suboxone

[sandicat]

Can suboxone be used to help manage cronic lower back pain?

[Jaybay]

Don't do it.  Suboxone is used to help opiate addicts get off their drug of choice.  It has two components: one is a high-powered synthetic opiate; the other is a partial antagonist, or opiate blocker.  This drug was tested and approved only for short-term use, and addicts who were placed on it for long-term maintenance similar to methadone, are now discovering the horrors of getting off the stuff.  Look up the term PAWS - Post Acute-Withdrawal Syndrome, and see what awaits you after using suboxone for more than a few weeks.

Also, since it includes a partial opiate blocker, it will cause trouble if you ever have an emergency requiring higher doses of opiates that what you're already on and increased opiates will have zero impact on your pain.  Also, taking too much suboxone will put you into withdrawals.