Good morning medicine guy. Quick question. Doc gives me 50 mg of painkillers per day for injuries sustained in military. I am tryig to quit smoking but do not know the safety limits of taking pain pills and the nicotine patch. I cannot find a reliable answer to this question, any thoughts?
AnonymousGood afternoon to you.
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Well, I am not sure what kind of pain medications you are referring to. Regardless though, it really doesn’t matter as there shouldn’t be any drug interaction between nicotine and either narcotic pain medications, acetaminophen, or NSAIDs. The only concern I can think of would be with certain migraine medications (the “triptans” and Migranal), as nicotine may enhance their cardiovascular toxicity.
So the fact that you are on a nicotine patch really wouldn’t effect the safety of the pain pills otherwise.
Good luck!
-Aaron
