STADOL Reviews (BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (89 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare STADOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR STADOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Labor | This made labor worse. Instead of taking away any pain it just made me feel alternatively drowsy and crazed. It felt like I was losing my mind. Awful stuff. | F | 31 | 1 times | 9/12/2012 | 2 | Severe TBI,headaches for 29 years | Completely stoned,tired,forgetful,agitated. | This is some very NASTY stuff,my advise is do not take it !! I quit takeing it by choice and hope I never see it again. It does a hell of a job killing pain but unless your on your death bed,you will be with this stuff. | M | 52 | 1 years 1spray 4X day | 7/11/2012 | 1 | Labor | Extreme exhaustion. Heavy eyelids. Impaired speach. Worst experience of my life. Didn't ease pain at all. Steer clear of this drug. | F | 31 | 1 days | 5/10/2012 | 1 | Migraine | Extreme, uncontrollable anger and irritation. Itchy uncomfortable feeling in legs, | I absolutely will never take this medicine again. I was given this medicine in the hospital for a migraine and right after receiving it was overcome with a sense of physical irritation and anger that i could not control. I lashed out at my dad who brought me there, and I knew what was going on but for some reason could not say anything about why i was acting that way. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I don't understand why they would give anyone this medicine. | F | 22 | 1 days 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 5 | Migraine relief; pain; insomnia | Sedation (great for my insomnia too! as long as I don't use it too often); muscle aches/spasms after it wears off in 2-4 hours; reduced judgment and reduced cognitive functioning; tolerance/dependence develops quickly; zero withdrawals for me though. Mild-moderate nasal congestion, post nasal drip tastes gross, and the bottles Stadol comes in are TINY, with 10mL only. And manufacturer claims that = 16-18 sprays? Liars. More like 10-12 (if lucky). | Very effective for migraines (while I wait for Frova or Relpax to kick in). It's incredibly effective for insomnia, only with very occasional use. I get a super rare side-effect of muscle aches/pains when the drug begins wearing off in 2-4 hours. Not bad enough for me to discontinue. It's a difficult drug to get a script for - most doctors haven't heard of it. Docs who have, are reluctant to script 4 bottles/mo (my monthly rx). I don't think 40mL of a mild partial antagonist/partial agonist opiate is that much to have at once, 1st, and 2d, 10-12 sprays/wk are all I get out of those bottles (10-12 sprays/week are about what I use; I am scripted for use in both nostrils, repeating every 4 hours (if pain doesn't go away) up to 6 times in one day (I only redose up to 4, but still)! Repriming is a bitch - wastes sooo much dang med. Wish they made larger dose bottles and that docs offered this drug more as it's very safe (hard to OD on it bc ur nasal passages get saturated pretty fast, and it's only actually 10mL(actual drug)/40mL (saline solution, inactive ingredients). It's a weaker form of Buprenorphine/Suboxone - why isn't this being pushed like crazy? And it's a SCHED IV OPIATE! | F | 28 | 1 years 2 sprays 3X AN | 11/15/2011 | 5 | Migraine and Cluster Headaches | Initially there is a really bad metallic taste in your mouth. There is also some minor nasal congestion. | I have had chronic head pain for 43 years after a head injury, Additionally I also have frequent migraine and infrequent cluster headaches. I have tried ALL of the Triptans and many other drugs alone and various combinations to no lasting effect. I have kept food diaries, scent diaries, activity diaries, chemical exposure diaries, and light impulse diaries without finding any correlation to my head pain. The only thing I have ever taken that is effective against my head pain is Stadol. It works for me in about 15 minutes and the only effect I get is relief. It is a real miracle drug for me. I am a masculine man, but the first time I took it I cried because the relief was so quick and complete. I highly recommend it. | M | 49 | 3 years 1mg 3X day | 11/8/2011 | 1 | labor | Difficulty breathing, hallucinations, impaired speech, immobility, paranoia, overly-emotional, no relief from pain, drowsiness | This is the worst drug ever for labor. I was having excruciating painful back labor and had dilated to 7 cm. I could only endure my contractions standing up leaning into my husband while my sister