Opana?
Related terms
Brand Names: U.S.:
Opana?;Opana? ER
Uses
- It is used to ease pain.
- Oxymorphone lowers the feeling of pain and how one reacts to pain.
Dosing
How to take
- Do not take this drug with other strong pain drugs or if you are using a pain patch without talking to your doctor first.
- Keep a pain diary.
- Take on an empty stomach. Take 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals.
- Drink lots of noncaffeine liquids unless told to drink less liquid by your doctor.
- Long-acting products:
- Swallow whole. Do not chew, break, or crush.
- Do not use long-acting products for fast pain relief or on an as needed basis.
- Shot:
- It is given as a shot into a muscle, vein, or into the fatty part of the skin.
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