Davis's Drug Guide
meperidine
General
High Alert Medication: This medication bears a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when it is used in error.
**REMS Drug**
**BEERS Drug**
Pronunciation:
me-per-i-deen
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- Demerol
Ther. Class.
Pharm. Class.
opioid agonists
Controlled Substance Schedule: II
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Citation
Vallerand, April Hazard., et al. "Meperidine." Davis's Drug Guide, 19th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51475/all/meperidine.
Vallerand AHA, Sanoski CAC, . Meperidine. Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51475/all/meperidine. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Vallerand, A. H., Sanoski, C. A., & , (2025). Meperidine. In Davis's Drug Guide (19th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51475/all/meperidine
Vallerand AHA, Sanoski CAC, . Meperidine [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51475/all/meperidine.
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