Remifentanil

Remifentanil
Trade names	Ultiva
	Clinical data
Drug class	Opioid
Uses	Analgesia
Routes of administration	Intravenous
	Dosage
	Remifentanil Load; 1-2 mcg/kg IV (Lean body weight); Maintenance; 0.1-1 mcg/kg/min IV (Lean body weight); More information about this dose Weight kglbg Height cmminft Age yrmowk SexFM Indication Indication: Total intravenous anesthesia Route Route: Intravenous Egan TD, Huizinga B, Gupta SK, Jaarsma RL, Sperry RJ, Yee JB, Muir KT. Remifentanil pharmacokinetics in obese versus lean patients. Anesthesiology. 1998 Sep;89(3):562-73. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199809000-00004. PMID: 9743391.;
	Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of action	μ-opioid agonism
	Pharmacokinetics
Metabolism	Rapid Ester Hydrolysis by Nonspecic Esterases
Redistribution half-life	3 minutes
Elimination half-life	10 minutes
	Physical and chemical data
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