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Suboxone for Pain Control?

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01/12/2020 at 3:35 AM

My sister was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in April 2019. The cancer is aggressive and has spread just about every place imaginable. The pain management doctor who happens to be the chief doctor of this huge practice has prescribed 32 mgs of suboxone daily and 3 600 my gabapentin daily. The gabapentin does eleviate some pain but she's still suffering. As a nurse myself I have never heard of suboxone for pain relief. It's predominantly used for management therapy for opiate addiction. Anyone else prescribed this?

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02/09/2020 at 5:18 PM

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Suboxone isn't used for pain control because it has a ceiling dose of 32mg/day. Above this there is no effect. Also it can cause withdrawals if you are a regular user of opiates such as oxy's, morphine, etc. I'm suprised a Dr would prescribe this for pain control. Maybe he meant to give you buprenex which doesn't have naloxone in it.

Suboxone for Pain Control? https://www.carenity.us/forum/cancer/living-with-cancer/pain-control-1455 2020-02-09 17:18:44

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02/18/2024 at 9:05 PM

I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.

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