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Suggest Alternate Pain Medication For Opana-ER
My pain doc just prescribed a pain med to replace Opana and it begins with an L and I can t for the life of me remember the name. He said it was an old medicine been around for over 30 years and just came back on market like 6-8 months ago. It will be shipped from manufacturer and I can t remember name I wanted to research its safety. Thank you
Fri, 15 Feb 2019
Hello,
LORTAB is a narcotic beginning with L. It does not come at super high doses but has all the usual warning of addiction and dependence like any narcotic.
It usually includes acetaminophen which in large handfuls (4 or ore gram at one go) will produce serious liver toxicity and can beven be fatal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Matt Wachsman, Addiction Medicine Specialist
LORTAB is a narcotic beginning with L. It does not come at super high doses but has all the usual warning of addiction and dependence like any narcotic.
It usually includes acetaminophen which in large handfuls (4 or ore gram at one go) will produce serious liver toxicity and can beven be fatal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Matt Wachsman, Addiction Medicine Specialist
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