Yes, your doctor may prescribe some other pain relieving medicines alongwith Bupizuva for effective pain management. Due to this, you will need lower doses of the different medicines you are taking. Additionally, this will also reduce the chances of developing side effects of a particular medicine because of the lower doses.

No, Bupizuva is neither an opioid nor a narcotic. Bupizuva is a medication that belongs to a class of medicines known as local anesthetics. It helps prevent pain which occurs during and after a surgery. The effect of the medicine lasts for over a long period of time, thus aiding in recovery too. Bupizuva works on your body only in the treated area, unlike opioids that work on the whole body.

Our nervous system is more sensitive to the effects of local anesthetics than any other system of the human body. In case of local anesthesia toxicity one may experience tinnitus (ringing sound in the ears), blurred vision, dizziness, tongue paresthesia (tingling or pricking sensation) and circumoral numbness (numbness around the eyes). Consult your doctor if the symptoms bothers you.

Bupizuva works by numbing that area on your body where a surgery has been performed. Bupizuva slowly releases a local anesthetic medication into that area, thus providing effective long-lasting pain relief.

Ropivacaine is a left isomer of Bupizuva. Yes, Ropivacaine is comparatively safer than Bupizuva. There are less toxic effects of ropivacaine on the heart and central nervous system as compared to Bupizuva. Hence, it is considered as a safer option.