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15.01.04.03  Expand sub section  Opioid analgesics
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Opiod analgesics given in small doses before or with induction reduce the dose requirement of some drugs used during anaesthesia. Alfentanil, fentanyl and remifentanyl are particularly useful because they act within 1-2 minutes and have short duration of action.
Controlled Drug Alfentanil
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  • Available as injection 1mg/2mL & 5mg/10mL
 
   
Controlled Drug Fentanyl
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  • Available as injection 0.1mg/2mL
 
   
Controlled Drug Remifentanil
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  • Available as injection 1mg & 5mg
 
   
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 SPECIALIST ONLY - These drugs are deemed to be not appropriate for prescribing by GPs. Specialists should not ask GPs to prescribe these drugs.   

Green SI

 SPECIALIST INITIATED - These drugs must be initiated, i.e. the first dose prescribed, by the specialist and then may be continued when appropriate by the patients GP following communication from the specialist.   

Green SA

 SPECIALIST ADVISED – Specialists may simply advise a patients GP to initiate these drugs themselves after they have made an initial assessment.   

Amber SC

 SHARED CARE - Responsibility for prescribing may be transferred from secondary to primary care with the agreement of an individual GP and when agreed shared care arrangements have been established. The specialist MUST stabilize the patient before asking for care to be transferred. Only specialists should initiate these drugs. Prescribing should be transferred to GPs according to an Shared Care Agreement [SCA]   

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