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2007-04-02 08:12:45 · 3 answers · asked by msdirtysouth 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
KADIAN® Capsules are an extended-release oral formulation of morphine sulfate indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time
2007-04-02 08:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[from Wikipedia article referenced below]
MS Contin® is a time-released formulation of morphine, usually taken every eight hours for chronic pain. It is the brand name for morphine sulfate marketed by Purdue Pharma.
It is available in tablet and liquid formulas in doses of 15mg, 30mg, 60mg, 100mg and 200mg. Due to its strength, it is typically prescribed to cancer patients and victims of severe but non-cognitive-damaging trauma.
Like its relative cousin OxyContin, MS Contin has been the subject of pharmacy robberies. It is considered particularly dangerous to recreational drug users who are unaware that "contin" is a pharmaceutical industry buzzword for "time-release" or "continuous," because such users are likely to crush and insufflate the pills, which contain a time-release mechanism; insufflation delivers the entire dose of the pill at once instead of gradually, as with the time-release mechanism. This leads to a high rate of overdose among such users.
MS Contin is a DEA Schedule II substance in the United States. Alternative formulations made and marketed by other pharmaceutical companies include Ligand's Avinza® and Faulding Laboratories' Kadian®.
2007-04-02 08:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by korvus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kadian is used for moderate to severe pain. It is usually only prescribed to patients with terminal illnesses or chronic pain illnesses. It is a medication that is in the morphine family and is very powerful and long lasting. It is severly habit forming as well.
2007-04-02 09:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by JMELEE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