My pm doctor has suggested trying suboxone for pain control. I am leary tosay the least and at this point have declined and said I would need to think about it. Here's why. First I would have to come off all my other pain meds cold turkery for three days. That means I will be in pain & may very well go into DT's. Then I will start the Suboxone. It "Will" make me sick he says. Proably for as long as a week. So I will be sick & in pain for over a week. Okay it gets better. He also siad this has about a 50/50 chance of working for me. Now for those it works for it is supposed to be great "But"!!! Now one of the side effects is that opiods are blocked from working with this medication so say your in an accident they can't give you anything else to help you because you are taking this medication. Now if it doesn't work for pain control for me I will have to wait several days for it to come out of my system to go back on my old meds. This could mean 2-3 weeks of pain & being sick. Now am I crazy or does this sound like its not worth it. Has anyone else tried this medication? Did you have any other side effecs with it? Frankly I am scared to try it. I am going to get a second opinion from my gp about this medication. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Denny