suboxone and anesthesia

Im on suboxone and I take 3 quarters a day of the tablets, im getting all four of my wisdom teeth removed and will be sedated,they are doing a IV and local anesthesia. I do not want to tell the surgeon because they will look at me differently. What should i do taper myself to a quarter a day and then not do any the day before and of the surgery? What should i do and will i be ok if i do that?

It comes without the euphoria and respritory depression that full agonist opiates have but suboxone is still highly addictive. It can be very hard to stop using it. Getting off can be nearly impossible if not done properly. You also have some other medical conditions that may respond well to suboxone now but in a negative way later, like anxiety and depression. If you decide at some point that suboxone is no longer a benefit to you, you're facing a tough task getting off of it.

I am having my tonsils taken out on march 1st and have been taking subutex 16 mg/day for 10 months. I am an operating room nurse and have talked to a couple of anesthesia doctors and none of them no about this medication. I am also trying to get preg and my obgyn said its a good drug to be on when you have a baby for pain control, she said not to change any dose. Does anyone know anything about either of my situations.

300 mg roxy, go cold turkey and on day three eat, walk around, converse normally, just some aches and pains. Started suboxone. but thought that took 24 to 36 hours to kick in. . . . is this on the level or is someone not really clean?

Subutex and Suboxone are different. Subutex is often given in the hospital as a pre and post op med. It's mostly used with anesthesia. I doubt your friend knows this though and I also think she's blowing smoke! The thing is,both subutex and suboxone are addicting.

I will be going with out patient surgery to have a torn tendent repaired in my finger, the doctor said they can give me something in the shoulder instead of putting me to sleep to do the operation,do I need to stop taking my suboxone for this procedure . And what will they use in the shoulder..

I took my Suboxone to soon and posted this earlier but didn't really get the answer I was looking for. I'm trying to figure out if i should stop the Suboxone and go into full withdrawal before I start taking it again. How high of dose should I start with? My Dr. told me to start with a 8mg tablet but that just seems to high from everything I am reading. The Suboxone seems to be working even though I started it 5 hours after my last opiate.

Im a milker not binger and I take 4 mg of Suboxone daily. Been doing this same roitine for 6 years straight and have had 2 surgeries with NO problems what so ever. I did stop my suboxone for 2 days prior and didnt use Up the mourning (yes, i sleep good every night) before the surgery.

I take 20 to 25 lortabs 10/650, and 20/25 soma 350mg daily. Does subitext and suboxone really work to take away withdrawls and make you feel normal again so that i dont have to keep taking this poison just to feel normal. If I dont take 20 to 25 daily i get really sick and continuously through up, i get migrains, and i cant ever get any sleep. The sad part about it all is that even taking that many pills i dont get or feel high at all i just feel normal.

I met with other ppl today the anesthesia nurses said those drs kbo exactly what to do. Im VERY VERY open about my suboxone use and my past drug use with my drs. I dont want to lie to them about anything! ...... imdone what did uean by u werent aware i was still using? Im not. Im only on the suboxone and thts it.

i have a friend who is addicted to oxycontin and he is thinking about doing the rapid detox...i have heard nothing but bad things about this ......does anyone know anything about it good or bad?...the one hes intersted in hooks u up to an iv full of some kind of drug and supposedly detox's u in 14 hrs.....i got online a searched it and i read some good some bad info on it.....

I have to have a C-Section on May 11th, two months from now, I just started suboxone and my sub dr said he would like to see me stay on suboxone through the entire pregnancy and after for a few months. I have been reading on line and am scared because I may not get the pain relif I need. I have had two and it is painful :( My tolerance will be very high and they might not give me high levels of pain med to help :( maybe I should go off the suboxone by that time ???

I did know about the actions and uses of buprenorphine and .... and the fact that Suboxone has the additional naloxone component to prevent injection abuse. I didn't know that Fentanyl could "knock bupe right off its pins." You're right, there must be more but I can't even find at you are saying about Fentanyl on line. I found this about buprenorphine: "These properties make buprenorphine an effective maintenance treatment for opioid-dependent patients.

I have a few articles about pregnancy on methadone and on Subutex at my blog, Suboxone Talk Zone-- just go there and search for the posts about pregnancy and you should find them. I agree with the prior comment-- we don't know of serious problems from opiates in neonates. The worst part will likely be the judgmental attitudes you will be given by the hospital staff. As for the withdrawal, there are a couple things to remember.

I am about 9 weeks pregnant and am a recovering addict. i have been on suboxone for 3 years and now on subutex because of baby. my dr. told me that after the birth the baby would have to be in neonatal icu for atleast 24 hours. is this correct? i've read about many pregnancies on subutex and all seem to have turned out just fine, how often does something go wrong and what are the risks to baby?

My friend just put on it and apparently it is similar to Suboxone. He has had addiction problems but is being prescribed this for chronic pain. Any info would be helpful.

Does anyone know anything about rapid drug detox- the kind where they put you under anasthesia and detox the drug out of your system while asleep. I get the feeling it is a scam and can't find much online about it. I'm not concerned about the money, as they offer financing. I think it might work in the fact that it shortens your withdrawal period. Their website said that suboxone was one of the most common drugs they've been getting people off of.

The drugs used in general anesthesia act as hypnotics, painkillers, and muscle relaxants. They also block a person's memory of the surgery Conscious sedation, which induces an altered state of consciousness that minimizes pain and discomfort through the use of pain relievers and sedatives, allows the patient to speak and respond to verbal cues throughout the procedure, although he or she may not remember any of what occurs.

Buprenorphine is the active ingredient in Suboxone, Subutex, and Buprenex. Suboxone has a added ingredient called Naloxone. This was added to prevent abuse, and the Naloxone in Suboxone will allegedly cause immediate withdrawal if the Suboxone is injected or possibly snorted.

I have had three procedures, two where I got sedation and one where I got general anesthesia. Waking up from sedation the first time I felt tired and groggy but no nausea. The second time I got sedation I got a different type and I woke up groggy and hallucinating. I was nauseous, however part of the procedure was waking up with a tube down my throat into my small intestines to make some measurements so I don't know whether I would have been nauseous without the tube.

If you are an elderly person, you have a rare chance of winding up with long-term cognitive deficits from anesthesia and/or the procedure itself, according to medical literature. The physician who did the procedure and gave you the anesthetics is the person you must visit to determine if your age figured into your current symptoms.

Has anyone out there ever had to receive more then general and/or local anesthesia? I read that sometimes, so the patient does not cough or move during surgery, there will be a tube put down their thoat to be put on a breathing machine. This scares me - if anyone has had this done or know why its necessary or the pros & cons, please reply.

I tried everything, from revia treatment, methadone, suboxone, and Ultra Rapid Detox under anesthesia.... nothing was a cure all... and nothing made it painless.... its just something that we need to accept. And no, my clinic never told me all about methadone, just the safety things so they could CYA so I didnt overdose... its amazing I didnt at the dosages I was on. In any sense, hang in there.... you will get lots of support here.

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