Author: Dopeless Hopefiend
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:51 pm
the article that NoAlibi posted about OIH: http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2009/may/2009;12;679-684.pdf lists suboxone as one of the TREATMENT options for OIH, not its side-effect!
I read whole article and the authors seem to suggest that "[physicians] Utilize opioids with unique properties[such as methadone/bupe] that may
mitigate OIH. …Resolution of OIH usually follows quickly during the
maintenance phase with buprenorphine." Furthermore, this study Wuitchik, M. & Feehan, GG: Opioid withdrawal versus opioid maintenance for persons with chronic non-cancer pain: The experience of the Canmore Pain Clinic. Rehab Review 2006; 2:19-21 showed that patients reported reduced levels of pain once opiates are withdrawn. As hatmaker pointed out correctly, OIH, IS NOT what caboose’s doctor was talking about. NoALibi, and anybody for that matter, for future reference please refrain from posting incorrect information and passing it off as factual OR add a disclaimer that affirms precisely just that it is your opinion. This is especially true if you are backing up your information with a reference/study where the impulsive reaction of the reader is "oh, the poster’s backing it up with some study as a link then it must be true I am not going to check it take it for granted." Such erroneous assumptions can really cost somebody their lives
Also, as far as lifelong cravings are concerned- yep that’s to be expected. I was always amazed @ how people in the AA/NA program that have been sober for 20+ years are still experiencing cravings! They deal with them by the power of group therapy and a spiritual connection through going to meetings. Some people deal with them via the pharmacological route such as suboxone maintenance. I am such a sick and hopeless addict, that I need BOTH of those options if I am to survive in this world. I NEED to keep my disease in remission and I am willing to do all that it takes to accomplish that, where meetings+bupe seem to do the trick for me. Other people maybe diferent but that’s what works for me!
May GOD be wih you my friends!
