A 39-year-old member asked:
can i prevent having small pupils while on painkillers?
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Dr. Marshall Bedder answered
Pain Management 38 years experience
Not Really: Pain killers (opioids) can cause small pupils or pupillary constriction known medically as miosis. This is generally a dose related phenomenon and the pupils will become pinpoint at higher doses. There is no way to reverse this unless you stop the medication.
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