rubbed my back. I didn't want an epidural so the nurse suggested stadol and said it would take the edge off. Well, it did not. Stadol reduced me to a inarticulate crazed lunatic! Almost immediately, my eyelids felt too heavy to keep open and I had to lay down. 2 minutes later I was hit with the most unbearable contraction. I felt like I was being pulled apart and my back breaking. Worst of all, I couldn't sit up or form a coherent sentence to get my husband to understand that I needed help. All I could do was make these subhuman, guttural noises that alerted him that something was wrong. After two more back-splitting contractions, I was finally able to overcome my drug-induced paralysis. I reached out and grabbed my husband's arm and didn't let go. speaking took great effort and I didn't sound like me at all. My speech was painfully slow and slurred. Help me! Pull me me up! I could go on, but truly want to put the nightmare behind me. the nightmare of being trapped in my own body, unable to communicate intelligently and forced to endure back labor laying down! | F | 36 | 1X day | 8/29/2011 | 1 | Labor | A few minutes after the Nurse gave me Stadol about 8 nurses rushed in my room because they had lost my baby’s heart beat on the monitor they gave me an oxygen mask and then rushed me off for an emergency c-section. | After reading others statements of the problems they had with this drug also during their labor this drug should never be used during labor. | F | 29 | 1 days 1X day | 5/20/2011 | 5 | Migraines, insomnia | Numbness/tingling in limbs, sedation, nasal congestion (mild), pain relief; waking up not feeling refreshed, tolerance forms if used too often (more than 4-5 days per week IMO) | Miracle drug for migraines! I've tried all the triptans (Imitrex, Maxalt, Zomig, Relpax, etc.) but got only bad side effects and no relief. I'm so glad a friend recommended I ask my doctor about Stadol NS for migraine relief. It works within 5-10 minutes, whereas Frova takes 3-4 hours to really kick in. Glad it's a Schedule IV - doctors seem so afraid to prescribe opiates for migraine pain. Summary: Miracle drug for me, I'd highly recommend it! | F | 27 | 6 months 2 sprays 1X AN | 3/24/2011 | 5 | migraines | Nausea sometimes, drowsiness always | For anyone who has chronic/severe migraines, this is the drug for you. For all of the people that had it during labor, probably not for you. I have suffered from migraines for 15 years. NO medicine targeted for migraine pain works for me, but stadol does & it was something I could take during pregnancy. It is a narcotic, so it can be addicting. Although, I think anyone who suffers migraines doesn't look at drugs like an addict, I think narcotics are looked at more as a life saver & a chance to catch a break from the pain.... | F | 28 | 2 years 1 spray??? 1X AN | 3/7/2011 | 1 | labor | Stuck in another world where where is no air, dying while my family thinks I am resting. Still have extreme pain just barely able to tell my husband cause I could barely fight the weight of the medication.Hallucination. Gasping for air. Most awful medication should not be given to anyone. This medicine would have killed me if my husband was not there to help me. | F | 36 | 1 days 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 5 | labor | none | this made me very comfortable. I did not want this at first, but the pain made me change my mind. I honestly think it is wonderful. made me calm & painfree. No side effects at all. | F | 33 | 2X AN | 12/22/2010 | 1 | labor | I had hallucinations, I stopped breathing several times and was sleeping peacefully on my own, when this was put into my IV. I woke up gasping for air and screaming in a panic. My baby's heart rate dropped as well and I almost lost her. | My experience with this drug also left me completely traumatized & not able to sleep. Since then I wake up constantly in a panic, as though I am suffocating. I take meds now for panic attacks, which I never had before. Not to mention I am now terrified to have more children. My experience was a nightmare & I thought I and my baby were going to die. Just wish I would have been asked first, so I would have had the chance to say no to the drug. I wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone having a child. It ruined the memory of a moment that should have been so wonderful. | F | 33 | 1 times 2mg 1X AN | 11/21/2010 | 1 | Labor | Extremely tired and crazy. | I was completely out of it the whole labor with my daughter. I don't remember anything! It was my first pregnancy and I was looking forward to the labor