Taking Suboxone While Positive For Hepatitis C (Page 2)
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I have been on Suboxone since 2007 and it has always done wonders for me I started out on it for Opiate Addiction But am now on it for Pain management and they said I would be on it for the rest of my life. But Recently I have been getting bad pains in my side where my liver is and it makes my tongue raw and my throat swell, So I had Blood work done and found out that I am Positive for Hep C. Will this allow me to be switched to Subutex instead of Suboxone? Because I have been taking Subutex recently and they Dont give me any issues with my tongue or my throat or hurt my liver, Does anyone know if this will allow me to be switched to Subutex?

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Yeah. Subutex is an opiate. Your doctor probably thinks it works for pain also. It does not work for me. Not an addict. Your Doctor will def. judge though he should not!! And he will most likely not change your prescription, but he may increase it. Good luck and leave if you are not getting pain relief and your Doctor does not care. My doctor threaten to take me off opiates altogether, which I find funny, because I don't feel like subutex is an opiate. It does not work half as well as the others for my 15 plus your pain and I will be on pain meds for the rest of my life also. It has too many side effects and people who have Hep C I read from of the other post, you need to get off buprenorphine all together it is not just then the locks in that attacks your liver it is the buprenorphine itself. If you are a recovering drug addict, I am sure there are other possibilities for you and you will most likely have to do a lot of u/a and be under close scrutiny, but if you actually have a chronic pain diagnosis you can no longer take buprenorphine if you have liver damage! Get out and get saved for your own good. Most doctors are now just prescribing this medication to cover their own butts. They take a three day course they get a data 2000 exception and then they can write it. A lot of doctors are not really specialized in chronic pain. My current doctor soon to be ex, is a physiatrist. He knows nothing. You cannot prescribe buprenorphine to somebody who has levoscoliosis in the thoracic region and you cannot prescribe it to someone who has kidney disease and you should not keep prescribing it to someone who is having seizures because of it. Buprenorphine lowers the seizure level more than any other opiate and it can cause seizures. It is causing them and me and that's why my doctor is fired. Good luck to all of you and I hope that all your needs are met eventually.

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Hep C for over 25 years did the 12 month Interferon also. Didn't work etc etc broke about every bone in my body Skydiving . Then it was Fentynal obviously for pain ,then finally the past 7 years Suboxone 8 mg . Tapered off that for 8 months and then did the Jumped ! That was about three months ago . Feeling great! My question is ? WHY ARE YOU ON SUBS IN THE FIRST PLACE ? If I've broken about every bone in my body ,and am loaded with titanium rods and screws. And am doing great without any type or form of pain meds? Why are you on subs ? Kinda funny actually ,and I have Hep C still. Just curious that's all

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I see a pain/addiction specialist - a kind and very ethical man who knows his stuff. i started on Subutex post chemo/full on pre-mature menopause after trying a number of anti-depressants that did not work. Due to the pain from the chemo (major bone pain) he put me on Dilaudid. I take the Sub at 6am - the Dilaudid at noon, 6 and midnight and start all over again. This has not been a problem for me - I have minimal pain and I do not feel high from the Dilaudid. Most docs would look at you if you were out of your mind if you asked for this - just sayin' - it can be done - I have done times 6 years now and it works for me. I am lucky to have a doc who thinks out of the box, is fair and he understand that I do not wish to be high. However - were I continually losing my pills and going in for refills too early he would stop me right away.

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I'm on subutex at a pain and addiction specialist office does that mean he deals with both addiction and pain ? So I am addict he has me on subutex I'm also in pain can I ask him to perscibe pain meds or well I be judged ?

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Ive gone from 8/2 suboxone to taking an extra 2-3 strips as my pain suddenly got severe . Am i taking too much ? I will call my doc tomorrow but since yesterday when i saw him im in severe pain.

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Hep C positive, in 2008 I did a six month course of Pegasus Interfuron. Yes it was six months of feeling as if I had the worst case of the flu possible, but now I test negative for Hep C. I was on Subutex before treatment, during, and still am to this day. It was the Hep C diagnosis that had my addiction specialist/pain management doc switch me from Suboxone to Subutex which I feel works far better for pain. I have been on the same dose for almost eight years, 12mg a day, and it works as well now as it did when I began taking it. Best wishes and heart felt prayers for your health.

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I have hep c and I'm on suboxone but I have currently been having trouble with my liver so is the subutex easier on your liver than the other

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Yes, your doctor should be able to switch you. Suboxone contains Naloxone, to neutralize other narcotics while someone is under treatment with it for drug addiction, but that's not why you have been taking it, so it should be an issue for you.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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