suboxone

[desertgirl]

well i am about to leave for me docs appt going to talk to him about suboxone, i was wondering if it works on chronic pain?

[89NotAgain]

I have a bad memory YET I retain details.  Do another search about it's beginning many years ago.
I can attest it isn't a pain Med. I have sciatic nerve pain, chronic pain in my foot called Nerve Entrapment, 2 bad discs 3/4 region, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy ...no it doesn't help me. Lyrica is great non-opoid. I don't think the Lyrica was initially intended for pain-what a good discovery!

[MOMMMMA]

I am a current Suboxone user.  It has been a lifesaver for me!  I started taking Vicodin for legitimate pain and then continued it recreationally.  I'd stopped before but started for low back pain and got in to a bad habit again.  I went to www.suboxone.com and emailed a questionnaire to prospective doctors.  Only specific doctors can prescribe Suboxone.  They must go through specific training and their clients are limited to only 50 patients at a time for the first year they're in practicing prescribing Sub.  Then they can increase to 100.  I was very fortunate.  I had several responses from doctors and found one that prescribes it - after hours of his regular practice, at a separate location.  The only downside...this doctor accepts CASH ONLY, as many do for this service.  Thankfully, my insurance pays for the medication but I've seen my doctor 4 times so far and have paid $1,000 in cash.  I'm blessed to be able to handle that.  So many others cannot, which is why they may end in in-patient.  I'm a mother of two and a business owner.  I couldn't afford, and didn't need, in-patient care.  I'm successfully battling this on my own...and winning!
SUBOXONE IS AN OPIATE DEPENDENCE THERAPY DRUG.  I am not aware of using it for pain management.  What it did for me is....I substituted Sub. for the Vicodin and it was a seamless and painless transfer.  It displaces the Vicodin from the opiod receptors in the brain and lodges itself there giving the brain the impression that it is still getting the Vicodin without actually getting it.  Because Suboxone is a form of opiod, it can do this.  HOWEVER, Suboxone also includes Naxalone.  This is the same stuff Emergency rooms use when patients come in from overdosing on drugs.  They give them this shot and it IMMEDIATELY displaces all the drugs at the receptor site and the patient goes in to withdrawal.  Therefore, you must take this drug by placing it under the tongue.  When you do this, the opiod replacement is absorbed in the large veins under the tongue and the Naxolone does not get absorbed since it is not being taken orally and going through the stomach for ingestion.  A minimal amount of the Naxolone gets in to the body while the Buprenophine (the opiod replacement part of Suboxone) gets to the receptors.  That's how it works.
So....that's Suboxone 101.  I do not think this is a pain management drug.  This is NOT its intent.  It does not block pain and it does not create a "high" although it's a form of opiod...it's too low a dose.  I really hope this helps.  Please visit www.suboxone.com for complete information!  Good luck.  God Bless!