Active ingredient
- meptazinol hydrochloride
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
POM: Prescription only medicine
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Meptid Injections
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Meptid 100 mg/ml Solution for Injection
Meptazinol
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.
What is in this leaflet
1. What Meptid Injection is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Meptid Injection
3. How to use Meptid Injection
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Meptid Injection
6. Contents of the pack and other information
This medicine contains meptazinol which is an opioid, which can cause addiction. You can get withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it suddenly.
1. What Meptid Injection is and what it is used for
This medicine has been prescribed for you for the treatment of moderate to server pain, including postoperative pain, obstetric pain and the pain of renal colic. It contains meptazinol which belongs to a class of medicines called opioids, which are ‘pain relievers’. This medicine has been prescribed to you and should not be given to anyone else. Opioids can cause addiction and you may get withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it suddenly. Your prescriber should have explained how long you will be taking it for and when it is appropriate to stop, how to do this safely.
The name of this medicine is Meptid 100 mg/ml Solution for Injection but will be referred to as Meptid Injection throughout the remainder of the leaflet.
Meptid Injection belongs to a group of medicines known as opioid analgesics, which are used to relieve pain.
It contains meptazinol as the active ingredient.
Meptid Injection is used to treat moderate to severe pain, including post-operative pain, pain during childbirth and the pain of renal colic.
2. What you need to know before you use Meptid Injection
Do not use Meptid Injection if you
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your prescriber before taking this medicine if you:
Taking this medicine regularly, particularly for a long time, can lead to addiction. Your prescriber should have explained how long you will be taking it for and when it is appropriate to stop, how to do this safely.
Rarely, increasing the dose of this medicine can make you more sensitive to pain. If this happens, you need to speak to your prescriber about your treatment.
Addiction can cause withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking this medicine. Withdrawal symptoms can include restlessness, difficulty sleeping, irritability, agitation, anxiety, feeling your heartbeat (palpitations), increased blood pressure, feeling or being sick, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, shaking, shivering or sweating.
Your prescriber will discuss with you how to gradually reduce your dose before stopping the medicine. It is important that you do not stop taking the medicine suddenly as you will be more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms.
Opioids should only be used by those they are prescribed for. Do not give your medicine to anyone else.
Taking higher doses or more frequent doses of opioid, may increase the risk of addiction. Overuse and misuse can lead to overdose and/or death.
Take special care with Meptid Injection if you
If any of these apply to you, tell your doctor or pharmacist before you are given a Meptid Injection.
Other medicines and Meptid Injection
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
If you are taking any medicines known as monoamine-oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) including moclobemide to treat, for example, depression, or if you have taken this type of medicine during the past two weeks, you should also talk to your doctor.
In particular, tell your doctor if you are taking, or have recently taken, any of the following medicines which are known to interact with Meptid Injection:
Meptid Injection with food and drink
Avoid taking alcohol with this medicine as it may make you feel especially dizzy and sleepy.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Meptid Injection is sometimes given to relieve pain during labour. However, you should not use Meptid Injection during pregnancy or while breast-feeding unless your doctor thinks that it is essential.
Driving and using machines
If this product makes you dizzy or drowsy, you should not drive or operate machinery.
3. How to use Meptid Injection
Your prescriber should have discussed with you, how long the course of Meptid will last.
They will arrange a plan for stopping treatment. This will outline how to gradually reduce the dose and stop taking the medicine.
If you stop taking Meptid
Do not suddenly stop taking this medicine. If you want to stop taking this medicine, discuss this with your prescriber first. They will tell you how to do this, usually by reducing the dose gradually so that any unpleasant withdrawal effects are kept to a minimum. Withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, difficulty sleeping, irritability, agitation, anxiety, feeling your heartbeat (palpitations), increased blood pressure, feeling or being sick, diarrhoea, shaking, shivering or sweating may occur if you suddenly stop taking this medicine.
Pregnancy
Do not take Meptid if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant unless you have discussed this with your prescriber and the benefits of treatment are considered to outweigh the potential harm to the baby.
If you use Meptid during pregnancy, your baby may become dependent and experience withdrawal symptoms after the birth which may need to be treated.
Do not take Meptid while you are breastfeeding as meptazinol passes into breast milk and will affect your baby.
The dose will be decided by your doctor.
The recommended dose is:
Adults and elderly patients
Moderate to severe pain: 75 to 100 mg by injection into a muscle.
The injection may be repeated every two to four hours as required.
Pain during childbirth: 100 to 150 mg by injection into a muscle according to the weight.
If an injection is given into a vein, the usual dose is 50 to 100 mg. These injections may be repeated every two to four hours as required. If vomiting occurs, a suitable medication can be co-administered.
If you have the impression that the effect of Meptid Injection is too strong or too weak, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Long term use of Meptid Injection may cause dependence and tolerance. If you are worried about this, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Meptid Injection is usually only used for short-term treatment of pain.
Use in children
Meptid Injection is not recommended for use in children.
If you receive more Meptid Injection than you should
Since this medicine will be given to you by a doctor or nurse, it is unlikely that you will be given too much.
However, if you are worried talk to the doctor or nurse.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, tell your doctor or pharmacist.
At the correct dose Meptid Injection should not generally cause any problems. Talk to your doctor if you get any of the following side-effects:
: Uncommon side-effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
Very rare side-effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
confusion
hallucination
depression
Unknown frequency: dependence and addiction (see section “How do I know if I am addicted?”).
Drug Withdrawal
When you stop taking Meptid, you may experience drug withdrawal symptoms, which include restlessness, difficulty sleeping, irritability, agitation, anxiety, feeling your heartbeat (palpitations), increased blood pressure, feeling or being sick, diarrhoea, shaking, shivering or sweating.
How do I know if I am addicted?
If you notice any of the following signs whilst taking Meptid, it could be a sign that you have become addicted.
If you notice any of these signs, it is important you talk to your prescriber
Other side effects that have not been mentioned above, but are associated with medicines that act in the same way as Meptid Injection include:
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly (see details below). By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
United Kingdom
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Ireland
5. How to store Meptid Injection
Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the ampoule or carton after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month. Your doctor or nurse giving you this injection will have checked that this medicine is still before its expiry date.
Store below 25°C.
This medicine is for single use only. Discard any unused contents.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. The doctor or pharmacist will dispose of any unused solution. These measures will help protect the environment. Your doctor or nurse giving you this injection will take care of proper disposal of this medicine.
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Meptid Injection contains
What Meptid Injection looks like and contents of the pack
Meptid Injection is a clear and colourless solution and comes in glass ampoules filled with 1 ml of solution for injection. The ampoules are packed in cartons of 10.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
Marketing Authorisation Holder:
Manufacturer:
This leaflet was last revised in March 2020
Almirall Limited, Harman House, 1 George Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1QQ, UK
+44 (0) 207 160 2500
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