Taking Suboxone While Positive For Hepatitis C (Page 2) (Top voted first)

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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Re: Jeri (# 12)

You are not gonna get cut off. They probably already know you have hip c .stop worrying

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Re: michelle (# 4)

I've had 3 major back surgeries and Subutex or suboxone was never prescribed for pain and has never worked for pain. But helps a 100% for WDs and to get clean off opiates. It's a great medication if used correctly. I try not to stay on it no more than 10 days. Remember one physical addiction leads to another.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

WOW!! I have a question now. So being on Suboxone can make you susceptible to Hep C?!? I’ve been on Suboxone for severe, chronic migraines a little over 3 years & it’s got me concerned.

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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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Hi. Suboxone does work. It is a painkiller. It has Nalexone sp? (Narcan in it)I have heard horror stories about either people trying to get off the methadone clinic and withdrawal immediately preceding the first dose of suboxone. I don't understand WHY they give pregnant women subutex. If they can be on Methadone, wouldn't for pain or for addiction to opiates, why is is so difficult to get a painkiller...)Subutex) for people with a terrible quality of life whether or not they got it from sports, the war, or addiction? I just don't understand.

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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, you are extremely lucky to have that Dr. In my case I have been in Utah for about 8/2 years and I have fired four of them already. The sad part is if you call them up or get your records from them they will list that they fired you that there was something wrong with your UA that you had a drug or something in it that should not have been there. I had to get forms in the way of PDF and fill them out and turn them in to have these misstatements removed from my permanent medical records. I have for ulcers which are not bacterial. My body just creates them. I cannot take Any nsaids or anti-inflammatories at all. . And they would not be strong enough anyways due to its wrong with me. In my area of the doctors are always trying to push something that's more holistic. Yes I started out holistically back in 94, and over time obviously things got extremely worse and those things no longer worked for me. The doctor that I just left, wanted me to use basically a patch on my back that had menthol and Caspian. Wow that would have been fabulous if my problem was not the fact that my spinal cord is literally falling apart and looks like a spinal cord of an 80 year old woman. There is extreme extreme damage and pain throughout. The patch you wanted me to use would basically calm down a muscle in that area and take away inflammation. That's not my problem and did he not think I started doing that back in 95?? Also all they wanted to do was back injections and I know there's a limit to those per year. Not only that I had 17 of them already and not a single one of them worked. I actually had them done through different positions because I moved and each one claim that they did it better or they did it differently and it would work. None of them did anything. What's really sad is my new MRI that was done just on my L vertebraes notes that every single disc between my vertebrate has had a 50% loss of height and is completely bulging. The vertebrate's are literally twisted the facet joints are damaged and the MRI report noted that all nerve roots are being pinched. The spinal canal has narrowed and the marrow has changed and is compressing my vascular system and all these nerves obviously. These were my best vertebraes; wait till the other MRI turns up. But I had one done 3 years ago and the technician wrote unremarkable. Yes this did not happen overnight people and I also have levi scoliosis which is a curve to the left on my spine you can actually run your fingers down the bump on my back. You can see the collar bones are two different heights the rib cage on the left is 30% bigger. So I really don't understand in MRI 3 years ago that I had done at a different place. Saying my back was unremarkable?? I actually have a vertebrae that's completely pressing into my spinal column. And yes there is extreme arthritis in the spinal column and all the other things that go with it! I have the current MRI done at a different imaging center and they were so specific, they even noticed that there was something in the upper lobe of my kidney that is 3.9 centimeters by 3.0 centimeters. I personally know that's a kidney stone. But I'm going to need help passing that one! Currently I am looking for a new doctor in my area and I'm just afraid I'm going to run into more of a roadblock. Utah believes that they have the highest prescription pill abuse out of any other state in the Union. They claim they cannot prescribe anything due to DEA regulations or pressure they receive from the Medical Board . Well that's simply not true. I did file complaints and reports as to how I've been treated with the Medical Board. Unfortunately they are so backlogged it will take them awhile to get to them and get back to me. But like I said you are extremely lucky to have found a doctor that works completely with you. However if you were not on the dilaudid with the subs, I don't know if you would be able to add a classic opiate with the subs. Dilaudid is pretty strong so it probably overrides it. When I had a grand mal seizure due to the subs, I had to be hospitalized for 3 days and they didn't want me to take them and they gave me shots of morphine so I could get pain relief to override what was still in my system. That's why I don't take it anymore, the grand mal seizure was a side effect and after that I continue to have 6 to 7 mild seizures a week. The doctor who prescribed it, refused to take me off it. He knew I did not have addiction issues. I don't smoke and I don't drink. At all ever. The only problem I have is I am totally OCD. Very controlling I like everything to be just so and even at that I recognize that within myself. I'm also not impulsive. I tend to be very analytical. Which worked really well for me when I received my Bachelor of Science in computer technology and I went back and got a Masters. People with analytical logical issues that tend to go into the science field, usually don't like the side effects of opiates. But addiction can attack anybody. I just wish that the medical society would deem addiction as an actual mental disorder and treat addicts not only with buprenorphine to get them stable. Because I believe it safe short term. But I think they need more than just a group meeting, they actually deserve psychological counseling. Watching Mayberry RFD last week, they have the character otto who is the town drunk who comes in at night so he can sleep in this cell and everybody laughed it was funny funny funny. It's not funny! I was married to an abusive alcoholic for 12 years and I will tell you its been 24 years and he is drinking more than ever and now he is mixing painkillers with it. I wish I could have stayed with him but like I said it was a dangerous situation for the kids and myself. I had to cut him free. So I personally know what it is like to love someone and live with someone who has an addiction. How painful it is to have to let them go. I am glad you are using the dilaudid with the other drug, because frankly the other drug did nothing for my chronic pain.

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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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