The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Nervous system | |
| 2 | N02 | Analgesics | |
| 3 | N02A | Opioids | |
| 4 | N02AC | Diphenylpropylamine derivatives | |
| 5 | N02AC01 | Dextromoramide |
The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.
| Route | Amount |
|---|---|
| ORAL - Oral | 20 mg |
| PAREN - Parenteral | 20 mg |
| RECTAL - Rectal | 40 mg |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Dextromoramide |
Dextromoramide is a powerful opioid analgesic approximately three times more potent than morphine but shorter acting. The main advantage of this drug is that it has a fast onset of action when taken orally, and has a high bioavailability which means that oral dosing produces almost as much effect as injection. It also has a relatively low tendency to cause constipation which is a common problem with opioid analgesics used for cancer pain relief, and tolerance to the analgesic effects develops relatively slowly compared to most other short-acting opioids. |
