Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(11):1148-1152. Health care organizations around the nation have been working to reduce the use of meperidine as a first-line agent for pain management. Despite the ...

Anesthesia had been intrathecal, caudal, extremity block or local; the conduction anesthesia had been supplemented by pentobarbital in 5 patients, thiopental in 4 and meperidine in 1 during the ...

Others, such as meperidine, should never be used at all. When prescribing or changing opioids, the choice of the correct formulation, appropriate counselling, and close follow-up are essential for ...