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What Is Demerol ? Demerol (meperidine) is a narcotic, or opioid, a pain medication that has been around for quite some time. It was once used frequently in hospital settings to treat moderate to severe pain and is still sometimes used prior to or during a surgical procedure to enhance the effects of anesthesia.
However, the duration of Demerol's pain-relieving effects is shorter than other narcotics, and its production of toxic metabolites make it an inferior medication for pain control.
Demerol also has a long list of potentially dangerous interactions with other medications. For these reasons, Demerol is now less frequently used to treat pain.
How It Works? The pain-relieving properties of Demerol differ from other medications, such as morphine, because instead of keeping nerve endings from transmitting messages of pain to the brain, Demerol acts on the central nervous system, essentially tricking the brain by replacing the feeling of pain with a "high." Patients who are given Demerol for pain are basically feeling the euphoric effects of the medication instead of their pain.
Why Demerol Has Fallen out of Favor? Hospitals and outpatient clinics don't use Demerol as frequently as they used to because of safety issues: Demerol can be toxic when high doses are used, and it has a long list of side effects, which include:
Demerol is also highly addictive for some people and has multiple adverse interactions with other medications
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Post time 11-3-2021 08:47 PM
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