It appeared the European champions would struggle to cope without the injured Lionel Messi as Kyriakos Papadopoulos' first-half header gave the Bundesliga side a deserved half-time lead.
Things then went from bad to worse for Barca when they lost Andres Iniesta to a suspected hamstring injury on the hour mark.
The hosts toiled in front of goal to no avail until substitute Sergi Roberto tapped home a rebound 10 minutes from time, after Munir El Haddadi's deflected effort was parried by Leverkusen 'keeper Bernd Leno.
And then Suarez sealed the victory in the 82nd minute, benefiting from a brilliant piece of skill from Munir to earn Barca their first victory in the Champions League this season.
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