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* Don’t combine benzodiazepines and opioids. If you need to reverse, use flumazenil.  
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|+ Commonly Used Opioids
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! Opioid !! Dose !! Onset !! Duration !! Elimination !! Unique effects/indications
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| Fentanyl || 1-20 ug/kg || 4-6 min || 30-45 min || Hepatic || Not used as infusion
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| Sufentanyl || 0.3-1 ug/kg || 1-2 min || 20-40 min || Hepatic || ...
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| Remifentanyl || 0.3-1 ug/kg || 1-1.5 min || 5-10 min || Plasma esterases, context sensitive half-life || Profound hypotension/bradycardia, "MAC sparing" reduces need for other anesthetics by 75%
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| Alfentanyl || 5-50 ug/kg || 1-2 min || 20 min || Hepatic || ...
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| Morphine sulfate || 25-75 mg || 10-30 min || 2-5 hrs || Hepatic || Can cause histamine release
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| Meperidine || Example || 10-30 min || 2-5 hrs || Hepatic || Used for post-op shivering, can't give to patients taking MAOIs
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|}
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* Don’t combine [[benzodiazepines]] and opioids. If you need to reverse, use [[flumazenil]].  
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* Central loci of opioid action (descending inhibitory pain pathways)
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** PAG
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** Nucleus Raphe magnus
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** Rostral ventromedial medulla
 
=Short-Acting=
 
=Short-Acting=
 
* Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Morphine
 
* Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Morphine
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* Morphine can cause rash/pruritis
 
=Long-Acting=
 
=Long-Acting=
* Oxycodone ER = OxyContin  
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* Oxycodone ER = OxyContin
* Morphine can cause rash/pruritis
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* Methadone
 
* Fentanyl is really only used intra-op or in palliative care.
 
* Fentanyl is really only used intra-op or in palliative care.

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