Opioids

“a long time ago. They gave me Vicodin. I took half of one. I never wanted that experience again. You know, but I know people who are like Vicodin. They love Vicodin. They love being sedated. They like being sedated. They like being brought down a bit in terms of arousal. Some people like being ramped up.”

“Do opioids play any role here? Notwithstanding the loaded nature of addiction and things like that or dependency? We go back to the risk factors for migraine chronification, and one of the risk factors is medication overuse.”

“is even banned in some countries in the world. Opioids or this class of medications, the barbitric-containing combination analgesics, even used a handful of times per month, even if it's not for migraine. The nervous system, once again, may not like that, and they have a particularly high risk for medication overuse.”

“You have enough other tools that you're not going to do that. Once again, opioids, for me, are a last line. After people have explored everything, if you will, even in the emergency room, we really try to stay away from opioids just because of this potential.”

“The government gives them drugs? Yes, they do. What's called, you know, that's harm reduction, they call it. What do they give them? What drugs? They give opioids. They give them opioids as a substitute for fentanyl. Less dangerous. What kind of opioids? Are they giving them like methadone, which is not really technically an opiate?”