| Name | Brand Name | Uses/notes | Legal status |
| ALFENTANIL |
Rapifen |
Mainly used in surgery |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| BUPRENORPHINE |
Temgesic, Subutex |
Used to treat moderate to severe painUsed as a treatment for heroin dependency |
CD: Class C, Sch.3 |
| CO-CODAMOL |
|
Mixture of codeine phosphate and paracetamol |
POM |
| DEXTROMORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE |
In: Actifed, benylin: |
Used in many cough-relief preparations. |
OTCs |
| DIAMORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Diagesil, Diaphine |
Pharmaceutically pure heroin hydrochloride: |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| CO-DYDRAMOL |
|
Mixture of dihydrocodeine and paracetamol: |
POM, OTC |
| CO-PHENOTROPE |
|
Diarrhoea treatment: |
POM |
| CO-PRAXAMOL |
|
Mixture of detropropoxyphene hydrochloride and paracetamol |
POM |
| CODEINE PHOSPHATE |
Found in: Feminax, Solpadeine, Panadol Ultra |
Pain relief common in many medicines |
OTCs |
| DEXTROMORAMIDE CD: |
Palfium |
For severe and intractable pain-relief: |
Class A , Sch.2 |
| DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Distalgesic Constituent of: co-proxamol, costalgesic, distalgesic, dolxene |
|
POM |
| DIHYDROCODEINE TARTRATE |
DF118 |
Moderate to severe pain relief |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| DIPIPANONE CD |
Diconal |
Moderate to severe pain relief |
Class A, Sch.2 |
| FENTANYL |
Durogesic |
Moderate to severe pain relief |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| LOPERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Found in: Arret and Immodium |
Diarrhoea treatment |
OTC |
| MEPTAZINOL |
Meptid |
Moderate to severe pain relief |
POM |
| METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Physeptone |
Heroin substitute to treat addiction and for pain relief |
CD: Class A, Sch2 |
| MORPHINE SULPHATE: |
|
Uses range from relief of severe and terminal pain; weaker preparations used in preparations such as Kaolin and Morphine mixture. |
CD, Class A, Sch.2 but also in Sch.5 products. |
| NALBUPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Nubain |
Moderate to severe pain |
POM |
| NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Narcan |
Used to treat Opiate overdose |
POM |
| NALTREXONE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Nalorex |
Used for Opiate- detoxification, and to prevent relapse |
POM |
| PAPAVERETUM |
Omnopon |
Mixture of morphine hydrochloride, papaverine hydrochloride and codene hydrochloride. Used in severe pain relief, especially in surgery |
CD:Class A, Sch.2 |
| PENTAZOCINE CD: |
Fortagesic |
Mixture of pentazocine hydrochloride and paracetamol, used in pain relief: |
Class A, Sch.3(Fortagsic is a POM) |
| PETHIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Parmegan |
Primarily used for pain relief during or following surgery: |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| PHENAZOCINE HYDROBROMIDE |
Narphen |
Severe or biliary pain relief: |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| PHENOPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE |
Operidine |
Primarily used during surgery |
CD: Class A, Sch.2 |
| PHOLCODINE |
In Tixylix and Galenphol |
Widely used in cough mixtures |
OTCs |
| TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE |
Zydol |
Used for pain relief: |
POM |
