Author: rule62
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 11:40 am
This subject gets me so very angry because of my own experience. My wife and I were discussing it again last night and we still haven’t ruled out a lawsuit of my surgeon.
Today’s doctors just don’t know anything about Suboxone. I tapered down to 1mg and did the switch over to Lortab 10’s after my first major surgery. The pain was a 10+ and something I never want to repeat. Talking to other patients who went through the same operation and are not on Sub, they all had pain relief and said the operation was not that bad. Arrggg!!
I begged and pleaded with my surgeon to research the tolerance level of Suboxone patients and he basically said no. Whenever I brought the subject up about not receiving adequate pain relief, he said and I quote "I don’t want to discuss it". That was as far as I got.
The only good news was that the Lortabs did start to work after two weeks. But by then the pain had subsided on its own. Too late.
So believe me, I understand what your husband has gone through. But at least he got some stronger meds like Oxycodone. My Sub Dr. said I should have been on morphine or something very strong. Even a Pain Specialist wouldn’t give me anything stronger than the Butrans patch. Now I’m seeing red again.
How can we educate the medical community about the tolerance of Suboxone patients when experiencing pain? NAABT surely hasn’t done a very good job at it. Or it’s just that Dr’s don’t read up on it.
Thanks, I feel better now. Hope your hubby does okay.
Rule
