Prescription for wrist pain:02

Prescription for wrist pain: 05

b. Long Acting Opioids for Wrist Joint Pain-

Indications for long acting opioids are as follows-

·         Post Surgical Pain Not Responding To Short Acting Opioids.

·         Chronic Pain Caused By:

1.   Wrist Joint Sprain

2.   Wrist Joint Tendonitis

3.   Wrist Joint Dislocation

4.   Wrist Joint Fracture

5.   Wrist Joint Bursitis

·         Chronic Pain Not Responding To-

1.   NSAIDs

2.   Antiepileptic Analgesics

3.   Anti-depressant analgesics

Long Acting Medications-

Oxycodone- Oxycontin

·         Pills available as 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg.

·         Suggested safe dosage per day- 40 mg to 160 mg.

Morphine- MS Contin

·         Pills available as 15 mg, 30 mg, 60 mg, 100 mg and 200 mg.

·         Suggested safe dosage per day- 90 mg to 200 mg.

Methadone

·         Pills available as 10 mg.

·         Suggested safe dosage per day- 40 to 80 mg.

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