BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE

Post-LOE

butorphanol tartrate

Hikma

ANDAINJECTIONINJECTABLE

Approved

Aug 1998

Lifecycle

Post-LOE

Competitive Pressure

30/100

Data completeness

3/8 — Basic

BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE (butorphanol tartrate) by Hikma is mechanism of action butorphanol is a partial opioid agonist at the mu opioid receptor and a full agonist at the kappa opioid receptor. Approved for pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic, for which alternative treatments are inadequate. First approved in 1998.

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Mechanism of Action

Mechanism of Action Butorphanol is a partial opioid agonist at the mu opioid receptor and a full agonist at the kappa opioid receptor. The principal therapeutic action of butorphanol is analgesia. Clinically, dosage is titrated to provide adequate analgesia and may be limited by adverse reactions,…

Indications (2)

pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic for which alternative treatments are inadequate

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Data Sources

Drug label: DailyMed / FDA
Clinical trials: ClinicalTrials.gov
Patent data: FDA Orange Book
Spending data: CMS Medicare

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