Buprenorphine
chronic pain
"I have been on different forms of this since January. I started on the buccal film but after my insurance didn't want to cover the brand name (Belcuca) I switched to a higher dose sublingual generic. I now take 2mg sublingual 2x/day (nasty taste! But works and dissolves fairly quick this way) for a chronic ovarian pelvic pain disorder. It's a good medicine for this kind of pain. Sometimes the pain does not go away and I'll have to either take more or ibuprofen. Problem with this opiate is that it's one of the strongest and most other opiates won't overpower it so breakthrough pain meds are most time useless. Regardless it's a good pain med and doesn't make me tired or feel out of it."