Comments on: Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain Management http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/ Chronic Pain Solutions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tina http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-145274 Tina Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-145274 Like many of the other stories here, I too have been a chronic pain patient for over 15 years. Multiple shoulder, knee and back surgeries. I started on Oxycontin 20mg 3Xday and at the end in January of this year was up to 80mg 5Xday along with 30mg oxycodone for breakthru and Fentanyl Patch 100mg every 48hours. I was on enough medication to kill a horse yet I only weighed 115 pounds. It was the tolerance to the medication that the "doctor" explained was causing my constant need for increases. I was in a constant fog. In January my Pain Management Doctor had his license suspended for questionable over prescribing of prescription drugs. DUH!!! I was petrified! I knew I would not survive an old fashioned detox. Locked in a room and bouncing off the walls for a week. I was lucky enough to have a friend suggest the Subutex and found a Doctor quickly. I am now maintained on 32mg daily of Subutex and I am a new person. To anyone that has doubts....just give it a try. It changed my life 100% and it can do the same for you. Like many of the other stories here, I too have been a chronic pain patient for over 15 years. Multiple shoulder, knee and back surgeries. I started on Oxycontin 20mg 3Xday and at the end in January of this year was up to 80mg 5Xday along with 30mg oxycodone for breakthru and Fentanyl Patch 100mg every 48hours. I was on enough medication to kill a horse yet I only weighed 115 pounds. It was the tolerance to the medication that the “doctor” explained was causing my constant need for increases. I was in a constant fog. In January my Pain Management Doctor had his license suspended for questionable over prescribing of prescription drugs. DUH!!! I was petrified! I knew I would not survive an old fashioned detox. Locked in a room and bouncing off the walls for a week. I was lucky enough to have a friend suggest the Subutex and found a Doctor quickly. I am now maintained on 32mg daily of Subutex and I am a new person. To anyone that has doubts….just give it a try. It changed my life 100% and it can do the same for you.

]]> By: Josh MOnkiewicz http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-95182 Josh MOnkiewicz Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:45:26 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-95182 I was introduced to temgesic by a caring physician in Mexico. With 35 different broken bones and 4 implants to hold bones together the pain is not only cronic but also depressing. Thank God for the friend that took me to Mexico. Unfrotunately with the violence etc. in Mexico I searched for an alternative. Opinor was found in Pakistan. My first order made it through customs with an opening and reseal of pakage. My life was back. My wife even noticed and commented whatever you are doing, it is working and I am all for it. My second order has been sent from customs to FDA and now they are detaining it for whatever reason. What do I do now. I have Medicare through Humana and would like to continue with injections. They seem to work better for me. How do I get them here in the good old US? Please help I am desperate. I have an appointment with a pain center next week but how do I make sure that he can prescribe the Buprenorphine hydrochloride? Please help. I was introduced to temgesic by a caring physician in Mexico. With 35 different broken bones and 4 implants to hold bones together the pain is not only cronic but also depressing. Thank God for the friend that took me to Mexico. Unfrotunately with the violence etc. in Mexico I searched for an alternative. Opinor was found in Pakistan. My first order made it through customs with an opening and reseal of pakage. My life was back. My wife even noticed and commented whatever you are doing, it is working and I am all for it. My second order has been sent from customs to FDA and now they are detaining it for whatever reason. What do I do now. I have Medicare through Humana and would like to continue with injections. They seem to work better for me. How do I get them here in the good old US? Please help I am desperate. I have an appointment with a pain center next week but how do I make sure that he can prescribe the Buprenorphine hydrochloride? Please help.

]]> By: jessi http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-92141 jessi Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:49:41 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-92141 i have been on oxycodone and oxycotin for years , i died in Dec of a buildup of meds i did not over take them, only as my Dr told me, i have copd bad lungs.. now a different Dr wants to put me on suboxone, is it suboxin? the pain Drs took me off every thing.. i still had oxycodone so have been useing them, i have an app with this new Dr the 28th of feb, as that is when he is going to but me on suboxone, i have to take some thing for my pain it is bone pain, the blood leaves the bones and they die it is very painful i can not move when the pain comes is it going to hurt me to take the oxycodone till monday the 28, when i go on suboxone.. thank you jessi i have been on oxycodone and oxycotin for years , i died in Dec of a buildup of meds i did not over take them, only as my Dr told me, i have copd bad lungs.. now a different Dr wants to put me on suboxone, is it suboxin? the pain Drs took me off every thing.. i still had oxycodone so have been useing them, i have an app with this new Dr the 28th of feb, as that is when he is going to but me on suboxone, i have to take some thing for my pain it is bone pain, the blood leaves the bones and they die it is very painful i can not move when the pain comes is it going to hurt me to take the oxycodone till monday the 28, when i go on suboxone.. thank you jessi

