Medications commonly used in Neurosurgery Listed below are common medications along with some of their side effects. Consult your physician for a more compete list of side effects.

 
Moderate to Severe Pain

• acetaminophen with codeine phosphate (tylenol #3)
  
• amitriptyline hydrochloride (elavil)
  
• butorphenol tartrate (stadol)
  
• codeine
  
• diclofenac (cataflam, voltaren)
  
• diflunisal (dolobid)
  
• fentanyl transdermal (duragesic)
  
• hydrocodone bitartrate / acetaminophen (lorcet, lortab, vicodin)
  
• hydrocodone bitartrate / ibuprofen (vicoprofen)
  
• hydromorphone hydrochloride (dilaudid)
  
• ketorolac tromethamine systemic (toradol)
  
• meperidine hydrochloride (demerol)
  
• methadone hydrochloride (dolophine, methadose)
  
• morphine (duramorph, ms contin, roxanol)
  
• nalbuphine hydrochloride (nubain)
  
• nortriptyline hydrochloride (pamelor)
  
• oxycodone hydrochloride (oxycontin)
  
• oxycodone / acetaminophen (endocet, percocet, roxicet, tylox)
  
• oxycodone / aspirin (percodan)
  
• pentazocine (talwin)
  
• propoxyphene (darvon)
  
• propoxyphene / acetaminophen (darvocet, wygesic)
  
• tramadol hydrochloride (ultram)

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Epilepsy / Seizure Disorders

• carbamazepine (tegretol)
  
• clonazepam (klonopin)
  
• diazepam (valium)
  
• ethosuximide (zarontin)
  
• felbamate (felbatol)
  
• gabapentin (neurontin)
  
• lamotrigine (lamictal)
  
• levetiracetam (keppra)
  
• mephenytoin (mesantoin)
  
• oxcarbazepine (trileptal)
  
• pentobarbital sodium (nembutal)
  
• phenobarbital (luminal)
  
• phenytoin (dilantin)
  
• primidone (mysoline)
  
• tiagabine hydrochloride (gabitril)
  
• topiramate (topamax)
  
• valproic acid (depakote)

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Headache / Migraine

• acetaminophen (anacin-3, aspirin free anacin, datril extra strength, genebs, phenaphen, tylenol)
  
• acetaminophen / aspirin / caffeine (excedrin extra strength, excedrin migraine)
  
• butalbital / acetaminophen / caffeine (endolor, esgic, fioricet)
  
• butalbital / acetaminophen / caffeine / codeine (fioricet with codeine)
  
• butalbital / aspirin / caffeine (fiorinal)
  
• butalbital / aspirin / caffeine / codeine phosphate (butalbital with codeine, fiorinal with codeine)
  
• butorphanol tartrate (stadol)
  
• diclofenac systemic (cataflam, voltaren)
  
• diflunisal (dolobid)
  
• dihydroergotamine mesylate (migranal)
  
• ergotamine / belladonna alkaloids / phenobarbital (bellergal - S)
  
• etodolac (lodine)
  
• fenoprofen calcium (nalfon)
  
• flurbiprofen oral (ansaid)
  
• ibuprofen (advil, excedrin IB, genpril, ibuprin, midol IB, motrin, nuprin, pamprin IB)
  
• indomethacin (indocid, indocin SR)
  
• ketoprofen (orudis, oruvail)
  
• meclofenamate sodium (meclomen)
  
• mefenamic acid (ponstan)
  
• methysergide maleate (sansert)
  
• nabumetone (relafen)
  
• naproxen (aleve, anaprox, naprosyn)
  
• naratriptan hydrochloride (amerge)
  
• oxaprozin (daypro)
  
• piroxicam (feldene)
  
• propranalol hydrochloride (inderal)
  
• rizatriptan benzoate (maxalt)
  
• sulindac (clinoril)
  
• sumatriptan succinate (imitrex)
  
