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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Generic name: hydromorphone hydrochloride 2mgDosage form: oral liquid, tabletsDrug class: Opioids (narcotic analgesics)Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 8, 2024. Important Dosage and Administration InstructionsEnsure accuracy when prescribing, dispensing, and administering DILAUDID Oral Solution to avoid dosing errors due to confusion between mg and mL, which could result in accidental overdose and death. Ensure the proper dose is communicated and dispensed. When writing prescriptions, include both the total dose in mg and the total dose in volume.Instruct patients and caregivers on how to accurately measure and take or administer the correct dose of DILAUDID Oral Solution.Strongly advise patients and caregivers to always use a graduated oral syringe or measuring cup, with metric units of measurements (i.e., mL), to correctly measure the prescribed amount of medication.Inform patients and caregivers that oral dosing devices may be obtained from their pharmacy and to never use household teaspoons or tablespoons to measure DILAUDID Oral Solution.DILAUDID Oral Solution and DILAUDID Tablets should be prescribed only by healthcare professionals who are knowledgeable about the use of opioids and how to mitigate the associated risks.Use the lowest effective dosage for the shortest duration of time consistent with individual patient treatment goals. Because the risk of overdose increases as opioid doses increase, reserve titration to higher doses of DILAUDID Oral Solution and DILAUDID Tablets for patients in whom lower doses are insufficiently effective and in whom the expected benefits of using a higher dose opioid clearly outweigh the substantial risks.Many acute pain conditions (e.g., the pain that occurs with a number of surgical procedures or acute musculoskeletal injuries) require no more than a few days of an opioid analgesic. Clinical guidelines on opioid prescribing for some acute pain conditions are available.There is variability in the opioid analgesic dose and duration needed to adequately manage pain due both to the cause of pain and to individual patient factors. Initiate the dosing regimen for each patient individually, taking into account the patient's underlying cause and severity of pain, prior analgesic treatment and response, and risk factors for addiction, abuse, and misuse.Respiratory depression can occur at any time during opioid therapy, especially when initiating and following dosage increases with DILAUDID Oral Solutions and DILAUDID Tablets. Consider this risk when selecting an initial dose and when making dose adjustments.Initiate treatment with DILAUDID Oral Solution in a dosing range of 2.5 mL to 10 mL, 2.5 mg to 10 mg, every
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