A Look at Tapentadol

This drug is used to treat sudden pain that comes from things like an accident or going to the doctor. This is a painkiller. It changes the brain, which changes how the body feels and how it deals with pain.

How to correctly take and use tapentadol

Read this first every time you get a new prescription for tapentadol. If something scares you, talk to your doctor or the store.

Take this medicine by mouth as your doctor tells you to. This medicine can be taken with or without food. If this medicine makes you want to throw up, taking it with food might help. For about an hour or two, don’t move your head around much. What else can you do to feel better? Talk to your doctor or the drug store.

It depends on how healthy the person is and how well the medicine is doing its job. Do not use it or take too much of it for too long. The doctor said you shouldn’t take the medicine any longer.

As soon as the pain starts, it’s best to take pain drugs. See a doctor right away, before the pain gets worse. The medicine might not work as well at that time.

If you stop taking this medicine all of a sudden, some things could happen. This is very important if you’ve been taking a lot of it for a long time. Your doctor may slowly change your dose so that you don’t go through withdrawal. Do you feel like committing suicide, are you stressed, or can’t sleep? Right away, talk to your nurse or doctor. You should let them know if you have diarrhoea, your eyes should be wet, your nose should be stuffy, or your behaviour changes quickly.

If you take this medicine for a long time, it might not work as well. If this medicine stops working right, talk to your doctor.

This medicine helps a lot of people, but some people can get hooked on it. That could happen to you more often if you abuse drugs or booze or become hooked on them. Stick to what your doctor tells you about this drug so you don’t get hooked on it. Talk to your nurse or doctor about how to learn more.

You should call your doctor if your pain gets worse or doesn’t go away.

To feel better, take this pill.

It’s possible that you will get sick, throw up, or have trouble going to the toilet. You may also feel tired or sick. Call your doctor or drugstore right away if a side effect gets worse or lasts longer than you thought it would.

You can avoid constipation by eating foods high in fibre, drinking a lot of water, and working out. You might also need to take a pill. The person who works at the drug store can help you choose the best cleaner.

If you want to avoid getting dizzy, stand up slowly after sitting or lying down.

Remember that your doctor gave you this medicine because they thought it would help you more than hurt you. A lot of people who take this medicine don’t have any issues.

Your adrenal glands might not be working properly if you forget things, have sleep apnea (not breathing while you sleep), stomach or gut pain, or have trouble going to the toilet. It’s also possible if you lose your hunger, are always tired, or weigh less. Talk to your doctor right away.

Do you get dizzy, have seizures, breathe slowly or badly, or easily fall asleep and wake up? You need to see a doctor right away.

Your body may make more serotonin if you take this drug. This can sometimes lead to serotonin syndrome or poisoning. If you take drugs that make you make more serotonin, the risk goes up. Learn more about how medicines interact with each other and let your nurse or doctor know about all the drugs you take. Feeling sick and throwing up or having diarrhoea, your muscles are shaking, you have a fever you can’t explain, or you feel stressed or angry for no reason?

You should see a doctor right away.

For the most part, this drug doesn’t bother most people. Some signs that you should see a doctor right away are a rash, feeling hot, or swelling up (especially in the face, tongue, or throat). You should also see a doctor if you can’t breathe or feel steady.

These aren’t the only bad outcomes that might happen. Not on this list? If you feel different, talk to your doctor or the drug shop.

You should see a doctor if you get sick in the US. You can tell the FDA about bad affects by calling 1-800-FDA-1088 or going to www.fda.gov/medwatch.

You need to tell your doctor if something goes wrong in Canada. We can be reached at 1-866-234-2345 if something goes wrong.

Thoughts on Being Kind and Caring

Before you take tapentadol, tell your doctor or nurse if you are allergic to any other medicines. There may be broken parts in this item that could make some people sick or cause other problems. Talk to your doctor about it.

