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DiscussionTransitioning from High Dose Opiates to Suboxone for Chronic Pain
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Exactly the same thing happened to my husband with suboxone. It was a nightmare of months of trial and did not control his pain. He finally was able to back on the opiate that managed his pain and he is the clearest on in his head. Then recently he needed a spinal cord stim removal surgery of a paddle lead, which requires a reverse laminectomy as it fixed to the spine to avoid migration. 2 weeks post op the pain clinic decided he had hyperalgesia. He was not near recovered from the surgery just needed more time. They did not taper slowly using the DHS guidelines of 10% per month for those on long term opiates and dropped his dose 33% in 1 month. He never failed any urine tests or missed any appointments. There was no reason to put him through that. He is now in bed too much due to lack of pain relief He has pressure sores on his heels and ankles. The dose he is on is not adequate for pain relief. We still do not know if he can ever get back to the opiate dose that worked for him. He has absolutely no life.
Hello to you all, please excuse all of my previous misspellings of SUBOXON instead of SUBOXONE. You misspell
it once and it threads through the entire piece.
Thanks,
Phil