My name is Elaine and I live near Toronto, Canada.
I have lived with extreme lower back and leg pain for many years.
I have built up a tolerance to hydromorphone so the high doses I was taking no longer work. I am in the process of getting off hydromorphone slowly so I don’t go into withdrawal.
My pain doctor tried 50 mcg of Fentanyl and that did nothing.
I’m still using Fentanyl but am now trying Suboxone, which is actually a medication used to get off opioids, but has an off-label use as a pain medication.
I’m slowly titrating up to a dose which might work.
So far no pain relief. I am hopeful.
I will keep you posted.