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-83013 Elizabeth Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:57:37 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-83013 I have been experiencing chronic pain since 2003. So, for the last eight years I have been on pain meds. The doctors started me on "crap meds" that did NOTHING!! Well sorry, they made me tired, too tired to function as a mother. So I started taking oxycodone 5mg five times a day, until I got to 10-15 a day. I then began Morphine. 100mg once a day and worked my way up to 200-250 mg a day. Then off the morphine and put on oxycodone 30mg 8 times a day. After a year they quit working well. And even when they worked at their peak I would be in extreme pain especially in the Am till my meds kicked in. So I was couched, curled up in a ball and unable to function for about one hour or so. Even then I was not at full function mode until my third dose or so. Some life! I have now found Subutex. I wake up at a functional level BEFORE my first dose!! I am so grateful! My life is no longer dependent on having my dose ready at all times to function and be the MOTHER I crave to be. I do still have pain, but it is controlled at a constant level rather that the roller coaster ride that I lived with for so long. Why isn't this medicine offered first? I have been experiencing chronic pain since 2003. So, for the last eight years I have been on pain meds. The doctors started me on “crap meds” that did NOTHING!! Well sorry, they made me tired, too tired to function as a mother. So I started taking oxycodone 5mg five times a day, until I got to 10-15 a day. I then began Morphine. 100mg once a day and worked my way up to 200-250 mg a day. Then off the morphine and put on oxycodone 30mg 8 times a day. After a year they quit working well. And even when they worked at their peak I would be in extreme pain especially in the Am till my meds kicked in. So I was couched, curled up in a ball and unable to function for about one hour or so. Even then I was not at full function mode until my third dose or so. Some life! I have now found Subutex. I wake up at a functional level BEFORE my first dose!! I am so grateful! My life is no longer dependent on having my dose ready at all times to function and be the MOTHER I crave to be. I do still have pain, but it is controlled at a constant level rather that the roller coaster ride that I lived with for so long. Why isn’t this medicine offered first?

]]> By: Star JR http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-58519 Star JR Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:03:29 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-58519 Has not worked for me at all, have been addicited to pain pills for 14 years now, and will continue to be. This wasn't the miracle drug for me that everyone says it is Has not worked for me at all, have been addicited to pain pills for 14 years now, and will continue to be. This wasn’t the miracle drug for me that everyone says it is

