Buprenorphine chronic pain
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re thinking of the problems with using Suboxone rather than Subutex for pain management. The active ingredient in both of them is buprenorphine, a partial agonist synthetic opiate. Suboxone also contains naloxone which is there as a deterrent to abuse like crushing and injecting the pill. Without the naloxone present, you have no worries about your doctors needing to increase narcotics in an emergency or post-op situation.
Subutex, which is composed of only buprenorphine, and Suboxone, which is a combination of Buprenorphine and Naloxone. It's my understanding that a physician requires even more education when ordering either of these drugs than the usual opiate education. The medical documentation required is even more stringent. Indeed it's now even more difficult to find a physician that will order Buprenorphine. The DEA is breathing down their necks.
i moved and had to find new pain dr. i suffer from chronic pain ive been on narcotics for 10 years my new dr says he has patients that take suboxone for pain and it helps there pain but they dont get the high, i dont care about the high i want my pain controlled,does anyone know if suboxone really works on pain im scared to try something new.even though the dr sas it works id rather hear it from someone who takes it. i currently take oxycodone30 and methadone 10 for my pain.
ANY doc can prescribe Suboxone to treat chronic pain, for example. The problem is that many pharmacists (and docs) don’t understand this situation. It isn’t that it is too complicated—I blame doctors’ relative lack of interest in treating drug addicts for a lack of desire to learn about the medication and how to use it. Shame on us.
Thank you! I just don't understand how I can abuse something that does not produce a high? I take just enough suboxone so that I don't go into WD or experience chronic pain- so I can function. I am not an IV user and don't plan on becoming one.
I'm wondering If the Naloxone mixed with Prozac and Topamax are causing my depression to worsen?
I'm trying to minimize my medication intake.
Suboxone contains the active medication buprenorphine. There is a great deal of emotion around this and other sites over Suboxone; I encourage you to listen primarily to medical professionals, as some of the other opinions have taken on zealotry that is more likely to cloud judgment than buprenorphine!
Realize first that Suboxone contains nothing new; the two medications have been used by doctors for over 30 years.
Because of the partial opiate blocker, it is a bad medication for chronic pain patients (in my opinion anyway). If you have a pain crisis and need more meds, they won't work and you may even go into withdrawal. Same thing if you need emergency surgery. The suboxone will interfere with the effectiveness of your post-op pain meds until it's out of your system. I hate to hear these stories of pain docs going the suboxone route for those reasons.
Depending on the application form, buprenorphine is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain (pain that has outlasted its use to prevent injury and after three months) or for peri-operative analgesia.
Hi martint1955,
First, I want to welcome you to the PM (Pain Management) Forum and let you know that we are glad you found this Forum. We are all CP (Chronic Pain) Patients that help each other with our own expertise and experiences that we have developed through our own CP Issues.
I'm sorry that you are having trouble finding a Doctor to prescribe what you think you need for your pain. From everything that I've read on the patch it is the very same medication that Suboxone is.
Have a bad headache and no pain meds at home. Have a little of the Buprenorphine hcl left from when my cat was neutered. It was given to him orally at a dose of 0.3cc. I looked it up and it looks like a "human" drug also, but am wondering if I am able to take this.
I do hae a little chronic bronchitis, but not full blown copd i don't think. What do you think? Could I take this. Should I add to water or put under my tongue,.
I will put this into perspective from my OWN experience ONLY. I had a DUII 7 years ago, and as a result, was asked to go to 30 day inpatient treatment as a condition of my sentencing. First of all, if you are ANY kind of addict or alcoholic, inpatient treatment will likely save your life (if you can afford it). That is beside the point, however. I have a Rheumatological Arthropathy called "Ankylosing Spondylitis" which has caused my spine to begin fusing at the SI joint...
If I ever deceided to go back on a pain medication, as I am a chronic pain patient would this affect my receptors/tolerance etc?. Would my brain need the same dosage it was on prior to the sub or need more? I may have an upcoming surgery that will require analgesia and need to know what I am up against. My sub doctor really is not well informed. A very nice person,,, just not with the program so to speak.
t answer your questions about Suboxone. However, I can suggest something natural that I take for chronic pain - "Red Tart Cherry Juice CONCENTRATE" Had to CAP the concentrate as most folks I've talked with seemingly don't hear that part. It's been publicized in medical journals as having good properties for chronic pain. I take it daily. You can find it at a local grocery in the produce, or at a health food store.
Yes, there was some withdrawal symptoms and the chronic pain returned - but only the chronic pain was unmanageable. I currently take 10mg - 16mg daily. I was on a much higher dose years ago because most doctors do not know how to properly administer Subutex. I took it upon myself to slowly go down on my dosage until I found the right level. Sometimes you have to do stuff for yourself. I have had lots of major dental work and the only other pain med I have taken is Motrin.
When people say chronic pain and nothing else it limits the responses to pain meds usually narcotic. If the source of the chronic pain is told then people with the same problem may give ideas for temporary relief thru other means,,for instance I"ve had multi back surgerys and can tell things that did or didnt work for me but only if I know that the persons pain comes from problems similar to mine.
Subutex is the brand name of buprenorphine. Buprenorphine is a thebaine derivative with powerful analgesia approximately 20-40x more potent than morphine. Buprenorphine is a partial agonist and antagonist of the opioid receptors in the central nervous system which means that when its molecule binds to a receptor, it will transduce only a partial response in contrast to a full agonist such as morphine.
Can anyone help me with some knowledge of this medication????? I have a relative who's suffered badly for years and tried every clinic and therapy and medication and nothing helped till now. He's lately been prescribed this buprenorphine and he swears it's just about given him his life back. My question is it a narcotic, therefore addictive. Does it have the nasty side effects of oxy or other pain meds.
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