Kasey :
I was put on the Butrans patch and given Dilaudid every 4 hours for break through pain. 4 mg of Dilaudid, by the way. It did not work for me at all. Particularly the Dilaudid. I kept telling them I didn't think the meds were working, especially the break through pain med. They acted like I was the problem, and seeking. Then a nurse told me: yeah, Bupe is known for that. It makes regular opioids less effective. 😳 He then explained why. Mind you, I was on 10 mg of Oxycontin and 10 mg of Oxycodone for years before, and it worked pretty well. I started having more pain, so they switched to this. My pain went CRAZY. Increased pain, increased ER visits and hospitalizations for pain control. I'm now back on Oxycontin, at 2O mg though, on the suggestion by my pain pharmacist when I finally said: hey, this patch isn't working at all, I'm not doing this anymore. So it was Oxy with the Dilaudid. that was A LOT of pain meds. I asked to be switched back to oxycodone, and even went back to 10 mg, when the equivalent to the Dilaudid would've been 20 mg. I was like, no. I want to be able to have stronger stuff if I need it in 20 years. I was switched to Bupe, because they were pushing Suboxone, and I flat out refused. They offered Bupe, and tried to hide that it was the same pain med in Suboxone. I knew the truth though. It was horribly ineffective at controlling my pain, made the Dilaudid not touch my pain either, and when I switched back to Oxy, the withdrawal was AWFUL! Worse than full agonist opioids. I hate Bupe! I tried Suboxone once, it was awful as well.
2026-08-14 08:26:06