Belbuca for Chronic Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

• Ang...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 11, 2019

"I was prescribed the Belbuca cheek patch 150 mg, 2x daily. I only used it 1 time. It made me sleepy, and I felt like I didn't have to breathe (very weird). It also made me nauseous and gave me a horrible migraine headache. My migraine is gone, but I've had a pretty bad regular headache every day since I used that patch! I have rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and neuropathy from the chemo they gave me. I'm in pain all over my whole body every minute of every day. I was really hoping this medicine would work, but on top of my usual pain, I now have a chronic headache to deal with that shows no sign of going away. This medicine sucks!"

• RAf...
• August 5, 2018

"I have had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for many years and have dealt with chronic pain for the majority of my life. I just started Belbuca about a week ago. I was skeptical and a bit scared at first after reading reviews. I was on extended-release morphine every 12 hours and oxycodone for breakthrough pain, I was averaging 1-4 a day. My doctor started me on 300 mg Belbuca every 12 hours and let me keep my oxycodone for the breakthrough pain. So far, I am pretty happy. I have noticed since starting the Belbuca I have only had to take 2 pain pills for breakthrough pain (that’s two in over a week whereas I was taking that daily before). I seem to be in a lot less pain and have been able to be more active. I am extremely happy so far. The only negative is that I have been experiencing a lot of frequent headaches. I am not sure if it’s coincidence or because of the Belbuca, however, I will take headaches over chronic joint pain any day."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 9, 2023

"I’ve been using this med for 3 months. I have post-cancer chronic pain that’s never going away, ever. I’ve been on a lot of different narcotics, and my pain doctor decided I should try this instead of increasing the dose of the other stuff any more before it became more of a potential addiction issue. I’ve been on the top dose of this Belbuca film because of my pain level, and from day one I started sweating and haven’t stopped since. Soaking sweats, day and night. Wet, clammy skin, damp pillow, piles of sleeping clothes being changed all night, at least three or four changes of clothes every day, not to mention the inability to engage socially without being completely embarrassed by this horrible sweating. Worst of all, the pain relief has been poor, to say the least. What a misery. I gave it a good shot, but it’s just awful. I’m being put back on a real pain med as soon as my last film is gone, and I can wait."

• Lup...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2019

"I’m shocked by how many dislike this drug. After 7 years and multiple drug cocktails, this works for me! However, people love Vicodin, and I hate them, so to each their own. I love it, it kills my pain to a 3, and the only side effect for me is constipation. No headaches. So my other medications must be helping as well. I think not everyone works on all drugs, but this one is worth a try!"

• Ped...
• February 26, 2017

"My insurance is not covering Butrans patch anymore, so my doctor started me on Belbuca 300mcg every 12 hours. I was concerned about it because of the negative reviews it received about its effectiveness and adhesive not staying put in the mouth. I suffer from fibromyalgia, herniated discs in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions, and sciatic nerve pain down to my foot. I have not had issues with it sticking in my mouth. I place a finger inside until it sticks and one outside my cheek if needed. It stays put with no issues. It has helped my pain better than the patch, and I'm taking less tramadol and zanaflex, some days I don't need it. In the past few weeks, I feel my pain is controlled. I'm not waking up in pain and feel alert to work!"

• llo...
• June 21, 2019

"I have had 2 fusion surgeries L3 to S1, countless steroid injections, and had been on OxyContin 10 mg 3 times a day with Vicodin HP for breakthrough pain since 2010, and now I am on Belbuca 750 twice a day. It's okay, but not as effective as OxyContin & Vicodin. I get headaches every day now, and the pain relief is mediocre at best. Give me back my OXY!"

• Chr...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 6, 2020

"Belbuca made me so sick! I wouldn't have a bowel movement for 7-10 days at a time. Tried stool softeners, magnesium, senna, ended up drinking magnesium citrate monthly at least because I was suffering so badly. My CPP forced me onto it, and it did nothing but cause me suffering for an entire year. I spent weeks at a time in bed and had become extremely depressed with my lack of quality of life. I reached a point where I was so afraid to even tell my doctor because they had threatened to discharge me if it didn't work. After trying only Tramadol. Thank goodness my newer doc got me off that stuff! It was poison! The film alone made it impossible to take due to it sticking to my teeth most of the time."

• Knu...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 18, 2017

"I was nervous at first reading some of the negative reviews, and I talked with my doctor about it a while before I switched. I went back and told him it wasn't enough, and he told me that was just the 'starting dose,' and we'll go up each week until we get to the right dose for me. I was skeptical, to say the least, but holy cow, he was right! At 750, I can't believe the difference. This drug is incredible!"

