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PAD Profile : Co-proxamol (Dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride/para - Pain Important
Keywords :
coproxamol, low value medicines, drugs of low clinical value, LVM, drugs of limited clinical value, analgesia, analgesics
Brand Names Include :
Distalgesic, Cosalgesic, Dolgesic,
Important Information :
No longer licensed because of safety concerns, particularly toxicity in overdose.
Traffic Light Status
Status 1 of 1.
Guidelines
The following guidelines are available for this indication.
Other Drugs
- Oxycodone hydrochloride/naloxone hydrochloride
- Fentanyl
- Paracetamol
- Ibuprofen
- Meptazinol hydrochloride
- Pethidine hydrochloride
- Diamorphine hydrochloride
- Alfentanil hydrochloride
Other Indications
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
- Osteoarthritis
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hyperuricaemia and Gout
- Dysphagia
- Low sexual desire in menopausal women
- Psoriasis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Inclusion body myositis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Multiple sclerosis
- Short bowel syndrome
- Any paediatric use
- Erectile dysfunction combination therapy
- Children and young people with Epilepsy
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Interface Prescribing Policy (IPP)
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Pain (Chronic)
- Narcolepsy
- All
- Atopic dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ulcerative colitis - moderately to severely active
- Migraine (prevention)
- Dry eyes
- Cancer
- Diarrhoea
- Ulcerative colitis - moderately to severely active
- Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Photodermatoses
- Metabolic disorders
- Insomnia in adults
- Cardiomyopathy
- Epidermolysis bullosa
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Photodermatoses
- Photodermatoses
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Catheter maintenance solutions
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dysphagia
- Prurigo nodularis
- Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency
- Osteoporosis
- Migraine (prevention)
- Pain
- Pustular psoriasis
- Mucus clearance
- Atopic dermatitis
- Alopecia
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Smoking cessation
- Pain
- Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Metabolic disorders
- Concious sedation
- Premedication
- post Bariatric surgery
- Erectile dysfunction
- Parkinson's disease
- Myasthenia gravis
Additional Documents
Type
Document
Review Date
Patient resource
01 June 2025
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
03 June 2020
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
At the Surrey and North-West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (APC) held in June 2020, it was decided that all BLACK status drugs would have their review dates extended for 5 years without the need for a review.
If a clinician or provider wishes to change the traffic light status of any BLACK drug then they will need to submit a paper for change as per usual APC process.
22 January 2018
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
The Prescribing Clinical Network does not recommend the use of co-proxamol.
Co-proxamol will be considered BLACK on the traffic light system. Prescribers should:
- NOT initiate co-proxamol for any new patient
AND
- Switch patients taking co-proxamol to an alternative pain medication, in line with NHS England guidance.
Associated BNF Codes
04. Central Nervous System
04.07.01. Non-opioid analgesics and compound preparations