what are the long term effects from using Suboxone?

kristixoxo

I have taken Methadone and downgraded to Suboxone. I would like to know if their is any long term damage to me and if their is what does it consist of? I am getting sinus probablems and restless legs that hurt and I am very irritable alot of the time. My body hurts so bad. I started at 8mg. and now i am at 1/2 a mg. a day please help.

Dennis McAvoy

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i recently started using suboxine to get off of oxycontin, ive only been using it for a few days and so far its great, of course he put me on 8mg every 8hrs, which ive only been taking it every 12 afraid i will become addicted to it. it is a wonder drug, now i am wondering how bad the withdrawal is going to be and i dont wanna be on this 4ever. talk to your dr. and ask to up your dosage for a week and see what that will do for you. hang in there hopefully things will get better.

goingdownhill · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

The restless/hurting legs and fatigue are classic withdrawal symptoms, which you obviously have/(had) because of the Suboxone tapering.

I have read on many forums that Suboxone requires SLOW tapering, so as not to experience bad withdrawals. And because of its "half-life" it remains in the body a lot longer than typical narcotics.

Knowing what I know now, I wish I had've just gone cold turkey on my former narcotics than to have a long drawn out Sub taper, in which the withdrawal symptoms are going to be far longer now since I've been on it about a YEAR. Sad

And, I dont know much about long-term Sub damage, but so far it has affected my teeth going bad rapidly and my vision.

Its far best to try and stay 8mg's or less of Sub per day. It lasts longer than average narcotic- so its easier to get away with taking less. I haven't started a successful taper yet, but read that about every 3-4 days - taper about 1-2mg's . For example: (Based on 8 mg's a day)

Day 1-3 or Days 1-4 = 6mg's
Days 4-6 or 4-7 = 4-5mg's
Etc. In other words, taper down 1-2 mg's less about every 3-4 days.
This taper, of course, depends on what mg's per day one is taking and for how long, how high a tolerance, etc. It may be necessary to taper slower than this- like spreading the taper longer like tapering down a single mg over more days. My own future taper will be to taper every 4 days at 1-2mg's per 4 day period.

It will be difficult to split 8mg pills into single mg's. I have a pill splitter which helps some, but often the small pill pieces becomes powdery. In which I go ahead and use the powdery parts first under my tongue before I use the pieces that are still in solid form.

Hope this is helpful. Wink

want to get clean · Newbie Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

I have been taking suboxone for 22 months. I currently take 7 mgs a day. This is the first place i got info I could relate. Thanks. I was doing good on a taper, down to2-3 mgs. a day in nov. My back hurt some but not horrible. I chose to get a vascetomy. My doctor told me to take more suboxone for the pain. I got a little buzz. For the next four or five months I had a bad problem abusing it and got up to 14-16mgs a day Its still hard not doing a little extra every now and then. Unfortunately every time I do more for 2-3 days I have wild mood swings and get real angry. I am having a hard time tapering.
I have also noticed my vision has gotten horrible. My teeth probably got bad but I veneered them so I cannot tell.
I am close to checking in to detox off the suboxone.
I want off this stuff

what are the long term effects from using Suboxone?

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