Butorphanol and Anxiety: What Users Say

• Lys...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 23, 2019

For Labor Pain "They gave me this Stadol rubbish for labor contractions. 5 secs later my eyes were actually rolling into my head, it felt like they were spinning. I was screaming, flipping out. I was in so much fear I passed out and didn't remember anything after that."

• Mel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 25, 2021

For Labor Pain "Quite possibly the worst thing I've ever taken. Within seconds, I could feel my eyes rolling, and the room was spinning. I felt like I wanted to sleep but felt like I didn't know how to breathe, and if I had slept, I would have stopped breathing. I just laid there waiting for it to be over. I threw up three times and finally started to feel the effects wear off. I will never take this during labor ever again. It gave me so much anxiety..."

• Rut...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 4, 2022

For Labor Pain "I was given Stadol early on in labor, and I felt like I could not open my eyes after it was given. This was very anxiety-provoking for me because I like to be in control. But I could not open my eyes. I had visions of fluorescent flowers, a school bus, and swirls of color. But the most scary thing was that I could not snap out of it. It eventually wore off, I am guessing after an hour or two, and then I was given an epidural. In the end, I was given a C-section. Not at all how I wanted my birth experience to go. I felt like I had very little control throughout the birth, but especially when under the effects of Stadol."