Before you take this medicine, you should let your doctor or chemist know if you have heart disease, gallbladder disease, kidney disease, liver disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or suicidal thoughts. You should also let them know if you or someone in your family has a history of drug abuse or addiction.

You might feel sleepy or dizzy after taking this drug. You can get sleepy and dizzy from both drinking and smoking weed. Before you are sure it is safe, don’t drive a car, move big things, or do anything else that needs your full attention. You should not drink. If you smoke weed, you should talk to your doctor.

Before surgery, you should let your dentist or doctor know about all the vitamins and drugs you take. This includes prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and vitamins from plants.

People over 65 may be more likely to feel confused, sick, dizzy, or tired after taking this drug.

You should only take this medicine when you have to if you are pregnant. The baby inside could get hurt. What could go wrong with the medicine? You should talk to your doctor about it. (Also read the part about being careful.) There’s no way to know for sure if this medicine gets into breast milk. It might be too much for kids who are still on breast milk. You should call the doctor right away if your baby seems sleepy for no reason, has trouble sucking, or has trouble breathing. Talk to your doctor before you nurse.

Calamine, take it off of you.

It should be dry and not in direct sunlight or water. The humidity should be the same as in the room. Do not store things in the bathroom. Do not give drugs to kids or dogs.

Do not flush drugs or throw them away in the trash or toilet if no one tells you to. You should properly throw this away if you no longer need or want it. Want to know more? You can talk to your doctor, read the Medication Guide, or call your local trash service.

How drugs work

Putting more than one drug together might not work as well or cause as many bad effects. These medicines don’t all work together. On your list of medicines should be both prescription drugs and vitamins made from plants. This list should be given to your doctor and chemist. Before you start, stop, or change the amount of any drugs you are taking, talk to your doctor.

These chemicals, like pentazocine, nalbuphine, and butorphanol, can help this drug work better when mixed with it.

It might be very bad for you or even kill you to take this medicine with MAO inhibitors. These medicines should not be taken by people who are already on MAO inhibitors such as tranelcypromine, isocarboxazid, moclobemide, phenelzine, procarbazine, rasagiline, safinamide, selegiline, or isocarboxazid. Also, you shouldn’t take most MAO inhibitors two weeks before this drug.

You should talk to your doctor about when to start or stop taking this medicine.

You are more likely to get serotonin syndrome or feel sick if you take more drugs that raise serotonin levels. MDMA (also known as “ecstasy”), St. John’s Wort, and some antidepressants, such as fluoxetine and paroxetine, as well as SNRIs (such as duloxetine and venlafaxine), are also illegal. You may be more likely to get serotonin syndrome or get sick if you start taking these drugs or more of them.

If you take this medicine with other drugs that may also make you sleepy or have breathing issues, you may be more likely to have dangerous side effects like being very sleepy or dizzy or breathing slowly or weakly. Please let your doctor or pharmacist know if you also smoke weed, drink alcohol, or take drugs to help you sleep or deal with stress (like zolpidem, carisoprodol, or cyclobenzaprine), muscle relaxants (like cetirizine or diphenhydramine), or antihistamines (like cetirizine or diphenhydramine). To help you more.

Read the back of all the asthma, cold, and cough medicines you take. Some of them might have things in them that make you tired. Before taking these drugs, talk to your doctor.

If this drug is used, it might mess up some lab tests that check for amylase and lipase levels. The test results might not be right because of this. Tell everyone in the lab and with you that you take this medicine.

Too much

If someone has overdosed and is passing out or having trouble breathing, help them before you call 911. Do this if you have naloxone on hand. It’s good for them. If the person is awake and doesn’t seem hurt, call a poison control centre right away. To get in touch with the poison control centre in your area in the US, call 1-800-222-1222. People in Canada can call their local poison control centre. Your heart rate will slow down, you might have seizures, or you might fall asleep if you take too much. It’s also bad to breathe slowly or not at all.