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Originally Posted by vonmoxie
hi cb  whatever the cause, I think a pain management specialist would likely be best suited to helping you find a different pain management solution involving non-narcotic medication. Or depending on what the condition is that gives you pain, your physician for that issue might be just as helpful, but in my experience many of them these days prefer their patients see a pain management specialist so that they can focus their time on conditions themselves. In the case of switching to an alternate pain medication I would imagine that withdrawal symptoms would be at least partially minimized, but a pain management specialist would know much better about possible side effects involved for whatever type of switch you might end up making. |
Hi Von , and thank you for your input. I should have stated a few more facts but I didn't want to make the post too long. I AM seeing a pain management Dr. and my condition is chronic back pain that initially started in 2000 when I underwent a spinal fusion. He's the one giving me the suboxone because I was already on it when I first saw him. He continued it while I've been undergoing different injections etc...
He didn't offer anything else. He didn't say I had to come off it so I just kept my mouth shut because this was a Godsend. Now the day will come when I'm going to have to get off the suboxone and that's what I need to talk to the Dr. about. Hopefully there will be something for me to take , if I still have such bad pain , that is not a narcotic in any way.