Belbuca for Chronic Pain User Reviews (Page 4)

• jetson
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 23, 2021

"Belbuca is the absolute worst pain medication I've ever had. People on these reviews can say all they want about how great this medicine works but I can tell you from a past of taking many different pain medications that Belbuca does not work well at all. Trust me I know what a good pain medicine is and it is for sure not Belbuca. It is a complete joke forced on us because of the government. People with pain want a drug that works so they can get their life back not some government forced drug thats supposed to be less addictive that does nothing at all. Its soooo stupid and a lot of people are suffering for it."

• QQqGeno...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 22, 2019

"I have several chronic pain conditions as I suffer from chronic fibromyalgia, chronic migraine and spinal stenosis. I was prescribed belbuca at my new PM (pain management) clinic by a Doctor of Anesthesiology specializing in pain management. He has started me at 150 mg twice a day and recommending reducing my Lyrica slowly because I've been on such a high dose. Prior PM clinic had me on oxycodone 5mg 3Xday and 150mg of Lyrica 4Xday for several years barely providing relief. Therefore I highly recommended Belbuca as it has reduced my pain tremendously with no need for breakthrough meds like oxycodone. I feel no side effects and I felt pain relief after my second dose. I am very happy and I'm very surprised. This medication actually works for my continual pain management. I would suggest if you are a chronic pain patient that you ask your doctor how about trying Belbuca."

• Sthelen
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 10, 2019

"Worthless!! Did absolutely nothing. Messed with the hydrocodone I am taking. Pain is far worse and my entire body is messed up. Don't know what Dr was thinking but this med does not work for controlling pain."

• Love...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 11, 2020

"I took belbuca for the first time 75 mcg was not good so many side effects including stomach pain couldn't walk coughing confusion sore throat and couldn't sleep and more and my pain got worse this is not good medication for me."

• Relief
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 13, 2019

"I've been on belbucca for about 6 months. I do feel like it helps most of the time. I'm given a few tylenol 3, a month for breakthrough pain. Belbuca works better to me than just pills. It did take awhile to get use to being able to keep the patch in place and it can be an inconvenience because I can't talk for about 15 minutes or it will not stay in place. I do not eat or drink for at least 30 minutes to make sure it has dissolved fully. The best thing for me is there is no high feeling. I just feel normal. My only concern is after the coupon runs out how much will it cost me. The cost is 50 dollars a month now and that seems expensive enough."

• Horse...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 19, 2019

"I have scoliosis of the lumbar spine after getting T-boned by a drunk driver when I was 17. By the time I was 36 my back problems became more severe when I pinched my sciatic nerve. By the time I was 39 I had to have a L4-L5 spinal fusion; however, L1-L3 are now herniated and still on a scoliosis curve. I have been on pain management since 2004. I would normally be on fentanyl patches and Percocet for break through pain. The new pain doc I have wanted me to try 600 mcg Belbuca all I can say is what was he thinking it does nothing for me at all. I’m back to not sleeping and I am having a hard time doing therapy since I just had my right hip replaced. The surgeon who did the hip surgery had me on two Percocets every four hours that definitely is not what I want to be on for long term but it worked a whole lot better than Belbuca for sure!"

• TDR
• January 8, 2020

"I have been taking belbuca for almost a month with no change with my pain. I take oxycodone 10mg 4x a day for pain management. I have DDD, May-Thurner Syndrome, fibromyalgia, arthritis on my spine, knee replacement and my other knee needs replaced but having a lot of pain still with the one that was replaced so not having it replaced. Also have to be careful not to get hot or overheated because it causes me to pass out. But I take Percocet 10s backline 20mg neurotins 600mg I take 2 .. 3xs day, I take 2 different blood thinners which are liquid 5mg 2xs day and another 75mg blood thinner. Also busperone and amitriptyline. I have a IVC implanted. I have pain all day every day wakes me up at night type of pain so the Dr wants me to try this belbuca for extended relief while keep talking the Percocet for break thru pain. Well I've been taking it for a month and can't tell I'm taking it! So we'll see what they want to do next! so far nothing is better with me taking it"

• Karen
• November 11, 2018

"I have chronic pain belbuca is a new medication that I have been treated for over the past 6 months and it's working fair for me. 750 dose and I was on pills for 10 years before now I deal with polycystic kidney disease and lupus and fibromyalgia syndrome and belbuca is not perfect but it may take time. The sticking and gum place is bad until you used it .I have messed up some patches but in time and dosing for me made it better. I never thought I would be able to be able to function without the pills.with belbuca and lyrica and baclofen I can manage. Not everyone body is the same."

