When you’re dealing with chronic pain or opioid addiction, it can take over your life. You’re often unable to think about anything else besides managing your pain or getting your next fix. With help from medical professionals, you can get your life back as you work to effectively treat and overcome pain or addiction with Suboxone or generic buprenorphine, (although for pain, we often add short-acting opiates like Vicoden plus non-opiate medications).

What is chronic pain?

Pain is caused by a reaction to tissue damage in your body. It’s your body’s way of letting you know that there’s something wrong. One example is the burning at touching a hot stovetop. However, chronic pain works differently. This is often caused by dysfunctional nerves or chronic inflammation. This pain can last for months or years. Regular, uninterupted use of medications, psychologic support and moderate exercise can be every effective to relieve chronic pain. Chronic stable use of medications for pain is not addiction.

What is opioid addiction?

Addiction is when you use a substance or activity complusively and which causes harm to your body, mind or social functions. Thus taking opiates long-term for pain at stable doses is not addiction. Addiction is a brain illness which progressively causes difficulties with health, work, social functions or the law.

How does Suboxone treatment help?

Suboxone stops cravings and prevents withdrawal. Suboxone is an effective way to help those who are addicted to opioids because it lasts about 24 hours in your system. The medication also counters the action of opioid drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, heroin, and others.

What’s our approach to treatment?

When you work with our clinic, we’ll make sure to curate your treatment according to your unique needs. We understand that while some patients might be dealing with similar issues, no two patients are the same. This requires our team to work directly with you to come up with the proper solution for you. This means that we’ll start with weekly appointments for early prescription adjustment then when stable progress to every month to every three or four months with medication refills as needed. Or we can find another plan that works for you while maintaining effective contact.

Schedule a consultation

Don’t put off getting the necessary medical attention that you need. Consider effective treatment for chronic pain or opioid addiction. You can get in touch with our office at Pain & Addiction Medicine to get started with treatment. Our team will help you get started on your road to recovery and quality pain treatment. Send us a message using our online contact form and we’ll be sure to get back to you promptly so we can schedule your appointment. We look forward to working with you and helping you find a solution to your pain or addiction.