Meperidinedrug info
meperidine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Oral Solution
What it is used for
Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets and Oral Solution are indicated for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate. Limitations of Use
Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy, reserve opioid analgesics, including Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets or Oral Solution, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Use of Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets or Oral Solution for an extended period of time may increase the risk of toxicity (e.g., seizures) from the accumulation of the meperidine metabolite, normeperidine. Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets and Oral Solution are opioid agonists indicated for the management of pain, severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate. Limitations of Use: Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy, reserve opioid analgesics, including Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets and Oral Solution, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Use of Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablets and Oral Solution for an extended period of time may increase the risk of toxicity (e.g., seizures) from the accumulation of the meperidine metabolite, normeperidine.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 27, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Meperidine hydrochloride is an opioid agonist, available as 50 mg and 100 mg tablets or 50 mg per 5 mL solution for oral administration. The chemical name is 4-Piperidinecarboxylic acid, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-,ethyl ester, hydrochloride. The molecular weight is 283.79. Its molecular formula is C 15 H 21 NO 2
HCl, and it has the following chemical structure. Meperidine hydrochloride, USP is a fine, white, crystalline powder with a melting point of 186°C to 189°C. It is very soluble in water and has a neutral reaction. The solution is not decomposed by a short period of boiling. Each Meperidine Hydrochloride Tablet, USP for oral administration contains either 50 mg or 100 mg meperidine hydrochloride, USP and the following inactive ingredients: corn starch, croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, and pregelatinized starch. Each 5 mL of Meperidine Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP for oral administration contains 50 mg meperidine hydrochloride, USP and the following inactive ingredients: glycerin, hydrochloric acid, maltol, sodium benzoate, sorbitol solution and purified water. chem-meperidine.jpg
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 27, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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