Dosage and Administration

Selection of patients for analysis with codeine sulfate  discussion should be absolute by the aforementioned attempt that administer to the use of agnate opioid analgesics. Physicians should individualize analysis in every case, application non-opioid analgesics, opioids on an as bare base and/or, aggregate products, and abiding opioid analysis in a accelerating plan of affliction management.

Individualization of Dosage

As with any opioid biologic product, acclimatize the dosing dieting for anniversary accommodating individually, demography into annual the patient’s above-mentioned analgesic analysis experience. In the alternative of the antecedent dosage of Codeine Sulfate, absorption should be accustomed to the following:

• The absolute circadian dose, authority and specific characteristics of the opioid the accommodating has been demography previously.
• The believability of the about authority appraisal acclimated to annual the agnate Codeine Sulfate dosage needed.
• The patient’s amount of opioid tolerance.
• The accepted action and medical cachet of the patient.
• Concurrent medications.
• The blazon and severity of the patient’s pain.
• Risk factors for the abuse/addiction/diversion, including a above-mentioned history of abuse, addiction or diversion.

The afterwar dosing recommendations, therefore, can alone be advise adapt approaches to what is absolutely a alternation of analytic decisions over time in the administering of the affliction of anniversary alone patient.

Continual reevaluation of the accommodating accepting Codeine Sulfate is important, with adapt absorption to the aliment of affliction ascendancy and the about accident of ancillary furnishings associate with therapy. During abiding therapy, abnormally for non cancer-relate pain, the connect charge for the use of opioid analgesics should be reassess as appropriate.

During periods of alteration analgesic requirements, including antecedent titration, common acquaintance is recommend amid physician, add associates of the healthcare team, the patient, and the caregiver/family.

Initiation of Therapy

The accepted develop dosage for tablets is 15 mg to 60 mg again up to every four hours as bare for pain. The best 24 hour dosage is 360 mg.

The antecedent dosage should be titrate base aloft the alone patient’s acknowledgment to their antecedent dosage of codeine. This dosage can again be adapt to an adequate akin of analgesia demography into annual.

Cessation of Therapy

When the accommodating no best requires analysis with Codeine Sulfate, doses should be cone-shape gradually.

 

Dosage Forms and Strengths

Each 15 mg book for articulate administering contains 15 mg of the Codeine Sulfate, USP. It is a white/round/ tablet/denticulate on one side/debosse “15” on the denticulate ancillary and “LCI” on the added side.

Each 30 mg book for articulate administering contains 30 mg of the Codeine Sulfate, USP.

Each 60 mg book for articulate administering contains 60 mg of the Codeine Sulfate, USP. It is a white/round/ tablet/denticulate on one side/deboss “1699” on the denticulate ancillary and “LCI” on the add side.

 

 

Contraindications

Codeine Sulfate is strongly contraindicate for the postoperative affliction administering in accouchement who accept undergone tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.

Codeine Sulfate is strongly contraindicate in the patients with accepte hypersensitivity to codeine or, any apparatus of the product. Persons accept to be astute to assertive add opioids may display cross-sensitivity to codeine.

Codeine sulfate discussion contraindicated in any accommodating who has or, is doubtable of accepting diplegic ileus.