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 Posted: 02/28/07 - 12:27 Post subject: suboxone withdrawing |
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| I was using heroin for years and finally found a doc that took the time to help me by prescibing suboxone. i was usng anywhere from 10 to 50 bags a dayof junk so the doctor put me on 16mg of suboxone a day. I have been on this dose for 1 1/2 years and recently was tapered down 4mg. The first almost week was ok, just the sweats and yawning w/teary eyes and other begining withdrawel symtoms,the i got violently ill with a headache and vomiting all day and evening,not to mentin the emotional pain of wanting it all to stop and having the negitive thinking come into play. This has been so hard and I want to make it,i have stayed clean this long and want to be forever. If anyone has gone through this i love love to hear your experience. |
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| Posted: 03/03/07 - 08:28 Post subject: Buprenorphine withdrawals are worse |
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I was addicted to 80-100 mg of Oxycontin a day for 2 months. I have been on subutex for a year and a half because I just can't stand the withdrawals. I just found a new doctor who put me on Suboxone and said that the withdrawals are not as bad, but reading all these posts, it sounds worse than subutex. One time, I stopped Subutex for 10 days and was finally seeing the light, then I took some more oxycodone for a few days and then stopped. I had no withdrawals from the oxycodone, other than cravings. This was supposed to be a miracle drug, but i'm starting to think they need to re-vamp the program and procedures. This stuff is just HELL to come off of. The only thing you can do is stay doped up on valium until the withdrawals go away. It's easy enough to buy online, but expensive.
A word of advise to anyone just starting Subutex/Suboxone treatment: Don't take it for more than 2 weeks, NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS. The doctors only know what the drug manufacturer says and all of us who have actually used the stuff know that they are full of shit! PLEASE do not stay on this stuff long at all. My oxycodone withdrawals were easy compared to Subutex withdrawals. And that is regardless of tapering and meetings.
P.S. Avoid any clinic/program called Meditox. They are rip-off artists and only want you to stay on the stuff for $500 per month. The entry fee to the program was $3500. The local doctor I'm seeing now charges $150 to get in the program and $70 a month thereafter. |
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| Posted: 05/22/07 - 01:14 Post subject: I'm scared |
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| O.k I've been on suboxone for 5 months now, and I'm terrified to get off of it! The stories I've been hearing r horrible! I'm currently taking 32 mgs. I was in a car accident 6 years ago and suffer from severe back pain. I've tried evreything and narcotic pain killers were the only thing that helped, thus began my addiction. I used vicodin. percs and oxycontin for 5 years. This medication does not help the pain and my do won't treat me for pain. I want to get off of this drug! ASAP! I've been thinking about not taking it for 3 days and then using Vicodin to help through the withdrawls. If u can offer any advice, I would appreciate it! Please help! |
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| Posted: 06/25/07 - 15:42 Post subject: Please read if you are going to get off suboxone |
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| Folks, please read this if you are on Suboxone. I took it for over 4 years, all the way up to 32 mgs a day and down to 4mg a day. I finally tapered down to 2 mg a day and then jumped off. I have been off of everything for 8 days now and I am sicker than I have ever been getting off of herion or any other opiate and like many of you I have been addicted to and come off all types. This is some nasty withdrawal folks. I called the company that makes suboxone today and they told me that it can take anywhere from 7 days to 6 weeks depending on my mind and body and that it is different for everyone. I am not saying that I regret being on Sub but I am telling you this... If you experience what I have for the last 8 days you will feel like you won't care if you live or die. Good luck to all of you. |
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| Posted: 06/26/07 - 09:19 Post subject: |
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| I've been struggling myself to get off of suboxone. Once I get to 2-3 days, I ill out just as though I was doing any other drug. I think it's a bunch of lies that there's not withdrawl from suboxone... I went on a quarter of a 8mg for a week, and I still feel like I can't function. This isn't a good thing for users, cuz' who wants to stay feeling like this when they know they can go do something else to make them feel better. Personally, I don't know how much longer I can take. |
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| Posted: 06/26/07 - 22:19 Post subject: Slow Down Scared |
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| Guest wrote: | | O.k I've been on suboxone for 5 months now, and I'm terrified to get off of it! The stories I've been hearing r horrible! I'm currently taking 32 mgs. I was in a car accident 6 years ago and suffer from severe back pain. I've tried evreything and narcotic pain killers were the only thing that helped, thus began my addiction. I used vicodin. percs and oxycontin for 5 years. This medication does not help the pain and my do won't treat me for pain. I want to get off of this drug! ASAP! I've been thinking about not taking it for 3 days and then using Vicodin to help through the withdrawls. If u can offer any advice, I would appreciate it! Please help! |
You sound like me two years ago. Please don't give up. I wasn't in a car accident, but I did have neck surgery and had horrible neck, shoulder and head pain after the surgery that no doctor would treat. They were going to put a pain pump in me to manage the pain. I was on as many pills as you speak of and only needed more and more - and I was still in pain.
