After not responding well to pain meds my doc just but me on Suboxone- what is it?
what is suboxone? my doc said it is a pain management drug and will make is so i do not, can't, take any other meds. but i won't need to have a break through med anymore anyhow, this one will work on it's own. i looked it up on the internet and all i can find is that it is a detox drug for additicts- nothing about pain maintance!!! I am very confused. did he switch me to that because he thinks i am an addict or he is telling me the truth and that it will really work for my pain?
Thank you for your question! Unfortunately, a doctor cannont legally give medical advice or treatment suggestions over the internet. Even though you are unclear about the drug he or she prescribed, it would be best to consult with your doctor and ask these questions to him or her.
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Hey Rockabillychick,
Go to rxlist.com and check this out...I looked it up and at first, I thought exactly what you did-that he put you on something because he thought you were drugged up...but keep reading through the pages, you will see that it really is a narcotic. Hope this helps!!
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Suboxone is buprenorphine and naloxone. The buprenorphine part is an opioid medication and is similar to other opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin, however, it produces less euphoric ("high") effects. The naloxone part blocks the effects of opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin. This is why it is used to help break an addition to opioids. Perhaps your doctor chose this medication because he feels you'd be less likely to develop an addiction to it than with other opioids.
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I just read the brochure from the company that makes Suboxone. On almost every page it says, "this medication is NOT to be used for pain management". It is strictly used to wean patients off highly addictive medications such as oxycontin, vicodin, morphene, etc..
I asked the doctor and she reiterated this to me. It is used in the treatment of addiction to pain medication. Not as a pain management drug.
Hope this helps.
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I have lived with CP for 11 years. 2006 I was on 160 mg of oxycontin and wearing 150mmg fentynal patches every 2 days. The entire time I was in constant pain (6+) each and every day. Easter of 07 I checked in to a rehab unit so I could switch to Suboxone as my main Pain med. Hardest thing I have ever been through!!!!!! BUT it is worth it. I take 8 mg of suboxone a day and most days I am pain free. I still can not do the things I used to do, but Life is Great for me. Suboxone has been a Gift from God. Bruce
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I agree----Suboxone for me is a pain killer, but i tapered to 1/2 of a 2mg a day, STUPID because now I am in so much pain feels like I am going to die
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Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:13 PM
have even less from my Doc's..no pain meds at all..have FM, heriated and fused discs..and the new one...Buerger's Disease...can't do much...hurt all the time...so afraid of making addicts..hate that to get pain relief you have to take a Piss/Drug test...