What are DHC CONTINUS used for?

Dihydrocodeine is an opiate painkiller. It’s used to treat moderate to severe pain, such as after an operation or a serious injury. It’s also used for long-standing pain when weaker painkillers, such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin, have not worked. Dihydrocodeine is only available on prescription.

What is DHC 120mg?

Dihydrocodeine is a semisynthetic narcotic analgesic with a potency between morphine and codeine. It acts on opioid receptors in the brain to reduce the patient’s perception of pain and improve the psychological reaction to pain by reducing the associated anxiety.

How do you take DHC pills?

DHC CONTINUS® tablets must be swallowed whole and not broken, chewed or crushed. DHC CONTINUS® contains the opioid dihydrocodeine hydrogen tartrate and is a potential drug of abuse, misuse and addiction. Addiction can occur in patients appropriately prescribed DHC CONTINUS® at recommended doses.

Is DHC the same as codeine?

Dihydrocodeine (DHC) is a semi-synthetic analogue of codeine which was formed by the hydrogenation of the double tie in the main chain of the codeine molecule. DHC is used as an analgesic, antitussive and antidiarrhoeal agent; it is also used for the treatment of opioid addiction.

Is DHC CONTINUS addictive?

This medicine contains dihydrocodeine which is an opioid, which can cause addiction. You can get withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it suddenly.

How strong is DHC Continus?

Each tablet contains 60 mg, 90 mg or 120 mg of dihydrocodeine tartrate. The other ingredients are lactose, hydroxyethylcellulose, cetostearyl alcohol, magnesium stearate and talc. The tablets are white, capsule shaped and marked DHC followed by the strength (60, 90 or 120). In each bottle there are 56 tablets.

What is DHC?

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How quickly does DHC CONTINUS work?

DHC Continus tablets are designed to work properly over 12 hours when swallowed whole. If a tablet is broken, crushed or chewed, the entire 12-hour dose may be absorbed rapidly into your body. This can be dangerous, causing serious problems such as an overdose, which may be fatal.

How strong is DHC?

The analgesic effect of DHC is probably twice as potent as codeine for the parenteral and slightly stronger for an oral route. DHC possesses approximately 1/6(th) of the morphine analgesic effect when drugs are administered orally.