• Silve...
• September 12, 2019

"I want to add my support for this medicine Belbuca. I have been part of the "get off of schedule II meds" situation going on right now, as my PM doc is scared of losing her license. She is trying to be proactive in moving some patients that she could off of the schedule II's and onto a lower schedule pain medicine. I commend her for this, as we still have some time right now to do this instead of being forced to. Not to mention, my intestines have issues absorbing pills due to the many surgeries I have had...so the cheek patch is a definite benefit for me. I have been titrating upward to the top dose, now at 900 mcgs every 12 hours. I have noticed that it isn't perfect, but certainly can hold it's own. It takes away a good portion of the pain for roughly 8ish hours (supposed to be 12, but realistically for me is 8). At that point, I will try to use another med (maybe tramadol will be that one) to keep me calm until I can take my next Belbuca."

• dorgest
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 27, 2019

"undiagnosed pain in my butt for 18 years. probably a strained muscle from jogging. norco and oxy did the trick for quite a while, but then, well, you know how these things go. I tried a morphine drip which worked at the trial, but... that's another story. Then doc put me on belbuca saying its the only medication that he'd prescribe at this point. I'm in the first week, and its been awful. No pain relief, nausea, tiredness, ill feeling. The doc says to give it more of a chance, at the end of a week, I can't see spending money [its not cheap] for more misery. It is very disappointing."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 4, 2017

"Pain #9-10 have DDD, neck fusion, severe osteoarthritis as in S1 joints gone, 5 bulging discs, Fibromyalgia and have been in Chronic pain for 10 years now. After telling my doctor that the usual treatment does not work on me and generics don't work at all he tried the Belbuca. First 2 days @ 600 mcg per day made me feel a little better, pain #8 but started feeling dizzy, confused, and heart started racing like crazy. Not sleeping soundly, having nightmares, up and down all night and the pain is worse now."

• Onebl...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 26, 2023

"This is month 2 on Belbuca. There are a lot of misconceptions. My experience. The pain relief is not the best, but you also have to remember that you won’t feel it kick in like you do with oxy, but it is still working. Another thing is after being on opioids for so long, your pain tolerance is not that great. There is pain in life. We just have to be selective when we resort to opioids. I agree it doesn’t work a full 12 hours more likely 8 hours is a more realistic expectation. Make sure you get meds for breakthrough pain unless you are using them to get off oxy. The goal is to keep the little square on your cheek until the yellow dissolves. So if you feel it folding up, you can tell by touching it with your tongue. If the entire thing comes out, if there is still yellow on the other side, put it back. If your mouth is dry, take a sip of something sweet so your saliva glands start working, and try putting it on your cheek again. You can pretty much tell if the medication dissolves."

• 30mcg...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 21, 2016

"Hello, I had posted on here a few months ago (scroll down to see it) but I had my dose upped and honestly I take a total of 600mcg a day, and they DO work! The first month was spotty but now at my higher dosage I feel great, I think its a good start at least for some of you, but it can get pricy. Look out for 75%-90% off coupons for any medicine. Just remember it is for chronic long term pain and the more you take it (as prescribed please!!! It is still addicting despite its dosage) you realize it does help, it does make you want to get out bed, and honestly it takes away my chronic pelvic pain better than anything except oxycodone 30 mg, but I cannot get those. I'm proud to be the first patient in my doctors office to be on this"

• SCaro...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 28, 2019

"Belbuca is great absolutely a godsend. If you have real pain this is exactly what the doctor ordered. My EX doctor could make much more money by switching me over to spinal injections. He was just interested in being able to charge my insurance company much more money for the injections in my back. I overheard him saying to the PA which handled my regular visits. I was under the impression that a physician was supposed help not cause any harm to a patient not to manage his service on how much money he could make before his retirement. My brother took injections for four years and now he is in a wheel chair for life. After having his lower legs amputated at the knee because of blood flow in his lower extremities directly due to pain/steroid injections in his lower back according to his new neurologist there was no medical reason to switch to spinal injections because his previous medications were well managed and properly used."

• lexy
• July 23, 2016

"wow I cannot believe the negative comments.. well i was on many different medications, i mean from oxycontin, opana, dilaudid u name it i been on it. I have chronic back pain had 2 surgeries. I personal love the medication it works for me and as far as having nausea absoulety none at all. Every one say they got nausea, maybe u need to start out at a low dose. I am on the highest dose and i love it. yes the film does stick but its not bad to me.so to anyone out there i suggest everyone is different and give it a try. idk maybe it works best for different kinds of pain. when i was on oxycontin now that made me nausea and felt like i could't breathe.."

