The most commonly prescribed drugs for PM are listed in Table 4, along with some of their trade names. There are more trade names, but those listed are the most commonly found in the US.
Table 4. Drugs Commonly Prescribed for Pain ManagementPrescription Drug
| Trade Names
|
Codeine
| Tylenol number 2, 3, etc., Codoplus, Codopyrin, Corex, Codin
|
Fentanyl
| Sublimaze, Durgesic, Duragesic, Fentora, Haldid, Onsolis,Instanyl, Abstral
|
Hydrocodone
| Dicodid, Duodin, Hycet, Hycodan Hydrococet, Lorcet, Lortab, Norco, Norgan, Panacet, Symtan, Synkonin, Vicodin
|
Hydromorphone
| Dilaudid, Exalgo, Hydromorph Contin, Palladone
|
Meperidine
| Demerol
|
Methadone | Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon
|
Morphine
| Contin, Avinza, Kadian, Oramorph, Roxanol, Kapanol
|
Oxycodone
| Oxycontin, Oxecta, Roxicodone, Supeudol
|
Oxymorphone
| Opana, Numorphan, Numorphone
|