Opioids Contin

Long-acting Opioids (e.g., MS Contin, Oxycontin) SSRI/SNRI Pregabalin... 

The MS Contin 200 mg tablet is for use only in opioid-tolerant patients requiring daily morphine-equivalent dosages of 400 mg or more. Reserve this strength for patients who have already been titrated to a stable analgesic regimen using lower... 

Depending on the type, opioids can be injected, smoked, snorted, or taken orally. Smoking heroin is termed chasing the dragon. ControIIed-release oral tablets of morphine (MS-Contin ) or of oxycodone (OxyContin ) should never be crushed or chewed, as the entire dose of opioid released at once may be toxic. 

Margetts, L. Sawyer, R. Transdermal Drug Delivery Principles and Opioid Therapy. Contin. Educ. Anaesth. 

Studies in animals and primates with these highly selective delta agonists begin to reveal that unlike mu opioid agonists such as morphine, oxy-contin, fentanyl, etc., agents acting at the delta receptor are unlikely to produce addictive liability and respiratory depression. In fact, delta agonists may actually counteract those side effects induced by mu opioids. 

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