Fioricet and Suboxone
Hello. I'm new here. I have suffered from debilitating daily headaches for all of my adult life. I was first prescribed opiates like Vicodin, Percocet, Darvocet...and I kept upping the dose to help the increasing pain (which I now know is from rebound headaches). After several years, I wanted to get off the pills, so I was put on the Fentanyl patch for 3 years (which took months to withdraw from and was the worst experience of my life...I was on 50mcg, and that was my neurologist's way of getting me off the other opiates!).
A few months after being off the Fentanyl, I started up again with Vicodin, Percocet, Lortab, or Darvocet....anything I could get. When I was in over my head, I went to a headache clinic for a few weeks and got off the meds. This cycle continued a few times.
Finally I heard about Suboxone. I have been on it for a few years, and I love that I have no craving for the other stuff. However, I still had daily headaches. So I started taking Fioricet. I am currently on 12mg of Suboxone per day and I take 13-15 Fioricets a day. I've lost a lot of weight, and I never weighed much to begin with.
Can anybody tell me if the weight loss is likely from the Suboxone, or is it from the Fioricet? Or maybe it's just from the stress of being in this viscious cycle for about 15 years. I am going to seek help to get off the Fioricet, and I am considering tapering off the Suboxone but I'm scared of getting cravings again. But for now I just want to know which med is causing the weight loss.
Thank you for listening, and any help would be greatly appreciated.