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What is Demerol? Demerol® is a brand name for meperidine, an opioid analgesic agent that is administered orally or by intramuscular injection. It is used for moderate-to-severe pain; for preoperative sedation. Off label it is used to reduce postoperative shivering and rigors from amphotericin.
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Reasons Taken
7 patients in the community are taking or have taken Demerol.
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Demerol.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Demerol or how long patients were taking Demerol before stopping.
Currently taking Demerol
Stopped taking Demerol
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
| Mild | 50% | 1 |
| None | 0% | 0 |
Top reported side-effects include: alertness
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)
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- Dymond
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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by Dymond
Jul 02, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Other
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