutely necessary (may cause tissue damage); avoid intra-arterial injection. Stability: Store at 20°C-25°C. Do not freeze. Protect from light.

Side effects

Sedation, dizziness, nausea. Psychotomimetic effects, vomiting, sweating.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Positive evidence of risk: Use only when no safer alternative exists for a serious problem. Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined. Contraindications: Respiratory depression, raised intracranial pressure, head injury or pathological brain conditions, acute asthma, heart failure, secondary to chronic lung disease, porphyria. Narcotic dependence, acute alcoholism. Precautions: Impaired renal, hepatic or respiratory function. History of seizures, phaeochromocytoma, recent MI, hypothyroidism, adrenocortical insufficiency, prostatic hypertrophy, IBS, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, unidentified abdominal pain. Conditions where altered vascular resistance or BP is undesirable.…

Advice

If you are self-administering injection of this medication, follow directions for administration and disposal of needles as prescribed. If constipation is unrelieved in few days, consult prescriber for suitable laxative or stool-softener. Contact prescriber if there is difficulty in breathing, increased fatigue, sedation, constant dizziness or headache, changes in urinary pattern, pain on urination, changes in mental status, blurred vision, weakness, trembling, skin rash, itching. Take sufficient amount of fluids (2-3 litres per day) to maintain hydration, unless restricted by the prescriber. Avoid alcohol during therapy. Do not take OTC medications especially tranquilizers, sedatives,…

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Interactions with Pentazocine

MAOIs, narcotics, alcohol, smoking, CNS depressants.

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