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[|Human|] Im on a lot of opiates and benzos for legitimate pain for about 8 years now and my tolerance is so high that they are not even working. am thinking about about trying subutex maintenance for pain or even thc. I don t abo abuse my oc=xycontin or oxycododone or use street drugs. what is your opininion?
[|AI|]  Cannot say in your particular case. The hallmark of buprenorphine is that it has a maximum effect that is not increased with increasing the amount that you take, while other narcotics keep going up. Although buprenorphine is strong in the effect per milligram, the maximal effect it can do is less than with any other narcotic. If someone is on a lot of them, then the buprenorphine will NOT be able to achieve the effect of other narcotics. It will more or less fail. THC works on pain by a different method. If you don't have narcotic receptors, THC still works. It does NOT increase the risk of narcotic overdose except by making peoples judgement be worse, and then they do silly things.