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)