Belbuca User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• Lex...
• December 16, 2018

For Chronic Pain "I am a Registered Nurse who had a 36-year career end due to disabling chronic spinal disc disease, herniation, and failed surgeries. I have a spinal cord stimulator and was taking 50mcg fentanyl via patch changed every two days for ~10 years. Took codeine 30-60mg every two days and as needed for breakthrough pain. I was sleepy, antisocial, and miserable. I was given Belbuca 300mg to replace fentanyl. Within 48 hrs, the extreme fatigue and foggy brain were gone. Pain less intense. I did experience increased migraines and nausea after AM dose. Extremely good outcome."

• Sad...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 7, 2018

For Chronic Pain "I suffer from severe rheumatoid arthritis and have for six years. I was on high doses of pain pills daily. My daughter died in October of 2016 of an accidental opioid overdose and I decided I didn’t want to take pain pills anymore. I was referred to a pain clinic and offered Belbuca. I have been on Belbuca since January of 2017. I started on the 300mg and I have worked my way up to the 900mg. At first, I hated it, and it didn’t help me. But as my dosages got stronger, I began to notice a big difference in my pain. Belbuca works for me now better than the pain pills did. I have a more constant level of pain control, and I do not feel “high” like I did when I was taking the pain pills. I think that is one reason people don’t think Belbuca is working. You don’t feel any euphoria with Belbuca. But I am fully “here” with my family now. I am a better wife and mother to my children."

• Ldr...
• August 27, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I started taking Belbuca five weeks ago, increasing to 450 mcg, 2/day. I think it is awesome. I have more energy! But I wake up in pain every morning because it does not last the stated 12 hours. This appears to be better with the increase in dose. I’ve had four spinal surgeries, knee replacement, bulging discs at all levels, spondylitis, severe osteoarthritis, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, Behçet’s syndrome, and other pain. I have been on opioids since 2002. It is a different feeling making the change. My only real problem with Belbuca is a documented side effect of sleep interruption. I can’t sleep but one or two hours at a time at night without waking up. I find the ONE pain med that I like and which makes me feel less drugged, and I can’t sleep at all. I do hope it’s a med interaction and will be seeing two doctors to discuss. I’ve also gained weight since starting, which doesn’t seem to be a documented side effect."

• Car...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 11, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I used something else for about 11 years, and it almost killed me. Finally, I got my doctor to find something else. I know it's not easy because I can't take oral narcotics. She put me on Belbuca a year ago in July. And with one adjustment, I have had a pain level of 3 at rest and no higher than 6 during activity. It's like being pain-free when I'm used to a constant 8 at best. I thank you for this awesome product."

• Aut...
• January 10, 2019

For Chronic Pain "Chronic pain is the worst. I have a broken hip that needs to be replaced, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, a broken left foot, and CAEBV (Chronic Active EBV disease), and a bunch more I can add. But I was on Norco 10, but after 2 years, Norco wasn’t working for me. The doctor suggested Belbuca, and I gave it a whirl. I am on 300 mg and started out on 175 mg. I finally can lay in bed pain-free. I can’t walk too well, and my hip pain hurts if I’m on it, but all the other pain, that horrible nerve pain, and that horrible joint pain is gone. Full body pain is gone. I do have days where my pain is a tad untouchable, and I use my Norco for the breakthrough, especially with the weather pain. Belbuca kinda feels fresh because your mind is clear and the pain is gone or limited. Give it a try. It took me 3 months to get adjusted. My insurance denied it. We fought for it and got approved. You need a doctor that will fight for you."

• not...
• January 16, 2021

For Chronic Pain "This medication changed my life. I’ve tried many medications to manage pain from a chronic illness. I was on a stable dose of oxycodone for a long period of time, but felt that the effect wore off significantly over time. I felt pretty demoralized that the same dose that had been working for quite a while seemed to have finally stopped working for me. I switched to Belbuca and stabilized my dose. It has been well over a year now, and I don’t have enough good things to say about it. If you’re looking for a medication that gets you 'high,' look elsewhere. If you’re serious about your pain management and want to be able to function with a clear head without your pain distracting you, this may be a great option for you. Final point: You’ll almost certainly need a prior authorization from your doctor for this medication. Insurance companies seem to not want to cover it, so you’ll need your doctor to do some paperwork so that you don’t end up paying $500 per month."

• Bel...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 31, 2020

For Chronic Pain "I'm 39 and have had 3 babies, two major back surgeries, which now I have chronic intractable pain, arthritis, and neuropathy. I've been on Morphine, Dilaudid, Fentanyl, Oxy, and just recently on Opana. Then my Dr. put me back on Belbuca. I had been on it last year for over a year. Then my insurance changed, and it was over 300.00 dollars, so my Dr. switched meds for a few months, and now I couldn't be happier to be back on it! No nausea from Oxy, no side effects from any withdrawal because it's Suboxone, and it's the best pain relief I've ever had. I'm at 600 mcg and have incredible pain relief. I do take gabapentin as well as a muscle relaxer, but everything in conjunction works great! I can't say anything bad about it. Anyone that experiences nausea and is taking something with it, it has to be the other narcotic."

