Opioids include prescription drugs like Vicodin and synthetic drugs such as Morphine to treat pain due to surgery, cancer, headache, back pain, etc., and street or illegal drugs like Heroin. Opioids tend to cause drug dependence or addiction, sudden stopping of which can result in withdrawal effects. Their side effects include drowsiness, constipation, shallow breathing, and nausea.
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Can Nucynta cause negative urine and blood tests?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 28-year-old female. I have been on Nucynta for over a year. I take Nucynta ER 50 mg BID (two times a day) and Nucynta IR 50 mg once a day. For the last two months, my urine tests (immunoassay and lab testing) have come back negative. Two weeks ago a blood test was done and it wa... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Nucynta is anopioid analgesic, that has high first-pass metabolism when administered orally. It means only 32 % of orally administered dose reaches blood. After it produces its effect, 97 % gets metabolized in gastrointestinal and liver and gets excreted out from body t... Read Full »
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