[lcberry]

I've posted my questions on this site already but believe I may not have posted them in the forum that would give me the quickest response to my questions. The following is one of my posts. The others can be seen under Featured Conditions/Suboxone, page 9.

Hello to all!
After my last post I just realized that the answers I'm looking for can be summed up to this: Can suboxone and Hydrocodone be taken together? Is so, can someone who is familar with taking the two drugs together give me some guidelines. If they should not be taken together, what is a good approach to take in order to switch from suboxone to hydrocodone? I have been under pain management for several years but decided back in September to try and function without the pain meds. This is why I was put on suboxone. I just can't do it anymore. The suboxone is barely touching the pain despite the 32mg/day. I am considering going back to the pain clinic. I have some norco in my medicine cabinet but am hesitant on taking it because I don't know how it will work with the suboxone. I know that I cannot just abruptly stop the suboxone so I need to know what my options are. I would call my doctor but he is out of the country until Jan.22.

Much needed assistance so any suggestions/feedback/knowledge would be so greatly appreciated.

Lauren

[tamara02]

Hey,lauren,Ive read a similar post,and I think it said to get off the sub for a few days til you start feeling bad you know going in w/d's then take the hydro,but not alot or like you used to,just try a small amt if its not working try alil more.Take care and be careful Tamm

[tinkers]

icberry

I currently take sub and I know that hydro will not work at first and it will doo no good to take them at the same time you can take the hydro and stop the sub but it will take a few days before you will feel any afects of the hydro chances are you will not like the hydro anymore and it might make you feel like ****

[lcberry]

quote:Originally posted by tinkers

icberry

I currently take sub and I know that hydro will not work at first and it will doo no good to take them at the same time you can take the hydro and stop the sub but it will take a few days before you will feel any afects of the hydro chances are you will not like the hydro anymore and it might make you feel like ****

Hi Tinkers,

Thanks for the feedback and your input. Can you give me more details on how the hydro might make me feel bad. Also, have you attempted this....switching from suboxone to hydro? If so, can you share with me your experience with this attempt and how you went about it (i.e. day one of the transition). I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate your response and opinions/suggestions. I hope to hear back from you regarding these questions. You've been a tremendous help so far.

Lauren
lcberry

[tinkers]

Lauren

I can tell you that I have done some experimenting with swithing back and forth and its not good I just resently was put back on hydro for some back pain and it did help with the pain but it made me feel out of it and very slugish in the past I would get very active and hyper on the hydro like I could do any thing and now I just plain feel like **** so as soon as the pain was better I dumped the hydro and went back to the sub and let me tell you I feel much better off of them so unless you need them I would recomend that you stay with the sub because I personaly feel way better on the sub then the vikes.

ROB

[sydbean]

Lauren,

I would suggest you call your doctors office anyway. There is no way a doctor can go away and not leave someone on call for things just like what is going on with you...There may even be a nurse at the office that has enough knowledge of the meds to give you a good answer. I suggest this only because if you started to have a problem with the switch I would hate for you to have no place to go and get help. At least if you put in a call and then experiment if it goes terribly wrong you have a foot in the door with the doctor.

Make sense? It has been my understanding that if you take the suboxone first and NEVER AFTER the norco you won't have a problem. From what I understand it is when you take the sub AFTER the norco that it will throw you into acute withdrawal of the worst kind!!!

Be careful!!! It's not worth a bit of pain relief to go through what I have read happens to people that mix up the combo of these drugs incorrectly.

Good Luck!!

~Suzie

[lcberry]

quote:Originally posted by tinkers

Lauren

I can tell you that I have done some experimenting with swithing back and forth and its not good I just resently was put back on hydro for some back pain and it did help with the pain but it made me feel out of it and very slugish in the past I would get very active and hyper on the hydro like I could do any thing and now I just plain feel like **** so as soon as the pain was better I dumped the hydro and went back to the sub and let me tell you I feel much better off of them so unless you need them I would recomend that you stay with the sub because I personaly feel way better on the sub then the vikes.

ROB

Thanks Rob! Just one more question. Did you just stop the suboxone one day, without weaning off of it, and start on the hydro the next day? What was the dosage of hydro they gave you for your back pain and how often were you taking it? I'm determined to finalize this one way or another so if you can share this last bit of info with me, I think I can put some closure on all of this and make a final decision.

Thanks to you I'm seriously considering just staying on the suboxone. I like the suboxone as well however, it does not cover all my pain so this is why we are considering the hydro. I'd rather deal with the extra pain, which is unbearable at times, then feel bad and sluggish on the hydro. I need to be functioning in order to run my business and I think that I can function better with the pain then with the side effects of thy hydro.

Thanks Rob! By the way, I hope your back is better.

Truly,
Lauren

[lcberry]

quote:Originally posted by sydbean

Lauren,

I would suggest you call your doctors office anyway. There is no way a doctor can go away and not leave someone on call for things just like what is going on with you...There may even be a nurse at the office that has enough knowledge of the meds to give you a good answer. I suggest this only because if you started to have a problem with the switch I would hate for you to have no place to go and get help. At least if you put in a call and then experiment if it goes terribly wrong you have a foot in the door with the doctor.

Make sense? It has been my understanding that if you take the suboxone first and NEVER AFTER the norco you won't have a problem. From what I understand it is when you take the sub AFTER the norco that it will throw you into acute withdrawal of the worst kind!!!

Be careful!!! It's not worth a bit of pain relief to go through what I have read happens to people that mix up the combo of these drugs incorrectly.

Good Luck!!

~Suzie

Thanks Suzie!!! Great advice! Thanks for the bit on the suboxone and norco. I wasn't aware of the fact that taking one before the other could cause serious withdraws. I truly appreciate you sharing this with me.

Rest assure Suzie, I have no intention of doing anything until I talk with my doctor. I have found it necessary and educational to seek out some answers to my questions and concerns. The more informed I become, the better the opportunity for me to have input in the decisions made regarding my pain management/issues.

Thank you for the advice and concerns Suzie. I'm grateful!

Lauren

[sydbean]

No problem Lauren!! I hope you can figure out how to get the combo right so you can have some pain relief. Nothing is worse than feeling as though there is no end in sight when your in pain.

Good luck!!!

Hugs,
suzie

[tinkers]

icberry,

As for the sub my doc told me just to stop and go back on the hydro and that is what I did there was no problem with w/d I think that I was off the hydro for so long my body dident like it any more I felt good for one day and that was it I have pain here and there and otc usaly works for me but ths last time I just woudent cut it so I went to the hydro for a few weeks and now I'm done.