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  1. buprenorphine

    I have been prescribed buprenorphine for chronic lower back pain and also pain for my nerves and muscle spasms from pressure of a large hepatic cyst causing secondary ....

  2. PAIN RELIEF FROM OSTEO-ARTHRITIS

    Brcause I take warfarin am unable to treat the osteo-arthritis with anti-inflammatory medication. Until Buprenorphine was using Tramadol with only short term relief ....

  3. Slow release alternatives to Buprenorphine 35mcg patch

    Hi people

    I have become tolerant to buprenorphine after 4 years of increases and it is no longer managing my chronic pain. I am likely to be admitted to hospital ....

  4. Butrans and breakthrough drugs

    Hi, Im a newbie to this site,please be gentle.

    Ive been getting so much conflicting advice that my head is spinning!

    Im using Butrans 5 patches and get very ....

  5. I have recently been placed on Butrans transdermal patch...

    I have recently been placed on Butrans transdermal patches for chronic pain caused by Cervical Spondolysis. Doc started me on what looks to be a very low dosage ....

  6. butrans 20mcg patch

    I was recently perscribed a butrans 20 patch for ongoing.severe back pain. I was previously taking 500 mg of vicodin. Within 12hrs of having the patch on I was having ....

  7. Help please

    Hi, Im so glad I found this site, as I am really unhappy.. Ive got slipped discs (3) in my back and have been on tramadol and pregabalin for nearly 4 years. The ....

  8. Started 5 mg BuTrans patch

    Hi I am a newbie to this site and havn't posted before , so here goes

    I was given these patches to use last week for arthritic pain in knees and other joints ,also, ....

  9. Butrans 10mg

    [b:01454ab660]Would anybody be able to help me with this question please?

    I have been using butrans patches for approx 6 weeks, I started off on the 5mg patch ....

  10. Buprenorphine patches for pain relief

    Hi,

    My wife is 55, has chronic back pain and after years of suffering and being prescribed tablet painkillers, Tramadol, Co-Codamol,was put on the lowest doseage ....

  11. butrans 20mg patches

    i put one of thease patches on yeasterday for the first time.i had been using tramadol before but it is not giving much relief.i woke this morning feeling dizzy ....

  12. butrans patch help

    hi my sister has been given these patches and has bad pain from arthritus and they do work for her but she seems to sweat badly when she gets a flare up of arthritus ....

  13. Quitting Buprenorphine (Suboxone/Subutex)

    Hi All,

    I am interested in experiences of those patients trying to get off bupe, I am slowly tapering (although faster than my prescribing doc would have me ....

  14. buprenorphine & side effects & a rant!

    hi there

    i have had chronic low back pain for nearly 18 months and have just been prescribed 35 dose transtec patches to be applied twice a week. i've tried the ....

  15. Finding Doctor who will prescribe Suboxone

    My husband wants to take Suboxone ... he is trying sooooo hard to get away from heroine , and wants to be a normal productive citizen again.

    The drug program people ....

  16. butrans patches

    i put a patche on tuesday morning as my doctors says,any way by friday morning i was sick as a dog and i felt space out did not no if i was coming or going .took ....

  17. withdrawal symptoms

    I have used butrans patch for about 7 months and recently stopped them and have suffered with irritable bladder and have not slept properly since am now been treated ....

  18. buprenorphine

    my doctor gave me these patches as imin chronic pain with fybamyalgie and diverticulitious and i have osay they are marvellous except for a few niggles and feeling ....

  19. buprenorphine does work

    Ive been on the 10 mg patches now for about a month. I was given these as all other painkillers failed to stop the pain in my shoulder(wich is at the moment 3 operations ....

  20. Buprenorphine not working

    I have been on Buprenorphine patches for 3 weeks, 5g , 10g, 20g now.

    The 5mg helped a bit then wore off after 3 days, then I went to 10mg for a week and now I ....

  21. Buprenorphine 10mg Patch

    In desperation I went to my GP as my regular pain relieivng medication wasnt helping me out enough. I asked for a patch of some kind as I liked the idea of putting ....

  22. buprenorphine

    I have been using these patches for the past 2 months and they seem to be having the desired effect on the pain i suffer in my left rib. however, the side effects ....

  23. 8plus years of using Buprenorphine

    I've just signed up to use Emiss and discovered the medicationpatient experience page. I found it so interesting to discover that so many people find patches so ....

  24. Buprenorphine side effects

    I don't know about any of you out there but i seem to suffer every blooming side effect there is to the buprenorphine patches, nausea, dizzyness, confusion, dry ....

  25. Butrans Patches

    I suffer from chronic severe back pain, had it for just over 20 years I started using the patched about 3 months ago and taking Co-codamol 30/500, Gabapentin and ....

  26. I was prescribed 52mg patches for chronic back pain, aft...

    I was prescribed 52mg patches for chronic back pain, after 4wks on them I started sweating profusely on my face, felt sick, dizzy & had a "rushing of blood" ....

  27. Buprenorphine patch side effect

    I,ve just started using these patches for chronic back pain, the patches themselfs do ease the pain. I would like to ask for comments on the effect of heat on the ....

  28. I have been using the drug constantly for the past 10 ye...

    I have been using the drug constantly for the past 10 years for the relief of chronic back pain. Whilst the drug has given me the chance to live with some sort of ....

  29. I am an 85 yr old woman and have been precribed transtec...

    I am an 85 yr old woman and have been precribed transtec patches for pain relief for my back, which is really very pinful an no other painkiller has worked. I wear ....

  30. I have been using this the BU-Trans patch, applied once ...

    I have been using this the BU-Trans patch, applied once a week. I have chronic lower back pain that is inoperable. I have had positive experiences with this, including ....

  31. I was givn a months supply of the patches for chronic ba...

    I was givn a months supply of the patches for chronic back pain after 2 days i had to come off them i could not function or go to work as i felt faint and sick all ....

  32. I have been taking the patch form of this drug for about...

    I have been taking the patch form of this drug for about 2 months for arthritis in my neck and have found that it didn't really help me that much. I started taking ....

  33. I have been using the 3 day patches of this drug for abo...

    I have been using the 3 day patches of this drug for about 4 years now, when I need to have stronger pain relief all the time.

    I find that I don't feel as sick ....

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