Opioids
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- Don’t combine benzodiazepines and opioids. If you need to reverse, use flumazenil.
- Central loci of opioid action (descending inhibitory pain pathways)
- PAG
- Nucleus Raphe magnus
- Rostral ventromedial medulla
Short-Acting
- Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Morphine
- Morphine can cause rash/pruritis
Long-Acting
- Oxycodone ER = OxyContin
- Methadone
- Fentanyl is really only used intra-op or in palliative care.