suboxone maintenance and pain

I was wondering.. If your on buprenorphine maintenance and you have pain what kinds of drugs is used to treat that pain? say in an acute setting- broken leg or whatever?

Suboxone can be used for pain. There are really no way you could relive that pain through an opiate based pain killer. Because your subs are blocking all those receptors. Try alieve or Advil

stefx85 said:

I was wondering.. If your on buprenorphine maintenance and you have pain what kinds of drugs is used to treat that pain? say in an acute setting- broken leg or whatever?

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I was on subs for many years. It is not a good painkiller. Something I read said fentanol was the only opiate to override subs.

Thanks for the reply guys and yea I thought about the opioids being blocked with buprenorphine in the first place. I searched a bit and apparently ramifentanyl is the one that will pass the suboxone.. The reason I asked is that im in chronic pain and considered buprenorphine for pain management, but seeing as I sometimes have breakthrough pain no other med would be able to work in the situation so basically agonists is the only way?

Done.em.all said:

Suboxone can be used for pain. There are really no way you could relive that pain through an opiate based pain killer. Because your subs are blocking all those receptors. Try alieve or Advil

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not accurate. it really depends on buprenorphine dosage.