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Hello,
Note: The purpose of the following question is not to ask for medical advice but to relay the experience of those of us who live with chronic pain. I already have plenty of medical advice from the appropriate pain specialists and specialized doctors. What I’m looking for is information on Methadone and/or Suboxone for chronic pain E.g. what are the side effects? How effective is it at removing pain and allowing patients to live full lives? Are there other complications of note? etc.
My question: I live with chronic pain from damage to my spinal cord. I had two surgeries that weren't 100% successful. I'm left with chronic pain that I have to live with. I tried various prescription painkillers over the last 7 years. In the end I went to a pain specialist who recommended either Suboxone or methadone. It's helped somewhat. Instead of constant pain levels between 5-7 all day long it’s down to levels of 3-6. I can sit inside my apartment all day long to keep the pain down but hat's no way to live a full life. Now that I've tried Suboxone and didn't get what I was hoping for. E.g. I took my med this morning and the sciatica is pretty bad today. On a scale of 1 to 10 it’s a 5. So I'm now looking into Methadone.
Here is my question: I've heard good and bad things about Suboxone. Not a lot of it was good, i.e. it wasn’t very helpful to them. Now I want to try the other medication that the pain specialist recommended, i.e. Methadone. I’m well informed about the downsides and danger of using methadone but I can’t live like this and I’m willing to take the risk, at least to see what it’s like. Who knows? I might just change it back to the Suboxone.
Does anybody here have any knowledge or references that may help inform me with regards to this issue? Are any of you suffering from chronic pain and would like to share?
Thank all of you!
Moderator Notice: For this thread to continue in the best possible way I would like to remind posters of our rules on medical diagnoses and reiterate that personal/anecdotal stories are not of sufficient standard of evidence when making factual claims. Please only post that which can be backed up by credible medical literature.
Note: The purpose of the following question is not to ask for medical advice but to relay the experience of those of us who live with chronic pain. I already have plenty of medical advice from the appropriate pain specialists and specialized doctors. What I’m looking for is information on Methadone and/or Suboxone for chronic pain E.g. what are the side effects? How effective is it at removing pain and allowing patients to live full lives? Are there other complications of note? etc.
My question: I live with chronic pain from damage to my spinal cord. I had two surgeries that weren't 100% successful. I'm left with chronic pain that I have to live with. I tried various prescription painkillers over the last 7 years. In the end I went to a pain specialist who recommended either Suboxone or methadone. It's helped somewhat. Instead of constant pain levels between 5-7 all day long it’s down to levels of 3-6. I can sit inside my apartment all day long to keep the pain down but hat's no way to live a full life. Now that I've tried Suboxone and didn't get what I was hoping for. E.g. I took my med this morning and the sciatica is pretty bad today. On a scale of 1 to 10 it’s a 5. So I'm now looking into Methadone.
Here is my question: I've heard good and bad things about Suboxone. Not a lot of it was good, i.e. it wasn’t very helpful to them. Now I want to try the other medication that the pain specialist recommended, i.e. Methadone. I’m well informed about the downsides and danger of using methadone but I can’t live like this and I’m willing to take the risk, at least to see what it’s like. Who knows? I might just change it back to the Suboxone.
Does anybody here have any knowledge or references that may help inform me with regards to this issue? Are any of you suffering from chronic pain and would like to share?
Thank all of you!
Moderator Notice: For this thread to continue in the best possible way I would like to remind posters of our rules on medical diagnoses and reiterate that personal/anecdotal stories are not of sufficient standard of evidence when making factual claims. Please only post that which can be backed up by credible medical literature.
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