Limitations of Use:
Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, which can occur at any dosage or duration [see WARNINGS], reserve butorphanol tartrate for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics):
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- Have not been tolerated, or are not expected to be tolerated,
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- Have not provided adequate analgesia, or are not expected to provide adequate analgesia.
Butorphanol Tartrate Injection should not be used for an extended period of time unless the pain remains severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatment options continue to be inadequate.