Actiskenan 10mg

Indication

- Management of severe pain not relieved by weaker analgesics - Cancer-related and chronic severe pain - Rapid control of acute or unstable intense pain

Ingredients

• Morphine sulfate 10 mg (immediate
• release capsule)

Direction

Take by mouth as prescribed; the immediate-release dose is usually divided into doses every 4 hours and individually titrated by the physician according to pain.

Side effects

• Constipation
• Nausea and vomiting
• Drowsiness and sedation
• Dizziness and confusion
• Respiratory depression (dose
• related
• potentially serious)

Precautions

• Risk of respiratory depression
• especially at start or dose increase
• High potential for dependence
• tolerance and misuse
• Avoid alcohol and other CNS depressants
• impairs driving
• Use caution in respiratory impairment
• head injury
• or hepatic/renal insufficiency