DRUG SUPPLIED DOSE COMMENTS
OPIUM AND BELLADONNA (Paeds)
(B & O suppositories)

Mechanism of action:

Opioid analgesic and antispasmodic combination



Ref: 32, 44



Last update: 2019-08-10
suppository: containing 65 mg powdered opium and 15 mg dry extract of belladonna Children:
Doses not well established.
< 5 years old: 1/3 - 1/2 suppository PR Q6H PRN.
> 5 years old: 1 suppository PR Q6H PRN.

Adults:
1 suppository PR Q6H PRN.
for moderate to severe pain associated with ureteral spasms, not responsive to non-opioid analgesics.

side effects of PR opium (e.g. respiratory and/or CNS depression) can be additive when given with systemically-administered opioids or other CNS depressants.


Standard Prescription:

opium and belladonna    suppository PR Q   H PRN