• Hea...
• October 21, 2018

"I've been on Butrans, but I grew used to that, and my pain management put me on Belbuca and I've been on it for about 3 years. I was on 900, and for the first time in so long, I had no pain. My insurance refused to pay for it anymore. I can't afford $800.00 a month. My issue is that I'm allergic to all pain meds except Belbuca. Now I'm going through this awful withdrawal, and now I'm crippled again, where it's very hard to walk or even breathe. I have RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) for the last 13 years. In the meantime, with no pain meds, I also lay here with 2 broken toes and a foot that has a bone infection. Can't operate because of no pain meds. I started out using the prescription card from Belbuca, and I guess once you're hooked, they take it away. There is no generic. So I lay here in the most awful pain ever. It was the best while it lasted, but for a person like me who is allergic to everything, it's hard."

• kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 15, 2020

"I've started on a 150 mg dose of Belbuca. I was so tired, then I seem to adjust to it. Then they just upped me to a 300 mg dose. I'm so tired I could fall asleep at 1 in the afternoon while I'm driving. I'm not saying that it doesn't work for the pain, but who can be this tired all the time? I can't even put a thought in my head. Going to ask the doctor to take me off. I'm going back to the 150 mg until then. PS: also terrible constipation, which I never have a problem with."

• Luc...
• March 31, 2019

"I was prescribed Belbuca to help me with severe pain, but what I received from this medication was SEVERE PAIN! Horrible headaches. Muscle spasms in my back and neck. Scalp tenderness. The blowing of the wind on my scalp was very painful. Never again!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 18, 2017

"I have DDD. Fibromyalgia... chronic pain issues. Pinched nerve in lower back, fusion in neck with nerve damage issues... I am taking Belbuca 300 mcg 2 times a day, and for the first time in years, I have my pain under control with the only side effect being constipation (which can be remedied). I love Belbuca, and yes, I've tried a bunch of other medications.... It works great for me!"

• Lee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 27, 2023

"I've been in pain for 5+ years and taking Naproxen 500 mg (2 times per day) and did everything I can think of to reduce the daily pain. I was prescribed Belbuca, and it did absolutely nothing. I give up. Thanks to drug addicts and dealers out there, people who are really suffering can't be prescribed the right meds to have a 'normal' life. Thanks a lot! No thanks, Belbuca creators."

• Fls...
• September 7, 2016

"This medication works. I was first prescribed Butrans patches 20 mcg, and they worked great, but they can sweat off in the Texas summer heat, so I was given Belbuca 450 mcg. They work just as wonderfully as the patches did. I have never had a problem opening them. I also have found that if I don't talk while the film dissolves, it doesn't curl up or mess up in any way. There is a video on the Belbuca website showing exactly how to place them. This medicine changed my life. I have arthritis and DDD in my back and neck, disk herniations, nerve pain in my arms because my neck needs surgery, and I still live normally due to this medicine. I recommend!"

• Mom...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 11, 2017

"I've dealt with chronic nerve, back, and arthritis pain for 17 years. I've taken just about everything there is to take, including patches and an implanted neurostimulator. Oxy worked best but isn't available anymore due to misuse. Belbuca has been good for me. I do get occasional migraines, Excedrin Migraine works. I don't have the problem others have, I stick it on my cheek near my molars and it never falls off. There are trial blank films available to practice with. My biggest side effect after 6 months is quickened tooth decay. I have also had to learn how to deal with not having the euphoria effect of the other meds that get you moving and affect mood. It's like the old days taking Advil, and pain just leaves. I'm me again- I like that."

• Hig...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 12, 2021

"Have not tried yet, but I have been abandoned by pain doctors and don’t know what to do. Withdrawal, debilitating pain, I can’t go on like this. I do know people say that film eats your stomach and teeth. The laws on opioids need to change today. The pain situation is hopeless."

• Cee...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 22, 2020

"Hurt my back in 2005 doing leg weights on a leg machine. I was seeing my primary doctor for the pain in my lower back. No relief from the meds he gave me. He sent me to a pain management doctor for back injections and other types of meds. Been on oxy 7.5 mg for a few years now. I asked him what else was out there that might help. He gave me a script for 150 mg of Belbuca. It did nothing at all for my chronic back pain. I now have a script for the 300 mg, but wondering if that is any better. The oxy works better. I take 1 three times a day. If the 300 mg doesn't work when I get it filled, I don't want anymore."

• Bub...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 13, 2018

"I am a long-term sufferer of interstitial cystitis... debilitating chronic illness. Dr. randomly decided to prescribe Belbuca 300 mg out of the blue. Was taking hydrocodone 10/325, 5 a day for 7 yrs. That's it. My quality of life was good considering what I have, and no type of addiction. Anyways... I am here to let you know that I am now curled up in a ball on my couch, trying to decide whether or not I should go to the hospital... as Belbuca absolutely does not work!"

