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Suggest An Alternative Medicine For Suboxone While Suffering From Chronic Back Pain
Question: Hello Doctor, I am currently on Suboxone for chronic back pain. I also suffer from fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. I live in pain and have done for 10 years now. After 3 years of Suboxone it's doing nothing now. I want to ask my doctor to please change my pain medication. The pain is at times unbearable. I won't take cortisone any more as they have made me to gain so much weight and I know that is making my condition worse. I have injections in my back, hips and shoulders but they don't work anymore. Yes I am taking Sulfasalazine for the inflammation. But I just want a relief from pain. I want to ask for a different med from the Suboxone. What would you suggest. Thank you for your time and knowledgeable understanding. XXXXXXX
Brief Answer:
Alternatives to suboxone
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns
I am sorry to hear that you are having that is not being controlled with your current pain program of Suboxone. It is not suprising that your tramadol did not work because suboxone has an ingredient that will block tramadol from working. Your other options for pain control include SNRI medications like duloxetine which is approved for fibromyalgia. Antiseizure medications like gabapentin or Lyrica. Other switching to a more powerful opiate like oxycodone or hydromorphone or even methadone. All these medications together or single will help.
For a suggestion completely out of the box is use of medical marijuana that can help with pain control. Recent study in the journal of pain was shown cannabidiol can reduce pain and improve quality of life as well as reduce opiate use. So if your country allows for medicinal marijuana you may give this a try.
In summary optional pain treatments
1. SNRI duloxetine
2. Anti seizure medications Gabapentin
3. Antidepressants amitrityline
4. Opiates oxycodone or mothadone
5. Medical marijuana
I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any additional questions
Alternatives to suboxone
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns
I am sorry to hear that you are having that is not being controlled with your current pain program of Suboxone. It is not suprising that your tramadol did not work because suboxone has an ingredient that will block tramadol from working. Your other options for pain control include SNRI medications like duloxetine which is approved for fibromyalgia. Antiseizure medications like gabapentin or Lyrica. Other switching to a more powerful opiate like oxycodone or hydromorphone or even methadone. All these medications together or single will help.
For a suggestion completely out of the box is use of medical marijuana that can help with pain control. Recent study in the journal of pain was shown cannabidiol can reduce pain and improve quality of life as well as reduce opiate use. So if your country allows for medicinal marijuana you may give this a try.
In summary optional pain treatments
1. SNRI duloxetine
2. Anti seizure medications Gabapentin
3. Antidepressants amitrityline
4. Opiates oxycodone or mothadone
5. Medical marijuana
I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any additional questions
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