I've been taking Suboxone for years, currently at 4mg daily, usually about 9 or 10 PM. Tomorrow at 7AM I check in to the hospital for a procedure that is supposed to begin at about 9AM, during which they'll administer IV Fentanyl. In the past, when I was going to get an opioid painkiller, I've been told I needed to stop the Suboxone 24 hours ahead of time, as it is something of an opioid antagonist, and the painkiller wouldn't work as well as it should. Earlier today I was talking to the PA at the hospital, she checked my meds on the computer (she has them all, it's the same place I get the Suboxone and literally all my other meds) and she told me to take all my meds just like I normally do. Having other things on my mind at the time, I didn't think sbout the potential Suboxone/Fentanyl conflict, and didn't ask specifically about that. Now I'm worried that she might have just missed it or something.
So if I take 4mg of Suboxone tonight at 9 or 10, is it going to interfere with the action of IV Fentanyl at about 9AM? I do NOT like pain. I can cope with it better than a lot of people, a couple years ago I totalled my bike on a run, broke my leg and severed a ligament, continued on the run, riding in the pickup truck, went into the last 2 bars on the run, went to the party after, and went to the hospital about 10 the next morning. With no pain killers and without even getting drunk. But I do NOT like pain, and in this case I need to be sure the Fentanyl is going to work, especially since I'll need to remain still and not move during the procedure.
I can't call the hospital, nobody that I could ask about this is going to be there now, so I sure hope someone who knows the answer sees and answers this tonight.
So if I take 4mg of Suboxone tonight at 9 or 10, is it going to interfere with the action of IV Fentanyl at about 9AM? I do NOT like pain. I can cope with it better than a lot of people, a couple years ago I totalled my bike on a run, broke my leg and severed a ligament, continued on the run, riding in the pickup truck, went into the last 2 bars on the run, went to the party after, and went to the hospital about 10 the next morning. With no pain killers and without even getting drunk. But I do NOT like pain, and in this case I need to be sure the Fentanyl is going to work, especially since I'll need to remain still and not move during the procedure.
I can't call the hospital, nobody that I could ask about this is going to be there now, so I sure hope someone who knows the answer sees and answers this tonight.
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