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What is the generic name?
METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE
What is the Trade Name for METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE?
DOLOPHINE
What are the Indications for METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE?
- 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE DOLOPHINE Tablets are indicated for the: 1. Management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Limitations of Use • Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, and because of the greater risks of overdose and death with long-acting opioids [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 )], reserve DOLOPHINE Tablets for use in patients for whom alternative analgesic treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics or immediate-release opioid analgesics) are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. • DOLOPHINE Tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic. 2. Detoxification treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs). 3. Maintenance treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs), in conjunction with appropriate social and medical services. Limitations of Use Methadone products used for the treatment of opioid addiction in detoxification or maintenance programs are subject to the conditions for distribution and use required under 42 CFR 8.12 [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 )]. DOLOPHINE is an opioid agonist indicated for the: 4. Management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Limitations of Use • Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, and because of the greater risks of overdose and death with long-acting opioids, reserve DOLOPHINE for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics or immediate-release opioids) are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. • DOLOPHINE Tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic. 5. Detoxification treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs). 6. Maintenance treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs), in conjunction with appropriate social and medical services. ( 1 ) Limitations of Use Methadone products used for the treatment of opioid addiction in detoxification or maintenance programs are subject to the conditions for distribution and use required under 42 CFR 8.12 ( 2.1 ).
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