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Q: Does Anyone Know Anything About a Medicine Called “Stadol?”?
My doctor gave me a prescription for Stadol. It is a Nasal Spray and I use it for Severe Miagraines.

I have taken many different type medicines for my miagraines but nothing like this. It make you feel light headed. I stumble like I am drunk when I walk and when I do sleep it sometimes has sort of a hallucination effect. It helps the pain but it has very unusal side effects.

I have also taken “Zomig” and it helps my headache but it only comes 3 to a pack and is expensive. The stadol is in a spray bottle and only has a mamimum of 8-10 sprays. I am more concerned about the way the stadol works on me and wanted to know if anyone knows anything about it. What type of drug is it? What is the primary use and how is it suppose work. I just do not want to take something that may be addictive.

A: It’s an opioid analgesics for chronic pain
buprenorphine Buprenex butorphanol Stadol codeine Tylenol with codeine fentanyl Duragesic hydrocodone Vicodin hydromorphone Dilaudid methadone Dolophine morphine Astramorph oxycodone OxyContin propoxyphene Darvon
Opioids are available in pills, liquids, or suckers to take by mouth, and in shot, skin patch, and suppository form.

How It Works
Opioid analgesics suppress your perception of pain and calm your emotional response to pain by reducing the number of pain signals sent by the nervous system and the brain’s reaction to those pain signals.

Why It Is Used
Opioids are used to reduce moderate to severe chronic pain.

How Well It Works
Opioids are effective in relieving moderate to severe chronic pain. Higher doses may be more effective, but higher doses also can cause more side effects.1

If one opioid does not reduce your pain, your doctor may prescribe a different opioid to treat your chronic pain.

There is a low risk of addiction if you take opioids routinely as prescribed. Your risk of addiction is slightly greater if you have a history of substance abuse.2

Side Effects
Opioids may often cause side effects such as:

Constipation.
Drowsiness.
Dizziness.
Weakness.
Dry mouth.
Sedation.
Confusion.
Difficulty urinating.
More serious side effects can include allergic reaction, such as swelling of the throat, a drop in blood pressure, seizures, tremors, or hallucinations.

What To Think About

You may become physically dependent on opioids if you take them regularly. Physical dependence is not addiction, but rather a gradual change in your body in response to the opioids. If you stop taking opioids abruptly, you may develop nausea, sweating, chills, diarrhea, and shaking. The physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms are not life-threatening. You can avoid withdrawal symptoms if you gradually stop taking the opioids over a set period of time, as prescribed by your health professional.

Opioid analgesics are potentially addictive, but the risk is small when they are properly prescribed and taken by people who do not have a history of substance abuse. In the past, opioids were used only for short periods for short-term pain or for cancer pain. Many experts now also use opioids for longer periods to treat chronic pain. You can take opioids to reduce pain and increase your functioning without becoming addicted to them.

If you are about to begin a long-term course of opioids, increase the amount of fiber in your diet and drink more water. This will help you avoid constipation. Also talk to your doctor about whether you should take a stool softener or laxative.

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