Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Q: Which antihypertensive medicine has shown to reverse the myoclonus effect of opioid analgesics?


Answer: Nifedipine

Nifedipine, also popularly known by its trade name Procardia is known to reverse the myoclonus effect of opioids. The Dose is 10 mg three times per day. Another drug which may help is Clonazepam in a dose of 0.5 mg three times per day.

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