and delivery and to not remember anything but yelling out "Why isn't my baby crying?" is not how I wanted to remember it. My daughter was born DEAD because of this drug. She had no heartbeat and she wasnt breathing. She was an ashy grey color. Thankfully the nurses acted fast and were able to revive her. I don't think this drug should be administered for labor anymore. Falling asleep in between contractions is dangerous for the baby (the reason my daughter was born this way). FDA needs to re-evaluate the usage of this drug. | F | 21 | 2X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | labor pain | A few minutes after this drug was administered. I at first felt fine, after about 20 minutes I went crazy, was in a living nightmare, and stopped breathing. | When I was having my third baby I told the nurse that admitted me that I wanted to to try to have the baby with out a epidural due to the fact that I had had issues with my labor stalling out with my previous delieveries. She said no problem we can give you something to take the edge off and listed what they offered, she suggested demerol and recommeded I did not take stadol she had seen to many problems with this drug in laboring women. All went fine until I was about 6 cen dilated and the real pain started. I told my new nurse I would like demerol, and the new nurse ( due to shift changes) injected Stadol after I said i didnt want it, she said it worked better than the demerol and there would be no problems. After that I spent hours with crazy hallutinations, was trying to pull out my own hair and felt i was awake in a nightmare, my blood pressure dropped, I need to be reminded to breathe constantly. I thought I was going to die. After the idiot nurse left the room my husband fell asleep(way to go coach) as did I it was about 3 in morning and we had been there all day, anyway the next thing I remember was two docters one yelling and a team of nurses. When I had fallen asleep I had stopped breathing so long it caused fetal distress which sent off some alarm, and they had to work to get me breathing consistently . The doctor did something to reverse the effects of the drug and I reassigned a new nurse. I was still grooggy barely remember the delievery of my daughter or the ne | F | 34 | 1 times 1X AN | 4/27/2010 | 5 | migraine | Stadol is my "wonder drug" for my migraines. It works every time I get it at ER. Makes me very, verytired, but it knocks out the pain! | F | 54 | 6mg 1X AN | 3/3/2010 | 1 | Labor | Dizziness, crazy, out of body experience | I was given this during labor for contractions and I will NEVER take it again! It did not lighten my contraction pain at all it just made me crazy instantly. I felt like I was having an out of body experience or something. I couldnt control what I was doing or saying. It was hard to move my body. Had trouble breathing like I had to concintrate on breathing in and out or I'd stop breathing. I also had no concept of time. When I told my nurse I DIDNT like the medicine and dont give me that again she gave me benadryl which seemed to only make me hallucinate more. I was terrified, even though in the hospital I felt like I was going to die and no one could help me! | F | 28 | 1 days | 12/7/2009 | 5 | chronic pain from endometerosis | dizziness, light headed | this is the best thing next to going to the e.r. I have chronic pain due to endometriosis and adhesions from surgry. this is my new best friend!!! anyone who has endometriosis and has had a hystorectomy from it needs to have this for when the pain gets to bad. | F | 32 | | 8/28/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Drowsiness. Hsd to go to sleep. | The best thing to keep you from going to the ER but can't get it anymore. Dr will not prescribe it to me anymore. He said he's too afraid to. I really don't get this since it is the only thing that truly helps the terrible pain. I am NOT addicted to the stuff. Who could be and like that feeling you get from it. Would love to see Dr go through what I go through with migraines. I have tried so much and have just given up. Best of luck to all of you. | F | 41 | 15 years | 8/19/2009 | 1 | labor | This drug made me crazy!!! I was out of my mind. I hallucinated. My husband was afraid for the baby when I was holding it. He thought I was going to hurt it. I didn't even remember when people came to visit me. I will NEVER use this again. Make sure your doctor puts a note in your file about it and remind the nurses because people don't always read your files. So scary! Doesn't do anything for pain either. | F | 32 | 1 times | 7/8/2009 |