Butorphanol nasal and Lomitapide Mesylate

• Generic Name: butorphanol
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Stadol, Stadol NS

Butorphanol is an opioid pain medication, sometimes called a narcotic.

Butorphanol is used to treat moderate to severe pain.

Butorphanol may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: lomitapide
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Juxtapid

Adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering treatments, including LDL apheresis where available, to reduce LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B (apo B), and non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations in the management of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (designated an orphan drug by US FDA for use in this condition).

Safety and efficacy not established in patients with hypercholesterolemia who do not have homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Effects on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality not established.