Drug details

Vantrela ER (hydrocodone)

type of Opioid Analgesics

Vantrela ER (hydrocodone bitartrate) extended-release tablets are an opioid agonist indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Vantrela ER is available in generic form.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • hives,
  • difficulty breathing,
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
  • nausea,
  • upper stomach pain,
  • loss of appetite,
  • dark urine,
  • vomiting,
  • diarrhea,
  • fever,
  • lightheadedness,
  • shortness of breath,
  • confusion,
  • tiredness,
  • clay-colored stools,
  • yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
  • dizziness,
  • severe headache,
  • blurred vision,
  • sweating,
  • weakness,
  • noisy breathing,
  • agitation,
  • shivering,
  • slurred speech,
  • high fever,
  • hallucinations,
  • twitching,
  • fast heart rate,
  • tremors,
  • fainting
  • eye pain or swelling,
  • sudden vision loss,
  • tunnel vision,
  • seeing halos around lights,
  • fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeats,
  • arm or leg weakness,
  • trouble walking,
  • loss of coordination,
  • feeling unsteady,
  • very stiff muscles,
  • blue colored lips,
  • muscle stiffness,
  • difficult to wake up,
  • sighing,
  • worsening tiredness,
  • skin redness or a rash that spreads and causes blistering and peeling,
  • fluttering in the chest,
  • profuse sweating,
  • breathing that slows with a long pause,
  • shallow breathing that stops,
  • sudden dizziness, and
The following drugs are related to Vantrela ER, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Acuvail (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution)
  • Avinza (morphine sulfate)
  • Caldolor (ibuprofen in water for injection)
  • Duragesic (fentanyl transdermal)
  • Duramorph (morphine injection)
  • Embeda (morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride)
  • Hysingla ER (hydrocodone)
  • Vicodin (hydrocodone and acetaminophen)
  • Vicodin ES (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen)
  • Vicodin HP (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets)
  • Savella (milnacipran hcl tablets)
  • Opana (oxymorphone hydrochloride)
  • Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release)
  • Ultram (tramadol hcl)
  • Ultram ER (tramadol hcl extended-release)
  • Ultracet (tramadol hydrochloride and acetaminophen tablets)