anesthesia and Suboxone

I'm On Suboxone; Can I Have Surgery?

I recently resumed writing for the expert forum on addiction at MedHelp.Org. One result of writing for MedHelp is that I receive a number of e-mails from people with questions about specific issues related to buprenorphine. The most common questions are from people on buprenorphine undergoing surgery, asking about the Read more…

By J Junig MD PhD, ago
A hazard for kids?

Acute Pain From Surgery While Taking Suboxone?

From a patient looking at having surgery: I’ve been on Suboxone sucessfully for three full years, after ten years on everything up to 100mg fentanyl patches every 48 hours for chronic pain. However, it doesn’t work for acute pain, like having teeth pulled. I’ve been on Lortab 10/650 tabs briefly Read more…

By J Junig MD PhD, ago