• Belbu...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 8, 2020

"Not only did it not really do anything for my chronic pain made worse by a car accident where I broke the left side of my body, but I was on it for 5 days and lost 8 lbs due to nausea and vomiting. I'm one day off of it and still nauseas, can't eat, can barely drink. I'm so miserable. Thank goodness I also have Oxycodone which is making me nauseous as well thanks to the Belbuca."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 20, 2017

"Inefficient. Non effective. Should be removed from the market..I've never taken pain meds my whole life. I'm 46 and fell an hurt my back 2 years ago. Was on lowest amount of Percocet and when neurosurgeon said he couldn't do surgery on me because 50/50 % chance of paralization..I went to New dr. For 2nd opinion. He suggested belbuca. I wanted a better option for pain relief as opiates and the people who take them are being labeled as drug addicts and criminal to be taking any more than what I was taking..that wasn't helping enough. Well belbuca sent me straight to the pit lowness! I screamed and cried for the Dr to help me. He increased it to 300 mg for 2 months and a half BUT I even couldn't walk, dress, cookor bathe. Excruciating bad drug!"

• NickyMo
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 13, 2018

"Belbuca was a godsend for me. I felt so cloudy with oxycodone for my chronic pain, and it seemed like my dose was slowly creeping up. I've been on 750 mcg Belbuca twice a day now for the past year. I feel so much better and feel I have my life and mind back!"

• Carl
• August 6, 2018

"Besides being expensive. Belbuca is not effective whatsoever for pain. It may be suitable to help relieve withdrawal from other opioids but it has no effect to relieve pain for me. Since the drug manufactures have changed the formulas in hydrocodone, there are no more medications except Percocet or Zohydro that will provide relief. Expect to live in pain now as the result of opioid scam which has practically eliminated manufacturers like Activis which made safe and effective Norco. I have discontinued the use of Belbuca after 4 days of use. I hope I do not have any withdrawal issues for I was not in withdrawal when I tried it last Wednesday."

• Wren
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 16, 2019

"This medication has worked great for my chronic pain in my knees and hip, a lot of which is related to my multiple sclerosis. I take 450mcg every 12 hours and up to four 5mg oxycodone tablets per day for breakthrough pain. This combination plus viscosupplimentation shots in my knees has worked wonders for me. I just started seeing this new pain management doctor several months ago and they have by far been the best I've seen so far, and unfortunately I've had to try several different doctors before finding this one that actually helps me. I highly recommend this med for chronic pain, but also suggested asking the doctor for breakthrough meds just in case :)"

• Night...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 15, 2019

"I have left foot drop as well as control issues with my bladder and bowels. The only thing I’ve found to help is Oxycodone 20mg to help with break through pain. I have to take 1-3 20mg pills just to dull the sharp nerve pain. Not 1 ER pain med has helped with controlling the excruciating pain. The absolute only way I can get comfortable when the pain starts is with Oxycodone. My pain Dr. suggest that we try Belbuca. We started with 150mg for 1 month. Yes it’s EXTREMELY expensive it was $399 my portion and I did not feel anything. Second month was 300mg with similar results. Third month was 450mg with similar results. I’m half way thru my 4th month with the 600mg and I’m having the same results."

• Big...
• January 30, 2020

"It did not work very well and seemed more of a placebo. I stopped taking it and it took a few days to get over the withdrawal. I feel a lot better I think it was interacting with other meds I take and making me feel ill."

• Ken
• April 4, 2023

"I have been taking Belbuca for three years now. Before that, I used to take morphine sulfate and sleeping pills, but I had to stop due to severe withdrawal symptoms. My memory was also affected, and I even forgot where I was in a store. My doctor prescribed Belbuca to me, but it doesn't do anything for my pain. When I was on morphine, I could walk with the help of two canes, but now I'm in a wheelchair. I stopped taking Belbuca because I only used it at night to avoid withdrawal symptoms and sleep. It's been three nights without it, and I'm still experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I have decided not to take any more pain meds and have started using a marijuana vape at night only to sleep. It's cheap and has been helpful."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 2, 2018

"I have been on subone for six years due to sero negative spondylitis I have had to have several back surgeries. Went to Belbuca but now doesn’t help and needed to go to norco for pain and nerve damage and norco won’t work unless it’s a high dosage. I’m miserable"

• Matty
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 18, 2019

"I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis. Have been on pain meds since 1998. I have atrial fibrillation so the doc wanted me off methadone. I have been taking five 5 mg methadone a day with four 20 mg oxy for breakthrough. Like everyone else it used to be a lot higher. Doc had me try the 600 mcg Belbuca. It made me go into rapid withdrawal and I haven’t felt right since. Husband called 911 because my heartbeat went way high and I passed out. I have always reacted to meds differently from most people. Just be careful and start low dose. Sad thing is that my pain went away before it happened."