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A Guide toTitration of OryContin@ Adequare retier in r-t-M-E 10 mq Tablets CSr ffirU b58&. t raaat-t 0xy0onlin. q12h 0ose tt**tw Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd 74, Jalan University, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Tel : (603) 7966 0730 Fax : (603) 7957 9909 Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals Pte Lld .l Q Hoe Chiang Road, #3 2O-04l05 Keppel Towers, Singapore 08931 5 Tel : (65) 6511 1165 Fax : (65) 6511 1167 T Titrate patients every 1 to 2 days, if necessary lncrease the dose of OxyOontin@ Tablets by 25Y" to 507o, if necessary (refer to the chart when titrating upward from 1Omg q12h). Do not increase the dosing frequency. Manage exacerbations of pain with immediate-release medication. Elevate the dose of OxyContin@ Tablets if more than 2 doses of immediate-release opioid medication per day are required. M E t4u/a fuo* Pa^^, E/+rr;/4<t t^lf Af-"

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A Guide toTitration of OryContin@ Adequare retier in r-t-M-E

10 mq Tablets

CSrffirU

b58&.t raaat-t

0xy0onlin. q12h 0osett**tw

Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd74, Jalan University, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaTel : (603) 7966 0730 Fax : (603) 7957 9909

Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals Pte Lld.l

Q Hoe Chiang Road, #3 2O-04l05 Keppel Towers, Singapore 08931 5Tel : (65) 6511 1165 Fax : (65) 6511 1167

T Titrate patients every 1 to 2 days,if necessary

lncrease the dose of OxyOontin@Tablets by 25Y" to 507o, if necessary(refer to the chart when titratingupward from 1Omg q12h).Do not increase the dosing frequency.

Manage exacerbations of pain withimmediate-release medication.

Elevate the dose of OxyContin@Tablets if more than 2 doses ofimmediate-release opioid medicationper day are required.

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Multiply mg per day of currentopioid by conversion factor below :

fxnny6: OratWryQlrc 2onq = zugx ffi : Oxycodoru ronrgn) llvtorylfiru 2ont0 : 2ontfl x [i s] = Oxycdorc 3orw

All proporyphene patients should be corverled to 10 mg OryContin@ q12h

C;onversion from transdermal bntarryl to OnrContin@ taUets : approximately 1 omg q 1 2h of Ci4pontin@tadeb, should be initially substituted br eaci 2Spgrlhr bntanyl tnnsdermal patch.

Reftf€nce: nWEninitidirEOqEonlin@lcrpatierrspsdousVbkirgoffuijs,heconservativeconensi'lratiosfiornKMWy tN ErEl J lvld. 1 985; 31 3:84-951 arc reasonable starting pctnt altrough not verified in uiell-contolled fials.

@: OryContin is a Registered Tradomark.

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