CONCLUSION: In a chronic pain patient continued on Suboxone perioperatively, significant improvement in control of postoperative pain was observed following tapered doses, and eventually her use of Suboxone was discontinued. This case highlights the potential for opioid receptor blockade by Suboxone, which can interfere with acute pain management.
PMID: 24985936 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia)