Posted by shelliR on March 15, 2002, at 21:59:23
In reply to Chronic Pain » shelliR, posted by BarbaraCat on March 11, 2002, at 23:26:27
Hi Barbara,
To attempt to answer your questions:
Buprenorphine is a partial opiate, but it does not feel all that different to me than hydrocodone. I assume there must be a major difference since they are close to approving bupe as appropriate for detox (and not hydro).
Bupe is also constipating. But as I told Elizabeth in another post, putting 1/4 a day of ground flax in yogurt completely takes care of that problem for me. If you try it, buy a little electric coffee grinder (about $10), and grind it just before you eat it.
My father sent me the article on pain. I don't see a URL, but they give two useful URLs on pain which I found very helpful:
www.ampainsoc.org
www.aapainmanage.org
Anyway, I’m going to start a post below on pain and opiates/habituation vs addiction below.
The person they interview is Dr. Ann Berger, chief of pain and palliative care services at the Clinc Center at NIH.Take care,
Shelli
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