Monday, July 21, 2008
Dangers of Taking Butalbital Without Prescription
Butalbital is a popular painkiller and muscle relaxant sold in combinations with other substances to form the base compounds of some of today’s major pain medications. While butalbital is also a popular drug on its own account due to its strong sedative and painkilling functions, it is difficult to procure on its own in local and online pharmacies. This is due to the fact that most of these drugstores often sell combination medication since it is rare for butalbital to be prescribed on its own due to its potent nature.
Fortunately, there are still online drugstores that carry generic and prescription butalbital. However, care should be taken in getting butalbital from just any online pharmacy since the proliferation of counterfeit drugs and fake drugstores poses a formidable threat.
Unforeseen Contraindications
Butalbital is contraindicated for a number of conditions like liver and kidney problems, pregnancies, and allergic reactions. There are other conditions for which butalbital is contraindicated but you will not know whether you have these conditions or not unless you undergo a thorough physical examination and medical history evaluation with your physician. Taking butalbital when it is contraindicated for your health – whether you know it or not – can result to fatal side effects and worse conditions that you have difficulty recovering from. Some of the most fatal side effects that result from taking butalbital with a contraindicated condition include coma, paralysis, and even death.
Severe Side Effects
The butalbital sold by no-prescription pharmacies are often counterfeit and produced without the necessary quality procedures. As such, this sort of butalbital can be mixed in with other substances or combined in inappropriate dosages. Since this type of butalbital is unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration nor studied by pharmaceutical companies, it can induce unforeseen and severe side effects. Some of the most common side effects of butalbital like dizziness, drowsiness, poor muscle coordination, general weakness can be amplified to unexpected intensities. Side effects can even result in death if the butalbital sedation levels of the drug are beyond what your body can tolerate.
Overdose and Addiction
Butalbital is a habit-forming drug if used without medical supervision or bought from irresponsible online pharmacies without prescription. In the case of butalbital addiction, you can become so dependent on the substance that you cannot function without it. Taking the substance has become so much a part of your routine that deviating from it can cause you severe stress. Most addicts exhibit symptoms such as anxiety over low butalbital supplies, getting secretive of their prescription habits, and not following their doctor’s instruction. Most substance addicts are also prone to overdosing. . In the case of butalbital, your body can get accustomed to the drug that it takes a larger dose to produce the necessary effect. Continuously increasing the dose without medical supervision can make you prone to overdosing.
posted by champy at
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