dihydrocodeine

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A particular narcotic painkiller
(Tıp, İlaç) Dihydrocodeine, also called DHC and Paracodeine and by the brand names of Synalgos DC, Panlor DC, Panlor SS, SS Bron, Drocode, Paracodin, Codidol, Didor Continus, Dicogesic, Codhydrine, Dekacodin, DH-Codeine, Didrate, Dihydrin, Hydrocodin, Nadeine, Novicodin, Parzone, Rapacodin, Fortuss, Dico, and DF-118 amongst others, is a semi-synthetic opioid analgesic developed in Germany in the first decade of the XX. Century and put on the market in 1911. It is prescribed for postoperative pain, severe dyspnea, or as an antitussive. Dihydrocodeine tartrate is also present in co-dydramol. In some countries, controlled-release dihydrocodeine and/or the immediate release forumulations are used as an alternative to methadone in treatment of opioid dependency and addiction