Buprenorphine Used for Both Addiction and Pain

BUPRENORPHINE CAN BE USED AS A PAIN TREATMENT AND COMES IN TABLET FORM HERE IN THE US NOW IN GENERIC.

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A Doctor Explains How Buprenorphine Is a “Stealth Medicine” for Both Addiction and Chronic Pain | TheInfluence by Lucinda Grande, MD

My new patient Marshall*, a pale 63-year-old man who lugged around a portable oxygen tank for his breathing problems, had been stuck on pain pills for years. 

A succession of medical treatments culminated eight years ago in prescriptions for daily use of oxycodone

It had worked well at first. But after a few years, he descended into a continuous state of opioid withdrawal.

This is certainly not a common reaction could indicate a genetic probelm with opioid metabolism.

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I was an RN for over 37 yrs & no longer able to work due to CDC guidelines. I'm no longer able to function to work. I managed to complete my Masters.

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