• EdI...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 17, 2017

"At 45 - 2 bulging cervical disks (C2, C4), stenosis with radiculopathy into my trachea. Very strange and unbelievably painful. 4 years, tons of epidurals, physical therapy, hot packs and, yes, pain meds. This one is a winner with a giant caveat. First Narco, then Percocet, then OxyContin, then Zohydro, then... back to Narco. Not fun. BELBUCA: It works... well enough. You have ZERO euphoria or any druggie feeling - you can function and be productive. The pain-blocking sensation that a true opioid provides is there. My only gripe is the tiny 12 hr “mouth patch” itself. This is a disaster and has caused several destroyed patches that refused to insert and stick to finger. HUGELY frustrating. Will not properly dose unless applied perfectly."

• Jil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 28, 2019

"I’ve been on Norco 10/325 since 2014 for severe DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease) in the neck through lumbar. Counting 2 surgeries and herniations in the lumbar area. This is month three on Belbuca, and I feel alive and productive again. Started on 150 mg twice a day with 10/325 for breakthrough, increased to 300 mg twice a day. I expect to go to 450 mg this month. Tip: wean off your hydro or oxy slowly while you are taking Belbuca. Then use hydrocodone for breakthrough."

• Pai...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 19, 2019

"I was really excited to start this medication recommended by my PM neurologist. Unfortunately, I had horrific reactions to it. My face became red and covered in red dots. My hands swelled up and were very itchy. I was unable to have a bowel movement. I had severe headaches and vomiting. I was lethargic and extremely sleepy. I had terrible nightmares and would wake up yelling or crying. My body has been twitching and spasming uncontrollably. I can’t think or comprehend anything. I suffered through these side effects for 3 days, hoping my body just needed to adjust, but on the evening of my last dose, I had chest pain and thought I was going to die choking on a banana. My throat had swelled up. It’s been about 60 hours since I took the last dose of Belbuca, my throat still feels slightly swollen. My body is still twitching every 15-30 seconds, and I am extremely sleepy. Other than the bad headache and chest pain, it worked on my chronic pain."

• MSr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 11, 2018

"I have been on and with the same pain management clinic for over 14 years. Due to chronic pain and from multiple spinal surgeries, I have been on a strict regimen of Norco for many years. Recently, in September of 2018, the pain management clinic said that due to strict government guidelines, they must wean all of their patients off all types of opioids. They had decided to place me on Belbuca, buprenorphine sublingual oral patches. Within a few days, I was experiencing nausea and fatigue, so severe that I had to take leave from my job for days."

• Mis...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 6, 2019

"I have used a 150 film for a few months now, previous were the patches, which ate holes in my skin and made me feel terrible. Previous to that, everything since 3 accidents since 2004, with serious injuries. I was lastly on oxycodone 90 mg a day, what a nightmare. I could not function, did not want to see anyone or go anywhere for over 4 years, lost all savings, could not work, and was in despair and felt like a drug addict. I now am back to work, have great energy, am happy, around 60% less pain daily, can sleep, etc. It has made life worth living again. ***My doctor will not move up my dosage, however, I feel that if it was up 33%, it would be very helpful. Does anyone know the reason for this? ***He did have me put the film in my cheek and hold it for 5 seconds with my tongue. I have had no problem with getting the film to stay properly."

• jet...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 23, 2021

"Belbuca is the absolute worst pain medication I've ever had. People on these reviews can say all they want about how great this medicine works, but I can tell you from a past of taking many different pain medications that Belbuca does not work well at all. Trust me, I know what a good pain medicine is, and it is for sure not Belbuca. It is a complete joke forced on us because of the government. People with pain want a drug that works so they can get their life back, not some government-forced drug that's supposed to be less addictive that does nothing at all. It's so stupid, and a lot of people are suffering for it."

• Phq...
• June 8, 2019

"I’ve been on Belbuca for three months, and it’s not working, it hasn’t helped at all. They want to treat me like an addict. I’ve been on Xtampza 27 mg a little over a year with Oxycodone 10 mg for breakthrough. It works great, and I have had my life back. Before I was on Percocet 10/325, and my life was hell. It helped with pain but made me miserable. The Xtampza gives the same meds, Oxycodone, but over a 12-hour period. This Belbuca doesn’t do anything for the pain, as a matter of fact, it makes it worse. So, Monday I’m taking my prescriptions back to the doctors on Monday and stopping all meds cold turkey. They started me on Belbuca 150 mg, then 300 mg, now 450 mg, but I’m not even going to waste my money on it. I have a Neurostimulator for five years. I’m going to just going to suffer and rely on the Neurostimulator."