]]> By: Jenni Girl http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-53798 Jenni Girl Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:34:03 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-53798 I am 35 years old and have had chronic pain for almost 15 years. I was diagnosed with mild-severity scoliosis at age 10, but had back problems my entire teenage years. It was so bad I cried at times, and my parents learned from doctors and chiropractors how to help me with my pain in between visits. My Dad would sometimes walk on my back, it sounds weird, but it made my back crack in all the right places and felt great. But I still suffered pain pretty often. I started having SEVERE back pain two years ago, to the point the misery was a daily thing. I was finally put on Norco 10/325, and within 6 months I was taking 20-25 per day. It sounds like a whole lot to me but I've heard of people who take even more than that, I couldn't imagine. I got off Norco, only to have my dr. replace Norco with, of all things, OXYCONTIN, 20 mg x 1/day. I kid you not, within a month, she had increased my dose to 40mg x 6/day (240 mg/day!) The end of two more months I was so addicted it was sickening. I craved it constantly, I had never experienced anything like that. I decided I needed and wanted to get myself off it, yet my Dr. stated she "had no expertise" in that area (getting me off Oxy) so I tried to do it myself. Over the next 3 1/2 months I gradually cut down to 120 mg/day, which was hell as crazy as it sounds. I had horrible withdrawals. Finally, one day 1 week after having ACL surgery on my left knee, I was so sick of the pain (I still was weaning off after my surgery) I took 20 Oxy at once. They were 40 mg pills. I was unconscious within hours. I was rushed to the hospital and unconscious for over 24 hours. When I got out of the hospital, my husband insisted I go to rehab. I was in rehab 9 days (not very many but that's all we could do), got out April 15th, and have touched Oxy since. It has been extremely difficult and at times I've wanted to die. I have had to take Norco 5/325's a few times because of my knee, my chronic pain, and because I was in two car accidents within a month. My Dr. became concerned I was abusing the Norcos (which I found laughable considering the amount of Oxycontin she put me on) but--she completely cut me off from my pain meds altogether, refusing anything but ibuprofen or tramadol (neither of which work for me). The issue here is there are so many people like me, who were unfortunate enough to have been born with an addictive gene, and also to have chronic pain. It wasn't until I took narcotics for pain that I had ever been addicted to anything, and I found it ironic that the very thing that helped my pain was also taken away from me because I was supposedly abusing it. I realize that there are many people who abuse these drugs and don't have pain, but what about the people like me who-though may become addicted to their pain meds unintentionally- really need them? I am 35 years old and have had chronic pain for almost 15 years. I was diagnosed with mild-severity scoliosis at age 10, but had back problems my entire teenage years. It was so bad I cried at times, and my parents learned from doctors and chiropractors how to help me with my pain in between visits. My Dad would sometimes walk on my back, it sounds weird, but it made my back crack in all the right places and felt great. But I still suffered pain pretty often. I started having SEVERE back pain two years ago, to the point the misery was a daily thing. I was finally put on Norco 10/325, and within 6 months I was taking 20-25 per day. It sounds like a whole lot to me but I’ve heard of people who take even more than that, I couldn’t imagine. I got off Norco, only to have my dr. replace Norco with, of all things, OXYCONTIN, 20 mg x 1/day. I kid you not, within a month, she had increased my dose to 40mg x 6/day (240 mg/day!) The end of two more months I was so addicted it was sickening. I craved it constantly, I had never experienced anything like that. I decided I needed and wanted to get myself off it, yet my Dr. stated she “had no expertise” in that area (getting me off Oxy) so I tried to do it myself. Over the next 3 1/2 months I gradually cut down to 120 mg/day, which was hell as crazy as it sounds. I had horrible withdrawals. Finally, one day 1 week after having ACL surgery on my left knee, I was so sick of the pain (I still was weaning off after my surgery) I took 20 Oxy at once. They were 40 mg pills. I was unconscious within hours. I was rushed to the hospital and unconscious for over 24 hours. When I got out of the hospital, my husband insisted I go to rehab. I was in rehab 9 days (not very many but that’s all we could do), got out April 15th, and have touched Oxy since. It has been extremely difficult and at times I’ve wanted to die. I have had to take Norco 5/325’s a few times because of my knee, my chronic pain, and because I was in two car accidents within a month. My Dr. became concerned I was abusing the Norcos (which I found laughable considering the amount of Oxycontin she put me on) but–she completely cut me off from my pain meds altogether, refusing anything but ibuprofen or tramadol (neither of which work for me).

The issue here is there are so many people like me, who were unfortunate enough to have been born with an addictive gene, and also to have chronic pain. It wasn’t until I took narcotics for pain that I had ever been addicted to anything, and I found it ironic that the very thing that helped my pain was also taken away from me because I was supposedly abusing it. I realize that there are many people who abuse these drugs and don’t have pain, but what about the people like me who-though may become addicted to their pain meds unintentionally- really need them?

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]]> By: steve http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-30006 steve Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:27:40 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/buprenorphine-for-chronic-pain-management-addiction/#comment-30006 as for me Subutex is the best medicine for chronic pain u can have all that other crap and burn it,i have taken methadone,morphine,oxycontin,etc.subutex it is a real smooth medicine,nice to wake and feel normal,I'm 56 had 2 back surgerys 1knee surgery,been through w/d many times but no more Subutex is the best and it don't take a truck load of it to help u,and the D.E.A. is concerned about deversion and they should be hell, most pain centers load u slap up with multiple drugs insane,u will never stop deversion unless u get people to get serious about their health and well being,they r pathetic all u hear is bs in a pain center i hated them still do no different than a methadone clinic,anyway who can write subutex other than dr,s that have taken a corse can anyone now,since it is a dual medicine,let me know ty steve as for me Subutex is the best medicine for chronic pain u can have all that other crap and burn it,i have taken methadone,morphine,oxycontin,etc.subutex it is a real smooth medicine,nice to wake and feel normal,I’m 56 had 2 back surgerys 1knee surgery,been through w/d many times but no more Subutex is the best and it don’t take a truck load of it to help u,and the D.E.A. is concerned about deversion and they should be hell, most pain centers load u slap up with multiple drugs insane,u will never stop deversion unless u get people to get serious about their health and well being,they r pathetic all u hear is bs in a pain center i hated them still do no different than a methadone clinic,anyway who can write subutex other than dr,s that have taken a corse can anyone now,since it is a dual medicine,let me know ty steve

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