Tapentadol belongs to a class of drugs called as opioid analgesic (a pain medicine), which is used to treat occasional severe pain.
This medication is used when the pain is severe enough to require an opioid analgesic (a It works directly on the opioid receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) of the brain to reduce the feeling of pain by interrupting the way nerves signal the pain between the body and the brain.