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What is your experience with buprenorphine for back pain?

Posted by mann1 @mann1, Feb 13 12:41pm

Had a discussion with the pain pharmacist regarding buprenorphine for low back pain recently and I'm weighing the benefits of using it. Wondering what other peoples experiences are? I swim 3 days a week and I'm concerned about using the patch?

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sherry440 | @sherry440 | 1 day ago

Read and appreciated that article, but it's 10 years old now and doesn't list some of the newer forms of buprenorphine.

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luamiller | @luamiller | 1 day ago
In reply to @donrae65 "I have been on a 2 mg Buprenorphine pill that you let dissolve under your tongue...." + (show)
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I have been on a 2 mg Buprenorphine pill that you let dissolve under your tongue. It has helped considerably with my chronic low back pain. It does not give you a high. The only side effect that I have experienced is "Sweating" . I will break out in a sweat for no reason. Because I want to get off opioid medications I am looking for alternatives. I tried an "Ablation" with no luck. Now my neurosurgeon has recommended I try "Spinal Cord Stimulation". Has anyone tried this for chronic low back pain?

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@donrae65 Interesting that you experienced sweating. I am on the 15 mg patch and I have had terrible sweating. I mentioned it to my pain physician, and he said they hadn't heard of that effect before. I also have the Nevro spinal cord stimulator. It helps. I would say though, you need to really work with your rep and don't give up on it. I do have pain around the battery area. I have sciatica and several back surgeries.

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