Effective pain med on horizon?

[30 plus years]

Has anyone been reading about a new drug called suzetrigine, which supposedly is nonaddictive and blocks pain signals before they reach the brain?

 

[sunkacola]

I have heard about this and read just a little bit.

This medication is designed for use for acute pain, which means immediate and short term pain, lasting less than three months, usually associated with recovery from surgery or trauma.

Since one of the defining attributes of fibromyalgia is that the pain has lasted longer than three months and is ongoing, it is chronic pain, and therefore that medication will not be recommended for fibro patients.

 

[Ian waxman]

I have heard about this and read just a little bit.

This medication is designed for use for acute pain, which means immediate and short term pain, lasting less than three months, usually associated with recovery from surgery or trauma.

Since one of the defining attributes of fibromyalgia is that the pain has lasted longer than three months and is ongoing, it is chronic pain, and therefore that medication will not be recommended for fibro patients.

This drug is designed for long term pain management.i think it’s been created to try to kerb the opioid crisis in America.so I personally think it would be worth trying if you are in long term pain like me.i’m on fentanyl 60mcg which is quite a high dose but it does ease my agonising pain.if the docs give it the thumbs up then i would try it.

 

[sunkacola]

This drug is designed for long term pain management.i think it’s been created to try to kerb the opioid crisis in America.so I personally think it would be worth trying if you are in long term pain like me.i’m on fentanyl 60mcg which is quite a high dose but it does ease my agonising pain.if the docs give it the thumbs up then i would try it.

Where did you read that suzetrigine is designed for long-term pain management?
Everything I read said it was specifically not for that, but only for acute pain management.
I'd be interested in your source of information on this. Thanks.

 

[Ian waxman]

Where did you read that suzetrigine is designed for long-term pain management?
Everything I read said it was specifically not for that, but only for acute pain management.
I'd be interested in your source of information on this. Thanks.

Just googled it and clicked on a link and it said it’s designed for acute pain which can be long term.they’ve not said it’s manufactured for fybro but if it’s a long term painkiller we’ll see

 

[sunkacola]

Just googled it and clicked on a link and it said it’s designed for acute pain which can be long term.they’ve not said it’s manufactured for fybro but if it’s a long term painkiller we’ll see

That's the thing then....it is about word usage.

The word "acute" is used in medical terminology to mean short term pain, (or disease, or disorder), as opposed to long term. In other words, it doesn't mean "strong" or "severe" or some other description of what the pain is like, but rather used to indicate an immediate and short term thing.
People say they have "acute pain", and they are meaning it's sharp or strong. But the medical profession (at least in the US) uses the word differently. So when a medical website says it is for acute pain they are not using "acute" to mean serious or severe pain, they are using to mean short term pain rather than long term.

However, once a medication is actually approved for use by the public, sometimes it is discovered that it is useful for things it was not initially designed for. In this case, we shall have to wait and see. Maybe it will turn out to be something that helps fibro people, you never know. Several meds that are used for treatment of fibromyalgia were actually developed to treat something else. Lyrica, for instance, was developed to treat epilepsy, but is now often prescribed for fibro.

 

[ckahern]

I would like to know more about this new medication! I am suffering with terrible side effects from taking Suboxone for 13 yrs. I have lost so many teeth and have spent a fortune on dental work! My digestive system is a wreck.I was diagnosed with chronic respiratory failure which actually turned out to be CO2 buildup in my lungs because of shallow breathing due to Suboxone. I keep telling them I want to get off of it and they say there is no other alternative. Grrrr

 

[sunkacola]

I would like to know more about this new medication! I am suffering with terrible side effects from taking Suboxone for 13 yrs. I have lost so many teeth and have spent a fortune on dental work! My digestive system is a wreck.I was diagnosed with chronic respiratory failure which actually turned out to be CO2 buildup in my lungs because of shallow breathing due to Suboxone. I keep telling them I want to get off of it and they say there is no other alternative. Grrrr

This medication has not yet been approved for use by patients, and when it is it will not be likely to be readily available for people like us, so it's probably best not to get excited about it.

You can find out more about it if you want to just by using a search engine.