Author: hatmaker510
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:19 am
Hi and welcome kzaley –
Your idea of stopping 5 days ahead and going on full opioid agonists is a legitimate one. The link to the article that was given to you above (how to treat acute pain in sub patients) lists different ways and that is one of them. Sub raises our tolerance and it makes it difficult to get adequate pain relief in emergencies and planned surgeries. BUT IT CAN BE DONE!
After you read that NIH paper, I’d make copies and be ready to share them with your doctor and your anesthesiologist, especially if they don’t know anything about suboxone. You’ll need higher than normal doses of full agonists pain meds. They need to be aware of this when it comes to treating your pain post-operative.
BTW, that NIH paper is easy to read and is only 7 pages (the other 7 is just references that you don’t need to read, but will impress the doctors, so do print them out).
Good luck with your surgeries and ask as many more questions as you need to. We’re here to help you out as much as we can.
