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Used for anaesthesia in surgery.

Alfentanil

Mainly used topically in ophthalmology and as an antipruritic, also used in spinal anaesthesia.

Tetracaine,
Pontocaine,
Dicaine

Often is administered by epidural injection before total hip arthroplasty.
Injected into surgical wound sites to reduce pain for up to 20 hours after the surgery.

Marcain,
Marcaine,
Sensorcaine,
Vivacaine

For pain relief.

Subutex,
Suboxone,
Temgesic,
Buprenex,
Norspan
Butrans

For balanced general anaesthesia, and management of pain during labour. Management of migraine using intranasal spray

Given by injection during surgical procedures and labour and delivery.

Nesacaine,
Nesacaine-MPF

Used in dentistry

Treatment of some types of neuropathic pain, opioid detoxification, insomnia, menopausal symptoms, anxiety, panic disorder and ADHD. Also used as a veterinary anaesthetic drug

Mainly used for nasal and lacrimal duct surgery

Used to treat mild to moderate pain and to relieve coughing

Methylmorphine

Confirmed to be damaging to the kidneys and liver in 1973, so usage stopped except for in Australia where still used as an emergency analgesic, and for brief painful procedures such as changing of wound dressings or for transport of injured people

Used for sedation of critically ill or injured patients in an intensive care unit setting. Also sedation before surgery for short term procedures

Precedex

Typically used to treat severe pain, such as that resulting from a heart attack

Heroin,
Diacetylmorphine

Used before certain medical procedures (such as endoscopies) to reduce tension and anxiety, and in some surgical procedures to induce amnesia.
Used for treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures, muscle spasms, alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal, etc

Valium,
Antenex

Used in a cream to treat signs of haemorrhoids or rectal irritation and to ease the pain caused by sunburn and skin irritation.

Cinchocaine,
Cincain,
Nupercainal,
Nupercaine,
Sovcaine

Commonly used during the 1970s and 1980s

A short acting anaesthetic used for the induction of general anaesthesia and for sedation for short procedures

Amidate

Has been used to treat breakthrough pain and is commonly used in pre-procedures as a pain reliever as well as an anaesthetic in combination with a benzodiazepine.

Sublimaze,
Actiq,
Durogesic,
Duragesic,
Fentora,
Onsolis,
Instanyl,
Abstral,
Lazanda

A core medicine in the World Health Organization's "Essential Drugs List, although its use in developed countries has been almost entirely superseded by newer anaesthetics

Used to relieve moderate to severe pain and severe, painful dry coughing

Hydal,
Dimorphone,
Sophidone LP,
Dilaudid,
Hydrostat,
Hydromorfan,
Hydromorphan,
Hymorphan,
Laudicon,
Hymorphan,
Opidol,
Palladone

Use in human medicine is now starting to decline, but still frequently used for veterinary anaesthesia

Used for the induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia, usually in combination with a sedative

Ketanest,
Ketaset,
Ketalar

Used for nerve blocks, ophthalmic, epidural and intrathecal anaesthesia in adults; and local analgesia in children

Chirocaine

Used to treat severe pain

Levo-Dromoran

Used as a dental anaesthetic or as a local anaesthetic for minor surgery.
Often combined with Prilocaine as a preparation for dermal anaesthesia.

Xylocaine,
Lignocaine

Used in dentistry

Used as premedication and for the short term treatment of anxiety, insomnia, acute seizures including status epilepticus and sedation of hospitalised patients, as well as sedation of aggressive patients

Ativan,
Temesta

Used in dentistry.

Carbocaine,
Polocaine

Brevital

Used from 1960 until around 1974.

Penthrane

Used as a premedication.
And also for treatment of acute seizures, moderate to severe insomnia, and for inducing sedation and amnesia before medical procedures.

Dormicum,
Hypnovel,
Versed

Used to relieve severe or agonizing pain and suffering

MS Contin,
MSIR,
Avinza,
Kadian,
Oramorph,
Roxanol,
Kapanol

UsersFor the relief of moderate to severe pain.
It can also be used as a supplement to balanced anaesthesia, for preoperative and postoperative analgesia, and for obstetrical analgesia during labour and delivery

Nubain

Used in surgery and dentistry.

Laughing Gas,
Sweet Air

Effective for managing moderate to moderately severe acute or chronic pain.

A preoperative medication to alleviate apprehension, maintain anaesthesia, and as an obstetric analgesic

Opana,
Numorphan,
Numorphone

Used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain

Fortral,
Talwin NX

Used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain.

Demerol,
Isonipecaine,
Lidol,
Pethanol,
Piridosal,
Algil,
Alodan,
Centralgin,
Dispadol,
Dolantin,
Mialgin,
Petidin Dolargan,
Dolestine,
Dolosal,
Dolsin,
Mefedina

Used in dentistry. Also often combined with Lidocaine as a preparation for dermal anaesthesia.

Citanest

Used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin; used to be used in dentistry

Novocain

Uses include the induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia, sedation for mechanically ventilated adults, and procedural sedation.
Commonly used in veterinary medicine.

Diprivan

Given to patients during surgery to relieve pain and as an adjunct to an anaesthetic.

Ultiva

Used for nerve block, epidural and intrathecal anaesthesia in adults and children over 12 years.
It is also indicated for peripheral nerve block and caudal epidural in children 1–12 years for surgical pain.

Naropin

3% plain Used in dentistry.

Used for induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia.

Fluoromethyl
Hexafluoroisopropyl
Ether

Used when pain relief is required for a short period of time.
May also be used with other compounds in general anaesthesia.

R-30730,
Sufenta

Rapid onset short acting barbiturate general anaesthetic.
A core medicine in the World Health Organization's "Essential Drugs List", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic healthcare system.

Sodium Pentothal,
Thiopentone Sodium,
Trapanal