• SDa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 26, 2020

For Pain "Been using hydrocodone and oxycodone for 9 years, GI can't tolerate long-acting medication, and I still lead an active life and don't want to be intoxicated 24/7. Just started taking Belbuca. I normally have dry mouth, so my first few times using it haven't been pleasant! Not supposed to eat or drink anything, have to brush my teeth to get rid of the smeary paste in my mouth. Makes me very sleepy and feeling dazed. Don't notice much yet for pain relief, just more of an I don't care attitude. Going to use it only at bedtime. Definitely expensive, get a coupon for $100 off the first fill. Wouldn't mind paying for it if I knew it had positive results."

• KJa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 16, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I've been on opioid meds since 2001. I've been with my current PM doc since 2006. Since the guidelines changed, we had to change my meds, though they were working for me. At my last appointment, she suggested Belbuca, and I said okay. What a mistake. I've had the worst migraines of my life, every single day and night. I finally realized it's the Belbuca. I haven't been impressed by it anyway, as far as pain relief goes. It helped me with withdrawals as I stopped taking Exalgo, but it doesn't help with pain."

• Ang...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 11, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I was prescribed the Belbuca cheek patch 150 mg, 2x daily. I only used it 1 time. It made me sleepy, and I felt like I didn't have to breathe (very weird). It also made me nauseous and gave me a horrible migraine headache. My migraine is gone, but I've had a pretty bad regular headache every day since I used that patch! I have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and neuropathy from the chemo they gave me. I'm in pain all over my whole body every minute of every day. I was really hoping this medicine would work, but on top of my usual pain, I now have a chronic headache to deal with that shows no sign of going away. This medicine sucks!"

• RAf...
• August 5, 2018

For Chronic Pain "I have had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for many years and have dealt with chronic pain for the majority of my life. I just started Belbuca about a week ago. I was skeptical and a bit scared at first after reading reviews. I was on extended-release morphine every 12 hours and oxycodone for breakthrough pain, I was averaging 1-4 a day. My doctor started me on 300 mg Belbuca every 12 hours and let me keep my oxycodone for the breakthrough pain. So far, I am pretty happy. I have noticed since starting the Belbuca I have only had to take 2 pain pills for breakthrough pain (that’s two in over a week whereas I was taking that daily before). I seem to be in a lot less pain and have been able to be more active. I am extremely happy so far. The only negative is that I have been experiencing a lot of frequent headaches. I am not sure if it’s coincidence or because of the Belbuca, however, I will take headaches over chronic joint pain any day."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 9, 2023

For Chronic Pain "I’ve been using this med for 3 months. I have post-cancer chronic pain that’s never going away, ever. I’ve been on a lot of different narcotics, and my pain doctor decided I should try this instead of increasing the dose of the other stuff any more before it became more of a potential addiction issue. I’ve been on the top dose of this Belbuca film because of my pain level, and from day one I started sweating and haven’t stopped since. Soaking sweats, day and night. Wet, clammy skin, damp pillow, piles of sleeping clothes being changed all night, at least three or four changes of clothes every day, not to mention the inability to engage socially without being completely embarrassed by this horrible sweating. Worst of all, the pain relief has been poor, to say the least. What a misery. I gave it a good shot, but it’s just awful. I’m being put back on a real pain med as soon as my last film is gone, and I can wait."

• Lup...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I’m shocked by how many dislike this drug. After 7 years and multiple drug cocktails, this works for me! However, people love Vicodin, and I hate them, so to each their own. I love it, it kills my pain to a 3, and the only side effect for me is constipation. No headaches. So my other medications must be helping as well. I think not everyone works on all drugs, but this one is worth a try!"

• Sar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2017

For Pain "I was on Fentanyl patches for a year and a half at 75 mcg. I was needing a little more pain relief, so the doctor was going to switch me to Butrans. Insurance wouldn't pay, so he decided on Belbuca. I've currently been on it for almost 2 weeks. I can't sleep more than an hour a day. I have a massive headache all the time, and my skin crawls like there are bugs under it. I've talked to the doctor, but he will not listen. It's not controlling the pain, it wears off for hours before the next dose. I can't hold food down, and I have no desire to drink anything either."

• Lee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 27, 2023

For Chronic Pain "I've been in pain for 5+ years and taking Naproxen 500 mg (2 times per day) and did everything I can think of to reduce the daily pain. I was prescribed Belbuca, and it did absolutely nothing. I give up. Thanks to drug addicts and dealers out there, people who are really suffering can't be prescribed the right meds to have a 'normal' life. Thanks a lot! No thanks, Belbuca creators."

• Ped...
• February 26, 2017

For Chronic Pain "My insurance is not covering Butrans patch anymore, so my doctor started me on Belbuca 300mcg every 12 hours. I was concerned about it because of the negative reviews it received about its effectiveness and adhesive not staying put in the mouth. I suffer from fibromyalgia, herniated discs in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions, and sciatic nerve pain down to my foot. I have not had issues with it sticking in my mouth. I place a finger inside until it sticks and one outside my cheek if needed. It stays put with no issues. It has helped my pain better than the patch, and I'm taking less tramadol and zanaflex, some days I don't need it. In the past few weeks, I feel my pain is controlled. I'm not waking up in pain and feel alert to work!"

