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Expert: Caroline West - 5/18/2011


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i am a disabled veteran who has become addicted to pain pills for various military injuries car accidents fibromyalgia to name a few my problem is bad i snort the pills and have for several years recently i was prescribed suboxone to get off the pills which are killing me the problem is when i go 1 to 2 hours without snorting i get the worst sore throat that is so unbearable what can i do? i try to take my suboxone but then like i said i start getting so bad of a sore throat that i have to snort a pill to get rid of the pain then im back on opiate pills again pleasr help e im sp desperate i need help please

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Hello Floyd,

I sympathize with you I really do but we have to accept that we do a great deal of damage to our bodies while using and some discomfort when we stop whatever is expected.

What I would say to you is rather than snorting another pill which you are so trying to get off of for which I applaud and congratulate you; You visit a Doctor instead and ask for some alternative methods of alleviating the pain of your throat.

I totally understand that you are desperate for the pain to go and that you know that snorting a pill will help, but it's not the answer and will interfere with your Suboxone treatment and could therefore subsequently mess that treatment up from being successful. Now if you cannot get to a Doctor then I suggest that you take simple Paracetamol and Ibuprofen which has no added Opiate and use a throat spray which will numb the back of your throat. The pain I truly believe will eventually subside within a couple of weeks I would guess,though I am no Doctor,but I know that you have put your body through abuse-like we all have-and it will take time for the side effects of our using to completely go away. So please try the above.

I wish you all the best,sorry there is no easy solution,but I am giving you the same suggestions that a Drug Worker would give you (I've been in the services so long that I know their responses like the back of my hand!) So please give all that a try so as not to jeopardize your Suboxone treatment.

Take good care. Caroline.

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Caroline West

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My expertise in this area is in illicit/street drugs as well as some over the counter and prescription drugs/meds. I can answer questions about most illicit drugs and prescription drugs. I can offer advice on Opiate maintenance drugs like Methadone, Subutex and Suboxone,and the process of going through a Detox and/or Rehab. I understand the problems Drug use can cause regarding convictions and debt problems. There is a difference between recreational drug use and drug addiction and can answer questions on both. Relationship advice if you or your partner is using and can offer help there too. Drug addiction is no joke and it can shatter the lives of the family as well as the user so I can also offer help and advice to friends and family. Drug dependency creates a great deal of issues both mentally and physically and left untreated can lead to poor Mental Health, Psychological and Physical harm and worse. Life can become unmanageable in many ways including work and schooling alongside breakdowns in relationships,risk of convictions and a reduction in personal care. I can offer advice and support in all these areas having been in them and now out of them.

Experience

I have had multiple drug addictions in the past that have included Cannabis,Heroin,Crack,Benzo's,Codeine and over the counter tablets as well as prescription medicines and taken near enough everything. It caused a great deal of problems in my family and I also had suffered breakdowns,Hospitalizations,suicide attempts,convictions the lot. I had been in a 7 year drug using relationship which was tough. I've come out the other end now and haven't used illicit drugs for 5 years. I really do understand what it is like for the user and those around them.

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I am in 4 other categories here at All Experts: Abusive Relationships; Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or DBT which can simultaneously help those with BPD and with Drug/Alcohol Problems; and Teenage Problems. I also belong to Care2.com which helps various causes all over the world.

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I have schooling up to A-Level standard,College Diplomas and what I offer here is valuable 'life experience'.

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I have done this voluntary job here at All Experts for about 3 years now.

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