Metadon Abcur
Metadon Abcur is a medicine similar to morphine, used to treat severe long-lasting pain and to help people with opioid dependence.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Methadone hydrochloride
Manufacturer
Abcur AB
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will tell you how much to take. For opioid dependence, you might start with 10-30 mg daily, and later take 60-120 mg daily. For severe pain, you might start with 5 mg 1-3 times daily, and your dose can be slowly increased.
Method
Take Metadon Abcur tablets by mouth. Do not inject them.
Important
For opioid dependence, do not take more than 150 mg per day. For severe pain, do not take more than 100 mg per day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Feeling sick
- •Throwing up
- •Gaining weight
- •Swelling due to extra fluid
- •Hard to pass stool
- •Feeling overly happy
- •Seeing or hearing things that are not real
- •Feeling dizzy or light-headed
- •Blurry eyesight
- •Very small pupils in your eyes
- •Feeling sleepy
- •Skin rash
- •Sweating a lot
- •Feeling very tired
RARE
- •Not feeling hungry
- •Hard to breathe (sometimes with a cough)
- •Dryness in your mouth
- •Sore tongue
- •Feeling sad or unhappy
- •Feeling worried
- •Trouble sleeping
- •Feeling confused
- •Less interest in sex
- •Head pain
- •Fainting (passing out)
- •Itchy skin
- •Bumps on the skin (hives)
- •Swollen legs
- •Feeling weak
- •Stomach cramps due to gallbladder problems
- •Redness in your face
- •Low blood pressure
- •Trouble emptying your bladder
- •Trouble getting or keeping an erection
- •Irregular periods
- •Heart issues
- •Slow heartbeat
- •Feeling your heart beat fast or unevenly
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to methadone or any other ingredient in this medicine.
- Do not take if you have used MAO inhibitors (medicines for depression or Parkinson's disease) in the last two weeks.
- Do not take if you have severe breathing problems, like very slow breathing or sudden airway issues.
- This medicine should not be given to children.
- Talk to your doctor if you have sudden asthma attacks.
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- Talk to your doctor if you have lung disease or difficulty breathing.
- Talk to your doctor if you have heart problems.
- Talk to your doctor if you have liver disease or gallstones.
- Talk to your doctor if you have kidney disease or kidney stones.
- Talk to your doctor if you have an underactive thyroid.
- Talk to your doctor if you have an enlarged prostate or difficulty urinating due to a narrowed tube.
- Talk to your doctor if you have had a head injury or high pressure in your brain.
- Talk to your doctor if you have trouble urinating.
- Talk to your doctor if you have stomach pain, diarrhea, or constipation.
- Talk to your doctor if you have low potassium or magnesium levels in your blood.
- Tell your doctor if you are taking other strong pain medicines, tranquilizers, or sleeping pills, as this can cause very serious breathing problems and coma.