What Drugs Do They Give You for Pain Relief in Hospital?
Question by Mr Bobkins: what drugs do they give you for pain relief in hospital?
Best answer:
Answer by Obama’s Money
asprin, hydrocodone,oxycodone, tramadol,morphine,hydromorphone, oxymorphone,
demeral, and i think many more depending on how much pain your in.
Answer by Andy L.
They have many choices depending on how severe the pain. Acetaminophen (Tylenol and other brands) is available over-the-counter in pharmacies and is a first choice in hospitals since they usually use as mild as possible.
Here are a couple of lists:
http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/painkiller-comparison.htm
and…
codeine-containing products (usually combined with something else that is not necessarily a “pain pill” but still is a narcotic) — Tylenol 3, Fioricet with codeine, Soma with codeine
Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Norco, Polytussin (hydrocodone)
Percocet, Percodan, Oxycontin, Tylox (oxycodone)
Dilaudid (hydromorphone)
MS Contin (morphine)
Demerol (meperidine)
Duragesic (patch), Actiq (lozenge) — (fentanyl-very potent stuff)
Darvon, Darvocet (prophoxyphene)
Nubain (nalbuphine, injection only)
Ultram (tramadol – not a true opioid, but used as a pain pill)
Methadone
Stadol (butorphanol)