Posted by ed_uk on October 15, 2005, at 15:40:42
In reply to Brain Fry: Suboxone W/D and GI bleeding, posted by musil on October 13, 2005, at 4:55:52
Hi Musil,
Why did you stop taking buprenorphine so abruptly?
>I wanted to avoid general anasthesia for the two endoscopies, scheduled for this Friday, and so I wanted all buprenorphine out of my system so that I could be appropriately medicated for the procedures in lieu of GA and associated risks.
You DON'T need to come off buprenorphine to have an endoscopy!!!!!!
You can have a midazolam (Versed) injection to sedate you for the procedure. The midazolam will not interact with the burprenorphine since you have been taking buprenorphine for a long time and will be highly tolerant to the respiratory depression which it initially causes.
Please....... be kind to yourself: restart the burprenorphine immediately. You don't need oxycodone, take the buprenorphine.
Kind regards
~Ed
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