http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/ Chronic Pain Solutions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-93640 Andrew A. Sailer Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:42:43 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-93640 I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was good. I do not know who you are but definitely you're going to a famous blogger if you aren't already ;) Cheers! I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was good. I do not know who you are but definitely you’re going to a famous blogger if you aren’t already Cheers!

]]> http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-89250 Bill McCaffrey Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:16:35 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-89250 Update: Starting Christmas eve, I gradually redeuced my methadone dosage to zero (0) for 5 days and then started Suboxone. As I was comming of the methadone, my pain was becomming unbearable, but I stuck with it. Starting the 3rd day of Suboxone, I was in so much pain that my wife took me back to the pain clinic on an emergency basis. My doctor could see how my pain had progressed and told me (counter to her pervious statements) that Sunoxone was not going to work for me and put me on morphine. This was not what I was expecting after being urged to give Suboxone a try. I was expecting just an increased dosage. Does this make sense? Is Suboxone erally only for addiction and re-bound pain and not a pain reliver in itself? I went to "Hell and back" to try this and want to know more about why it suddenly was not going to work after such short period of time. Update: Starting Christmas eve, I gradually redeuced my methadone dosage to zero (0) for 5 days and then started Suboxone. As I was comming of the methadone, my pain was becomming unbearable, but I stuck with it. Starting the 3rd day of Suboxone, I was in so much pain that my wife took me back to the pain clinic on an emergency basis. My doctor could see how my pain had progressed and told me (counter to her pervious statements) that Sunoxone was not going to work for me and put me on morphine. This was not what I was expecting after being urged to give Suboxone a try. I was expecting just an increased dosage. Does this make sense? Is Suboxone erally only for addiction and re-bound pain and not a pain reliver in itself? I went to “Hell and back” to try this and want to know more about why it suddenly was not going to work after such short period of time.

]]> http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-63572 Bill McCaffrey Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:50:05 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-benefits-of-suboxone-for-chronic-pain-management/#comment-63572 In 1983 I crshed the disc at L4/L5 and fractured L5 and S1 while weightlifting (powerlifting workout). I had 2 surgeries to clean up the mess, but lived in constant pain - sometimes crippling. I had many spinal injections over the years, but refused narcotics. In 2007 my lowerback gave out totally. I have now had 3 additional back surgeries including an ANS stimulator implant. None were effective in even reducing the now cripplig chronic pain in the low-back, left leg (sometimes right) and both feet. After trying every neuropathic-black-majic drug, they settled on methadone - now at 100mg/day, which at best cuts the pain by 25%. I am foutunate in that I am not an addictive person and the withdrawls of methoadone are nothing compared to the pain, so I have periodically reduced my dosage to test this re-bound theory. I was told by a professional drug chemist that I have known for several years, that "suboxone" might give me a break from the methadone for a while. Please advise! I would trade 5 years of life for a week on no pain. In 1983 I crshed the disc at L4/L5 and fractured L5 and S1 while weightlifting (powerlifting workout). I had 2 surgeries to clean up the mess, but lived in constant pain - sometimes crippling. I had many spinal injections over the years, but refused narcotics. In 2007 my lowerback gave out totally. I have now had 3 additional back surgeries including an ANS stimulator implant. None were effective in even reducing the now cripplig chronic pain in the low-back, left leg (sometimes right) and both feet. After trying every neuropathic-black-majic drug, they settled on methadone - now at 100mg/day, which at best cuts the pain by 25%. I am foutunate in that I am not an addictive person and the withdrawls of methoadone are nothing compared to the pain, so I have periodically reduced my dosage to test this re-bound theory. I was told by a professional drug chemist that I have known for several years, that “suboxone” might give me a break from the methadone for a while. Please advise! I would trade 5 years of life for a week on no pain.

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