Another month had gone by and I'm grateful for many things. One of them being new medicine.
Buprenorphine. It's a medication that doctors normally give to people who are dependent on opiates (heroin, cocaine, oxycodon,etc.) to help them level out. In my case, it's used for giving pain relief. It's helping but it's side effects are a little troublesome.
Some side effects are: headache, stomach pain, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, and persperation. Others can be serious but not as common: difficulty breathing or swallowing, slowed breathing, upset stomach, extreme tiredness, unusual bleeding or bruising, loss of appetite, pain in the upper right part of the stomach, and flu-like symptoms.
So far after now that I'm on the second week, I can say that the headaches are coming and going, there has been some stomach pain, the perspiration is a BIG pain in the butt, and tonight the nausea really kicked me in the butt.
Blech. HOWEVER, it's helping with the pain... and that I'm thankful for.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will continue to work!
