What pain killers can you take with Suboxone?
- Posted:
- 3+ months ago by mistisky83
- Topics:
- suboxone, pain
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I have a friend that is an extreme opiod abuser. She is wanting to get started on Suboxone treatment for this addiction yet the problem is is that she has chronic pain from arthritis and other health problems. My question is, can a person take Suboxone for their opiate addiction and also take some other type of medicine for their pain and both still work? As in taking a tylenol and suboxone for example. Please I need help!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your comments.
Amy from Oklahoma
Amy ... a large portion of the people who become dependent to RX opiates begin using due to pain from injury or illness. Your friend will be able to take Ibuprofen, tylenol and similar medications without any problems. I am currently taking Ibuprofen for arthritis. I realized after getting off RX opiates that my real pain was not quite as bad as I had recalled. Our minds play tricks on us when we are using making us believe we hurt worse than we really do sometimes. She should do just fine. We are here if we can help with the suboxone therapy.:)
Your friend may be better off on methadone as it is an exellent pain killer.It also has a very long half life and alot of chronic pain patients only need to dose once or twice a day.
Suboxone (buprenorphene) is an exellent drug for opiate addiction recovery but it doesn't hold up well as a pain killer unless it's injected.
Over in Europe they use buprenorphene as a injectable pain killer quite a bit.Good luck to her and I hope she finds a suitable treatment ...Dave
Thank you for your help. I really hope the suboxone therapy works for her addiction. It would be a blessing from above if she can take ibuprofen to alleviate her actual pain. Thanks for your input I really appreciate it.
Amy from Oklahoma
I agree for the most part to the answers you received, Motrin etc you can take with Subox. It is also now being given to moderate chronic pain sufferers. I also highly agree that pain is a tricky thing. I was on high levels of percocet for 5 years, broke my back in a car accident, and to boot I have VERY physical job.I built up a tolerance,stopped even working.Turned out, I didn't need it.Motrin & rest with a heating pad does the trick.I don't agree that methadone is her answer given her extreme opiate abuse.It's easily abused.Subox,unless injected,is pretty much abuse proof & doesn't make you high!Good Luck!
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