Butorphanol Tartrate and Tol-Tab

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

Relief of pain that is severe enough to require an opiate analgesic and for which alternative treatment options (e.g., nonopiate analgesics) have not been, or are not expected to be, adequate or tolerated.

Preoperative sedation and analgesia and as a supplement to surgical anesthesia.

Obstetric analgesia during labor.

Management of pain associated with migraine headache.

In equianalgesic doses, parenteral butorphanol is as effective as morphine, meperidine, and pentazocine, but relative potential for abuse reportedly is less than that of codeine or propoxyphene.

In symptomatic treatment of acute pain, reserve opiate analgesics for pain resulting from severe injuries, severe medical conditions, or surgical procedures, or when nonopiate alternatives for relieving pain and restoring function are expected to be ineffective or are contraindicated. Use smallest effective dosage for shortest possible duration since long-term opiate use often begins with treatment of acute pain. Optimize concomitant use of other appropriate therapies. (See Managing Opiate Therapy for Acute Pain under Dosage and Administration.)

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

  Orinase, Orinase Diagnostic, Tol-Tab

Tolbutamide is used to treat high blood sugar levels caused by a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, your body does not work properly to store excess sugar and the sugar remains in your bloodstream. Chronic high blood sugar can lead to serious health problems in the future.

Proper diet is the first step in managing type 2 diabetes, but often medicines are needed to help your body. Tolbutamide belongs to a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It causes your pancreas to release more insulin into the blood stream.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.