Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE
Teva Pharma B.V.
N02AA05
OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE
5 Milligram
Capsules Hard
Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)
Natural opium alkaloids
Authorised
2015-02-20
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA 5 MG CAPSULES, HARD OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA 10 MG CAPSULES, HARD OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA 20 MG CAPSULES, HARD oxycodone hydrochloride READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva 3. How to take Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva is a centrally acting, strong painkiller from the group of opioids. Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva is used to treat severe pain, which can only be adequately managed with opioid analgesics. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA DO NOT TAKE OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE TEVA IF YOU: • are allergic to oxycodone hydrochloride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6) • suffer from severely depressed breathing (respiratory depression) with too little oxygen in the blood (hypoxia) and/or too much carbon Read the complete document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva 5 mg capsules, hard 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each capsule contains 5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride corresponding to 4.48 mg oxycodone. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Capsule, hard (capsule) Hard capsules, 14.4 mm in length, with a dark pink body marked with ‘5’ and a brown cap marked with ‘OXY’. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Severe pain, which can only be adequately managed with opioid analgesics. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Posology The dosage depends on the intensity of pain and the patient’s individual susceptibility to the treatment. The following general dose recommendations apply: Adults and adolescents over 12 years of age _Dose initiation_ In general, the initial dose for opioid naïve patients is 5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride given at intervals of 6 hours. Patients already receiving opioids may start treatment with higher doses taking into account their experience with former opioid therapies. Patients receiving oral morphine before oxycodone therapy should have their daily dose based on the following ratio: 10 mg of oral oxycodone is equivalent to 20 mg of oral morphine. It should be noted that this is a guide to the dose of oxycodone hydrochloride capsules required. Inter -patient variability requires that each patient is carefully titrated to the appropriate dose. _Dose adjustment_ Increasing severity of pain will require an increased dose of Oxycodone Hydrochloride Teva. The dose should be carefully titrated, as frequently as once a day if necessary, to achieve pain relief. In doing so, the dosing interval may be reduced to 4 hours. The correct dose for any indivi Read the complete document