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The Management of Postoperative Pain (Continued)

Table 3: Strong Analgesics

Drug nameRoute of
delivery		Dose
(mg)		Length of
Action (h)
MorphineIntramuscular/
subcutaneous		 10-152-4
MethadoneIntramuscular 7.5-104-6
Pethidine/
Meperidine		Intramuscular 100-1501-2
BuprenorphineSublingual 0.2-0.46-8

(Intravenous - half the IM dose slowly over 5 minutes)

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