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Manufactured Products
The following products are
manufactured by the Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories:
Codeine
Morphine
Noscapine
| Empirical
Formula : |
C22 H23 NO7
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| Specification :
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IP, B.P. |
| Therapeutic
Category : |
Antitussive |
| Availability :
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Regular Production |
Oxycodone Hydrochloride
| Empirical
Formula : |
C18 H21 NO4
HCL |
| Specification :
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USP |
| Therapeutic
Category : |
Analgesic |
| Availability :
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Production on demand |
| Details : |
Oxycodone is an effective
analgesic for mild to moderate pain control, chronic pain syndromes
and for treatment of terminal cancer pains. Five mg. of Oxycodone is
equivalent to 30 mg. of Codeine when administered orally. It is
equipotent to Morphine for control. 10 mg. of orally administered
Oxycodone is equivalent to 10 mg. of subcutaneously administered
Morphine. |
Dihydrocodeine Bi Tartarate
| Empirical
Formula : |
C18 H23 NO3
C4 H6 O6 |
| Specification :
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USP and BP |
| Therapeutic
Category : |
Analgesic and Antitussive |
| Availability :
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Production on demand |
| Details : |
Dihydrocodeine Bi Tartarate is
effective, analgesic and antitussive. |
Hydrocodone Bi Tartarate
| Empirical
Formula : |
C18 H21 NO3
C4 H6 O6 21/2 H2
O |
| Specification :
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USP and BP |
| Therapeutic
Category : |
Analgesic and Antitussive |
| Availability :
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Production on demand |
| Details : |
Hydrocodone is effective as
antitussive and also used as analgesic. Hydrocodone is a more
effective analgesic then codeine in acute musculoskeletal pain.
Central nervous system side effects are less common with Hydrocodone
than Codeine. |
Pholcodine
| Empirical
Formula : |
C23 H30 N2
O4 H2 O |
| Specification :
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IP, BP and EP |
| Therapeutic
Category : |
Analgesic and Antitussive |
| Availability :
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Production on demand |
| Details : |
Pholcodine has antitussive
activity similar to, or somewhat greater than, that of Codein.
Pholcodine appears to be devoid of addiction liability. In contrast
to Codeine, Pholcodine is not metabolized to Morphine. Toxicity
studies demonstrate a generally safer profile for Pholcodine than
for Codeine. |
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