Interaksi Alvimopan dan Butorfanol

Management of respiratory depression may include close observation, supportive measures, and use of opioid overdose reversal agents (e.g., naloxone, nalmefene), depending on the patient's clinical status [see OVERDOSAGE ].

If concomitant use is warranted, consider ‎prescribing naloxone for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose.

In patients who are not opioid dependent, naloxone has also been reported to be effective.

Alvimopan capsules are contraindicated in patients who have taken therapeutic doses of opioids for more than 7 consecutive days immediately prior to taking alvimopan capsules [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.3 )].

Patients who have taken therapeutic doses of opioids for more than 7 consecutive days prior to taking alvimopan capsules.

Alvimopan is contraindicated in patients who have taken therapeutic doses of opioids for more than 7 consecutive days immediately prior to taking alvimopan [see Contraindications ( 4) ].

Myocardial Infarction: A higher number of myocardial infarctions was reported in patients treated with alvimopan 0.5 mg twice daily compared with placebo in a 12-month study in patients treated with opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, although a causal relationship with long-term use has not been established.

Potential Risk of Myocardial Infarction with Long-Term Use There were more reports of myocardial infarctions in patients treated with alvimopan 0.5 mg twice daily compared with placebo-treated patients in a 12-month study of patients treated with opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (alvimopan 0.5 mg, n=538; placebo, n=267).