Oxymorphone and Headaches: What Users Say

• Ber...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 10, 2015

For Pain "Best painkiller available. Fewest side effects, subtle onset (no perceived 'rush'), least mental or physical impairment, easiest of any opioid/opiate for titration and reduction once painful condition improves. The newer 'crush-resistant' formula gives me a headache and stomach pain and is often passed completely intact in stool."

• Pro...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 15, 2016

Oxymorphone for Pain "Opana 20 mg doesn't take away all the neck and back pain but does about 90%, so I can function. However, also for the first time in my life, it gives me headaches, hot flashes, warm blooded 4-5 of 7 days a week, and slightly edgy/difficulty with stress/adversity sometimes too."

• Two...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 11, 2012

Oxymorphone for Pain "I took one dose of 20 mg of Opana ER. I became dizzy, woozy, lightheaded. I developed a pounding headache! I became extremely agitated and anxious. I became very shaky. My lower back pain increased, not decreased. Seven hours after taking this one dose, I had projectile vomiting."

• Mel...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 2, 2017

Oxymorphone for Pain "I switched to Opana ER this year, as the Morphine ER I had been forced to take since last summer made me very nauseated (even with nausea meds), caused terrible headaches, and didn't cover my pain adequately so I could live some sort of life. I have loved the Opana ER. I take 40 mg twice a day, and after the first month in which the switchover was difficult, there have only been a few occasions where, after I took the drug, I started going through withdrawal. I'm not sure what was wrong with the pills, as I set an alarm to take them and confirmed I took them. Now I am in the donut hole. Endo Pharm won't help because there is a generic which costs more than the Opana. Don't know what to do."

• Tom...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 17, 2016

For Pain "My doctor prescribed oxymorphone after oxycodone became ineffective for chronic daily headache relief. So far, it has been 100% effective. I wake every day with a severe headache. I always have an oxymorphone tablet and a glass of water beside my bed, which I take immediately. I am usually pain-free after 1/2 to 1 hour. If I still (rarely) have a h/a after 1 hour, I take one more tablet, which always completely relieves the pain for the rest of the day. Some medical professionals say that I am suffering from 'rebound' headaches. I don't think it matters if my daily pain is caused by opiate use or a second-rate body. I just know that after 30 years of various treatments, the only thing that gives me constant and constant relief is oxymorphone."