• timolol maleate oral (blocadren)
  
• tolmectin sodium (tolectin)
  
• zolmitriptan (zomig)

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Constipation

• bisacodyl (carter's little pills, dulcolax, fleet laxative)
  
• castor oil (fleet flavored castor oil, kellogg's castor oil)
  
• docusate (colace)
  
• glycerin rectal (fleet babylax, fleet glycerine)
  
• lactulose (chronulac, duphalac, enulose)
  
• magnesium citrate (citrate of magnesia, citroma)
  
• milk of magnesia (phillips' chewable, phillips' milk of magnesia)
  
• psyllium (cillium, naturacil)
  
• senna (correctol herbal tea, senokot)
  
• sodium phosphate / sodium biphosphate (fleet, fleet phospho-soda)

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Stomach protection

• cimetidine (tagamet)
  
• famotidine (pepcid)
  
• nizatidine (axid)
  
• omeprazole (prilosec)
  
• ranitidine (zantac)
  
• sucralfate (carafate)

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Pituitary tumors

• bromocriptine mesylate (parlodel)

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Osteoarthritis

• acetaminophen / aspirin / caffeine (excedrin extra strength, excedrin migraine)
  
• aspirin (aspergum, bayer, bufferin, ecotrin, empirin)
  
• aspirin / caffeine (anacin caplets, anacin tablets)
  
• betamethasone systemic (celestone)
  
• capsaicin (zostrix)
  
• celexobid (celebrex)
  
• cortisone oral (cortone acetate)
  
• dexamethasone systemic (decaject, dexasone)
  
• diclofenac systemic (cataflam, voltaren)
  
• diclofenac / misoprostol (arthrotec)
  
• diflunisal (dolobid)
  
• etodolac (lodine)
  
• fenoprofen calcium (nalfon)
  
• flurbiprofen oral (ansaid, froben)
  
• hydrocortisone systemic (cortef, hydrocortone, hydrocortone acetate)
  
• ibuprofen (advil, excedrin IB, genpril, ibuprin, midol IB, motrin, nuprin, pamprin IB)
  
• indomethacin (indocid, indocin SR)
  
• ketoprofen (orudis, oruvail)
  
• meclofenamate sodium (meclomen)
  
• mefenamic acid (ponstan)
  
• meloxicam (mobic)
  
• methylprednisolone (depo-medrol, medrol, solu-medrol)
  
• nabumetone (relafen)
  
• naproxen (aleve, anaprox, naprosyn)
  
• oxaprozin (daypro)
  
• piroxicam (feldene)
  
• prednisolone systemic (delta-cortef, predalone 50, predcor)
  
• prednisone (deltasone, orasone)
  
• rofecoxib (vioxx)
  
• salsalate (amigesic, disalcid, salflex)
  
• sulindac (clinoril)
  
• tolmectin sodium (tolectin)
  
• triamcinolone systemic (amcort, kenalog-10, trilone)

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Tendinitis

• acetaminophen (anacin-3, aspirin free anacin, datril extra strength, genebs, phenaphen, tylenol)
  
• aspirin (aspergum, bayer, bufferin, ecotrin, empirin)
  
• diclofenac systemic (cataflam, voltaren)
  
• diflunisal (dolobid)
  
• etodolac (lodine)
  
• fenoprofen calcium (nalfon)
  
• flurbiprofen oral (ansaid, froben)
  
• ibuprofen (advil, excedrin IB, genpril, ibuprin, midol IB, motrin, nuprin, pamprin IB)
  
• ketoprofen (orudis, oruvail)
  
• meclofenamate sodium (meclomen)
  
• mefenamic acid (ponstan)
  
• nabumetone (relafen)
  
• naproxen (aleve, anaprox, naprosyn)
  
• oxaprozin (daypro)
  
• piroxicam (feldene)
  
• sulindac (clinoril)
  
• tolmectin sodium (tolectin) 

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