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Opioids Suboxone and chest pain/panic attack?

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I've been using suboxone pretty successfully on and off for about 2 months. I use it for a couple days after I do an Oxy binge to stave away any W/D and thus far has worked wonders for me.

Today was an "off oxy" day and I snorted a small amount of suboxone, really only about .5mg, and about 20 minutes later I had some minor chest pain.

About 10 minutes after that, the chest pain became severe enough that I became VERY aware of it. I didn't notice any marked shortness of breath, or any other alarming symptom, but then I believe I had a panic attack because of the chest pain. I began sweating profusely and my anxiety shot through the roof.

I'm writing this now about 50 minutes after I ingested the suboxone (I'm only guessing this whole episode is related) and I still have a dull achey chest pain. Not as severe as it was before and the "panic attack" has subsided, but I still feel a little off.

It was/is VERY alarming and I think I was about 30 seconds of intense chest pain away from a 911 call. What do you guys think? I've never had ANYTHING like this in 2 years of opiate use, except a particularly bad reaction to codeine which did not involve chest pain and haven't touched since.
 
I just want to report I more or less feel normal again. The chest pain is near 100% subsided.

Very, very strange. Can I chalk this up to the suboxone triggering a panic attack for some reason? I've had them before, but I don't think I have a panic disorder or anything.
 
It's a panic attack or possibly just a bad reaction to the bupe. I personally think it might have something to do with histamine release, you should try eating a Benadryl or something 15 minutes before you dose next time. Be aware that might potentiate it more, however.

If it happens more often you should consider adjusting your dosage.
 
I would assume your sinuses would solve that. Even if you did inhale fine particulates it shouldn't cause intense chest pain and panic, it would cause you to cough.
 
Yeah, seeing as I feel totally normal now, I'm inclined to think it was just a panic attack that came out of literally nowhere.

Seriously though, I never knew how frightening a bad panic attack could be until today. Ones I've had in the past seem minor in comparison to the moments of shear dread I had before.
 
BTW, how are you doing oxy? You use the new OP formula, or did you have some of the old ones stashed away?
 
I have friend who doesnt snort suboxone because he had the same reaction as you, some bad chest pain and feeling panic. I've been snorting sub for a looong time and have never had this happen to me. As someone mentioned above, you may have tried snorting it too hard. I notice when people snort things a lot of the time they snort waaaay too hard. You dont need to snort powder hard, it just needs to get into your nasal cavity, there's no reason to sniff as hard as you can
 
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