• llo...
• June 21, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I have had 2 fusion surgeries L3 to S1, countless steroid injections, and had been on OxyContin 10 mg 3 times a day with Vicodin HP for breakthrough pain since 2010, and now I am on Belbuca 750 twice a day. It's okay, but not as effective as OxyContin & Vicodin. I get headaches every day now, and the pain relief is mediocre at best. Give me back my OXY!"

• Chr...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 6, 2020

For Chronic Pain "Belbuca made me so sick! I wouldn't have a bowel movement for 7-10 days at a time. Tried stool softeners, magnesium, senna, ended up drinking magnesium citrate monthly at least because I was suffering so badly. My CPP forced me onto it, and it did nothing but cause me suffering for an entire year. I spent weeks at a time in bed and had become extremely depressed with my lack of quality of life. I reached a point where I was so afraid to even tell my doctor because they had threatened to discharge me if it didn't work. After trying only Tramadol. Thank goodness my newer doc got me off that stuff! It was poison! The film alone made it impossible to take due to it sticking to my teeth most of the time."

• Knu...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 18, 2017

For Chronic Pain "I was nervous at first reading some of the negative reviews, and I talked with my doctor about it a while before I switched. I went back and told him it wasn't enough, and he told me that was just the 'starting dose,' and we'll go up each week until we get to the right dose for me. I was skeptical, to say the least, but holy cow, he was right! At 750, I can't believe the difference. This drug is incredible!"

• Hea...
• October 21, 2018

For Chronic Pain "I've been on Butrans, but I grew used to that, and my pain management put me on Belbuca and I've been on it for about 3 years. I was on 900, and for the first time in so long, I had no pain. My insurance refused to pay for it anymore. I can't afford $800.00 a month. My issue is that I'm allergic to all pain meds except Belbuca. Now I'm going through this awful withdrawal, and now I'm crippled again, where it's very hard to walk or even breathe. I have RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) for the last 13 years. In the meantime, with no pain meds, I also lay here with 2 broken toes and a foot that has a bone infection. Can't operate because of no pain meds. I started out using the prescription card from Belbuca, and I guess once you're hooked, they take it away. There is no generic. So I lay here in the most awful pain ever. It was the best while it lasted, but for a person like me who is allergic to everything, it's hard."

• kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 15, 2020

For Chronic Pain "I've started on a 150 mg dose of Belbuca. I was so tired, then I seem to adjust to it. Then they just upped me to a 300 mg dose. I'm so tired I could fall asleep at 1 in the afternoon while I'm driving. I'm not saying that it doesn't work for the pain, but who can be this tired all the time? I can't even put a thought in my head. Going to ask the doctor to take me off. I'm going back to the 150 mg until then. PS: also terrible constipation, which I never have a problem with."

• Ala...
• October 9, 2019

For Pain "I was involved in a methanol explosion that covered me in the flaming liquid. Fifty percent of my body suffered from third-degree or higher burns. I was given hydromorphone in the hospital, along with oxy 30s. Upon leaving the hospital, I was given oxy 10s, then oxy 7.5. Those seemed to try and help but still left me with quite a bit of pain. Pain management wrote me a script for 150 mcg Belbuca. I started taking the medicine, and it seemed to work better than the oxys, but it left me with bad headaches in the beginning and a really fuzzy head. The best I can describe it is like a really bad hangover but without the physical effects other than the headache. Just really disconnected and a chemical feeling. The biggest problem is how sleepy it makes me. If I'm active and moving around, I'm usually okay, but if I sit down, especially if I need to drive a car, I almost fall asleep, which is extremely dangerous, so trying to plan when I can take my meds around if I need to go somewhere is really difficult."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 18, 2017

For Chronic Pain "I have DDD. Fibromyalgia... chronic pain issues. Pinched nerve in lower back, fusion in neck with nerve damage issues... I am taking Belbuca 300 mcg 2 times a day, and for the first time in years, I have my pain under control with the only side effect being constipation (which can be remedied). I love Belbuca, and yes, I've tried a bunch of other medications.... It works great for me!"

• Luc...
• March 31, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I was prescribed Belbuca to help me with severe pain, but what I received from this medication was SEVERE PAIN! Horrible headaches. Muscle spasms in my back and neck. Scalp tenderness. The blowing of the wind on my scalp was very painful. Never again!"

• Fls...
• September 7, 2016

For Chronic Pain "This medication works. I was first prescribed Butrans patches 20 mcg, and they worked great, but they can sweat off in the Texas summer heat, so I was given Belbuca 450 mcg. They work just as wonderfully as the patches did. I have never had a problem opening them. I also have found that if I don't talk while the film dissolves, it doesn't curl up or mess up in any way. There is a video on the Belbuca website showing exactly how to place them. This medicine changed my life. I have arthritis and DDD in my back and neck, disk herniations, nerve pain in my arms because my neck needs surgery, and I still live normally due to this medicine. I recommend!"