Levomethadon

Generic name
Levomethadon
Brand name
ATC Code
N02AC06

Levomethadon

Dosages
Side effects in children
Warnings & precautions in children
Contra-indications in children

Interactions
PK
Renal impairment
References

Pharmacokinetics in children

No information is present at this moment.

dose recommendation of formulary compared to licensed use (on-label versus off-label)

No information is present at this moment.

Available formulations

No information is present at this moment.

Dosages

Severe pain
  • Oral
    • 2 years up to 5 years
      • 0.25 - 0.5 mg/dose repeat every 4-6 hgours if needed.. Max: 3 mg/day.
    • 5 years up to 18 years
      • 0.5 - 1.3 mg/dose repeat every 4-6 hgours if needed.. Max: 7.8 mg/day.

Renal impaiment in children > 3 months

No information available on dose adjustment in renal impairment.

The complete list of all undesirable drug reactions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Side effects

No information is present at this moment.

The complete list of all contra-indications can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Contra-indications

No information available on specific contra indications in children.

The complete list of all warnings and precautions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Warnings & precautions

No information available on specific warnings and precautions in children.

Interactions

The complete list of all interactions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

This pages provides a list of drugs from the same ATC class for comparison. This does not necessarily mean that these drugs are interchangeable.

Reference

  1. Hexal AG, SmPC L-Polamidon® 5 mg/ml Tropfen (6196782.00.00), 11/2023

Changes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring


Overdose