I have been on suboxone (and Topamax) for a year now and am off all pain meds. I was terrified of pain and felt no one understood what I was living through. Slowly, I've been tapered off the suboxone (from 12 mg to 1 mg.) and I've worked 70 hours a week the whole way through, mostly pain free. Gone is my shoulder and neck pain, etc. I do stretch, I'm sure the Topamax helps, and I do go to a physical therapist every now and then, but the most important thing I've learned and now believe is that when I was taking the pills, my body stopped treating its own pain. The amount of pain pills I was taking, shut off my own ability to treat the pain. The pills made it worse. The suboxone (has a small amount of pain reliever in it) slowly allows your own body to take over and gets you off the pills. Your body can start to manage your pain again. At least you can see what your real pain level is without all the "junk" in the way, and there's NO WAY it can be as bad as it is. It takes a little time and you may need over the counter Tylenol, Advil...but not the opiates. If you start on the Vicodin, you'll start the cycle over. You know the Vicodin won't work.
Are you working with an MD with the suboxone?
Please write back. I think I can help.
Been there. |
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| Posted: 06/26/07 - 22:30 Post subject: Suboxone |
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| Guest wrote: | | I've been struggling myself to get off of suboxone. Once I get to 2-3 days, I ill out just as though I was doing any other drug. I think it's a bunch of lies that there's not withdrawl from suboxone... I went on a quarter of a 8mg for a week, and I still feel like I can't function. This isn't a good thing for users, cuz' who wants to stay feeling like this when they know they can go do something else to make them feel better. Personally, I don't know how much longer I can take. |
Hey folks: There is some withdrawal to suboxone. The idea behind suboxone is to go slow. I started at 12 mg. one year ago and have worked down to 1 mg. one year later. My MD thinks that's been fast. For a week I feel tired and sweaty, achy, and no appetite - but it's manageable with Benadryl, the prescribed Clonidine and prescribed sleep med (non addictive) I have from my MD. But I am doing it. I was on opiates for three years and this is a picnic compared to the withdrawals I went through with those. Suboxone has allowed me to fully function, keep my job, and remain opiate free. If you're trying to use Suboxone: GO SLOW! It does work, but it's NOT A FREE RIDE.
Yes, there are flu-like side effects, though I've never heard of any side effects lasting more than two weeks (unless it's a rapid detox). There isn't an easy fix. Most suboxone programs should include counseling/support. It's a tough deal, but better than the drug cycle.
Hang in there. |
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| Posted: 07/14/07 - 21:11 Post subject: I thought I was scared yesterday! |
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| 38 days ago I detoxed off of 200mg of methodone a day and 50 micrograms of fentynl every 48 hrs. this was the second time I stopped "juice", the first time I did it on my own and it consumed 8 months of my life. I won't get into any of the gorie details but I swore I would never do it like that again. Anyway, 7 days into this most recent (and I thought my last) detox my Dr. came in and offered me Suboxone, I deal with cronic back pain and it ain't going away. Being a recovering addict and weighing all I could find out, decided on day 9 to try it. I am on 16mg/day and am considering up'n it to 24mg/day, NO, I am reconsidering it all after spending the last hour on this site. What have I done? First, the results with this medication have been amazing with pain and the whole detox thing. Amazing! Second, now Im scared! Please share your experiance getting off Suboxone. I read all the horror (please no more) stories I just need some good advice. I am serious about my recovery and thought I had found a good way to deal with my pain. thnkx |
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| Posted: 08/15/07 - 08:34 Post subject: suboxone |
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i went to a doctor that prescribed me suboxone. i had been abusing pain medication, taking maybe 10 vicodin a day. i had so many side effects from the suboxine,throwing up ,headaches,going #2 was a tramatic expieriance due to constipation!..lol
when i went to him and told him i was pregnant,his response was that i was beautiful and young and could have children later(i am 30) he advised me to abort my baby. he then wished me luck and cut me off off the following meds..suboxone,ambian,and zanax...all adictive, he gave me no advice on how to cope and didnt tell me what i was in for.
let me say that on top of being newly pregnant going through the pain of withdrawl was gross...it didnt help me with my vicodin problem because its all i think about. |
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| Posted: 08/17/07 - 15:53 Post subject: Suboxone |
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I have been on Suboxone since March 23,2007 and I have went from 16 mg per day to 2mg and I have even went 5 1/2 days w/o it and I honestly did NOT get very sick at all!!! Of course I did not feel wonderful, but it was bearable. I have come off of Methadone cold turkey and was addicted to Hydrocodone and Oxycodone b4 that so I know all too well what terrible w/d's feel like. IMHO, Suboxone is best for people addicted to things like Vicodin and/or Percocet..... I ended up on Methadone and it was the biggest mistake of my life!! It was the hardest to kick. I agree that Suboxone may not be for everyone BUT for me it has saved my life. Take care everyone!!  |
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