Suboxone and Gastric Bypass Surgery

[Jamison 0]

Anyone else on Suboxone and had the Gastric Bypass Surgery? Would Love to hear anything about this?

[seaforest 562]

Will they do the surgery if you're on suboxone? Or do you need to wean off?

[kristieshannon 1,545]

Hi Jamison-

I'm a suboxone program RN. I've had my patients go through various surgeries while on suboxone and do quite well. Your current dose may cover your post op pain, or your provider may provide you with a short term dose increase for the immediate post op period. There also other medication options to treat your post op pain. The surgery itself shouldn't affect your treatment, as suboxone is absorbed sublingually (under the tongue) rather than be absorbed by your stomach. Best of luck to you!

[Jamison 0]

Thank You 😊 I'm just really worried about when I wake up I don't handle pain well at all and hear a lot of horror stories about how much pain they are in afterwards.

[Starneshia Baker 0]

That’s what I worry about most also!

[Jamison 0]

Yeah I want them to give me something stronger than Suboxone, I'm not going to relapse. I mean they can't let you suffer in pain, can they?

[kristieshannon 1,545]

There are options for pain control that will allow you to stay on your suboxone. Talk with your suboxone prescriber, they will be able to consult with your surgeon and give them some guidelines.

[mousecat88 2,279]

I don't know what surgery you're having but I think pretty much everyone on here will testify that the only post-op pain they had was gas pain, which isn't helped with pain meds anyways. I didn't have any pain at all. The only time I got pain meds was RIGHT after surgery in the recovery room and they gave me a bit of fentanyl, but the rest of the time in the hospital I just got IV Tylenol and maybe like 3 5mg Percocet that first day in the hospital. That's it.

Edited July 19, 2019 by mousecat88

[Jamison 0]

I'm having Gastric Bypass Surgery

[mousecat88 2,279]

25 minutes ago, Jamison said:

I'm having Gastric Bypass Surgery

Oh yeah, just noticed that. lol, sorry. I had essentially no pain. I think it's like a rare phenomenon for anyone to have pain unless something went wrong. I mean we are all different, I suppose, but I feel confident in saying that the majority of people on here didn't experience much pain at all. It was like... they didn't even do anything to me.

[Jamison 0]

That's Awesome To Hear And Also Very Comforting. Thank You So Much! 😃👍🍀 I Hear All These Horror Stories About How Much Pain They We're In Even After They At Home.

[Missouri-Lee's Summit 1,256]

My problem was a bit different. If you read my profile you'll understand that I'm a chronic pain patient (#CPP).

https://www.bariatricpal.com/profile/341190-missouri-lees-summit/

This manufactured opioid hysteria has created a nightmare for people who once had a tolerable quality of life. The forced tapering and abandonment of CPPs by doctors is a disgrace. I follow a twitter dialog with other CPPs. Suicides among people forced to live in pain are increasing at an alarming rate.

https://twitter.com/DanLairdMD

https://twitter.com/ThomasKlineMD

https://twitter.com/ravensspirit68

https://twitter.com/reversechapter