Mepergan Forte contains the opioid pain reliever Meperidine, also known as Demerol and the antinausea medication Promethazine also known as Phenergan. Promethazine is from the phenothiazine class of medications. It is often administered in combination with an opioid, like Meperidine, to minimize the nausea that is caused by pain medication. The product Mepergan Forte is taken in oral form and contains both Meperidine for pain, and Promethazine for nausea.
No. Only morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) will break down into the same compound. Demerol reduces to norperidine after it is metabolized.
No, morphine has a higher potency then demerol, which is also known as meperidine.
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The elimination half-life is the indicator of duration of action. The number for morphine is about 2 hours. The number for Demerol is 3 to 6 hours. Demerol has a longer duration of action than morphine.
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i am a student and have just been assigned a 92 year old patient with an allergy to demerol and morphine. What would be safe for pain ?
Meperidine is Demerol, similar to morphine. The question I think you are meaning to ask is, what is Mepergan Fortis. This medicine is a mixture of Demerol & Phenergan. Lovely drug for when you are hurt and need sleep.
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If patient is truly allergic to either Demerol or Fentanyl (i.e. anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock), then give morphine. Both drugs mentioned above are synthetics, which are completely different family from morphine, which is an alkaloid. Hope this helps.
Drugs such as Morphine and Meperidine (Demerol) are in the C-II (Schedule 2) class
Not even close. Demerol is much, much, stronger.
Demerol is a narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine. Methadone is a synthetic opioid used as an analgesic and and maintenance anti-addictive.