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Dextropropoxyphene is an analgesic in the opioid category. It is used to treat mild to moderate pain and as an antitussive. It can be used to ease pain before, during and after an operation. It is often combined with paracetamol in the preparation co-proxamol, however, there is no evidence that this combination is any more effective than paracetamol alone. (Darvocet in the US and Capadex or Di-Gesic in Australia).
Analgesia
Dextropropoxyphene, like codeine, is a "weak" opioid. Codeine is more commonly used, however some individuals (approximately 10-20% of the Caucasian population) are unable to metabolize it, due to poor functioning of the enzyme CYP2D6. It is in these people that dextropropoxyphene is particularly useful, as its metabolism does not require CYP2D6.
*source www.Wikipedia.org and http://workplace.samhsa.gov/Glossary/glossary.aspx
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