Meperidine Hydrochloride

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

Danger

H301 (98.6%): Toxic if swallowed [Danger Acute toxicity, oral]

P233, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P272, P280, P284, P301+P316, P302+P352, P304+P340, P316, P319, P321, P330, P333+P317, P342+P316, P362+P364, P403, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 74 reports by companies from 9 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Primary attention should be given to the reestablishment of adequate respiratory exchange through provision of a patent airway and institution of assisted or controlled ventilation. The narcotic antagonist, naloxone hydrochloride, is a specific antidote against respiratory depression which may result from overdosage or unusual sensitivity to narcotics, including meperidine. Therefore, an appropriate dose of this antagonist should be administered, preferably by the intravenous route, simultaneously with efforts at respiratory resuscitation. An antagonist should not be administered in the absence of clinically significant respiratory or cardiovascular depression. Oxygen, intravenous fluids, vasopressors, and other supportive measures should be employed as indicated. In cases of overdosage with Meperidine tablets, the stomach should be evacuated by emesis or gastric lavage. (L1712)

Meperidine is metabolized in the liver by hydrolysis to meperidinic acid followed by partial conjugation with glucuronic acid. Meperidine also undergoes N-demethylation to normeperidine, which then undergoes hydrolysis and partial conjugation. Normeperidine is about half as potent as meperidine, but it has twice the CNS stimulation effects. Route of Elimination: Excreted in the urine. The proportion of drug that is excreted unchanged or as metabolites is dependent on pH. When urine pH is uncontrolled, 5-30% of the meperidine dose is excreted as normeperidine and approximately 5% is excreted unchanged. Meperidine and normeperidine are found in acidic urine, while the free and conjugated forms of meperidinic and normperidinic acids are found in alkaline urine. Half Life: Initial distribution phase (t_{1/2 α}) = 2-11 minutes; terminal elimination phase (t_{1/2 β}) = 3-5 hours. In patients with hepatic dysfunction (e.g. liver cirrhosis or active viral hepatitis) the t_{1/2 β} is prolonged to 7-11 hours.

MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Full Opioid Agonists [MoA]; Opioid Agonist [EPC]

Compounds with activity like OPIATE ALKALOIDS, acting at OPIOID RECEPTORS. Properties include induction of ANALGESIA or NARCOSIS.

Agents that are administered in association with anesthetics to increase effectiveness, improve delivery, or decrease required dosage.

Agents that induce NARCOSIS. Narcotics include agents that cause somnolence or induced sleep (STUPOR); natural or synthetic derivatives of OPIUM or MORPHINE or any substance that has such effects. They are potent inducers of ANALGESIA and OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS.