suboxone long-term negative effects

I've been subbing it up for 5 years and cut an 8 three ways and jumped. .. its been a long week but worste is over.. tough it up

First of all, opanas are the new form of time released oxycodone. The reason for the change was to curtail the abuse of oxycontin pills that could be crushed and snorted, injected, or smoked. So 160mgs of oxycontin isoxygenatis exactly equal to 160mgs of opana.

Your wrong summer.some have true injuries and have chronic pain.Cancer patients use it now UK has been treating pain with it for years very successful.It has helped so many.don't know about the mix with xanax booze and subs .Not a good mix You are not to drink alcohol at all with suboxone let alone xanax Oh they have discovered it helps alcoholics.more good than bad.His doctor would not have let him drink on it.

I beleive you are right. I feel horrible about what happened, your husbands doctor is to blame. Suboxine was intened has a quick fix help get off drugs medicine, only to be used for a few months. Four max! I was on it two years, quit on christmas 2014 took three months to feel better. But, wake up every morning feeling like your husband even though work life money is doing much better! Keep your head up, restart your life god bless!

I am so sorry for your loss. For many people Suboxone has helped with opiate addiction (myslef included). You said that your husband was taking xanax and drinking. Both of these can cause severe depression, changes in behavior, affect impulse control, anxiety, & OCD. Taking xanax and drinking on top of taking suboxone increases the risk of these symptoms & behaviors. Either way, you have lost your husband and your children their father and sometimes we want/need an anwser to the question "why". Mental illness & addiction are terrible diseases that cause unfathomable pain that can not be seen. That is hard for those that love us and they may feel helpless. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

sounds like a true addict from one to another to me

I am 63 yrs old and entered a suboxone program 5 years ago. This included weekly meetings for the first two years. My life changed so much for the better that I truly thought it was a miracle drug. Prior to that I had been in at least 5 inpatient programs and numerous outpatient programs for addiction to opiates and benzodiazepines and I know all too well how agonizing withdrawals are. During the past years I titrated from 2 mg to .25mg. When I jumped off at .25 mg over 2 weeks ago all hell broke lose after a few days. I was not prepared for this as my doctor seemed to think I would be fine. Well, it wasn't. I had to cancel everything that was on my calendar. After 10 days of this my doctor prescribed one week of quetiapine for anxiety and insomnia which unfortunately did nothing. I wanted so much to make it through these withdrawlals and get back to my wonderful life. On a Sunday morning I couldn"t take it any more. Not only was I screaming, crying and beating on walls I began to have suicidal thoughts.
I became desperate enough to find some relief in the form of hydrocodone. Not wanting to stay addicted to opiates I called my suboxone doctor the next day. I was very direct with him about everything and I have an appointment with him tomorrow to start a supervised week long program of a anti anxiety medication.
The point I want to get across is that I had no idea about the pitfalls of suboxone. Once I was on it and things were improving I had no reason to visit suboxone blogs and find out other wise. My circle of friends are not drug users and never had heard of suboxone so it wasn't discussed beyond how much it was helping me. I feel absolutely betrayed by the makers of this drug who don't even have established medical protocols for detoxing from suboxone. The suboxone withdrawal for me is continuing to be a nightmare. I am terrified about it.
I kept my part of the program by taking suboxone as prescribed and now I feel that I have been kicked to the curb. My doctor has good intentions and takes his job seriously but he absolutely has no idea about the difficulties with withdrawal.
it is a crime that I was on this for 5 years.

I let my psychiatrist talk me into Suboxone because their clinic prescribes it and I had an opiate addiction. I'm terrified after reading these posts. I wanted to start on 8 mg and they insisted 12. All I wanted was help getting through withdrawals and instead they put me on subs and are trying to yank the klonopin I've been on for 17 years. I have OCD, depression, PTSD,  and anxiety. I know this is the wron thing for me. It's only been 12 days and I haven't felt like myself since this started. 12 days isn't too long to get off it is it??? I'm so scared I'm 40 almost 41 have a husband and a 5 year old. Should I cold turkey or taper ff quickly. I just wanted to go through withdrawals and asked for help and this is what I got. Please tell me it's not too late I'm so scared,I was just having a little trouble getting off Percocet and they pushed this sh*t on me. Forget it.  Thanks in advance for your replies. 

My husband has been on Suboxone for 6 month and he is just getting worse! His personality has completely changed! He thinks my children and I are plotting against him.. He accuses me of cheating, making plans to leave him etc.... and he was not like this until he started the suboxone! I'm at my Witts end! The one night he went so crazy I literally though he might kill me! I don't know what to do...

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Hey I'm down. man this drug has ruined me. Six figure income beautiful woman at my side. Now I'm abusive 120lbs congestive heart failure. Still have endocarditis present. Lost everything.

Suboxone is a very dangerous drug and is causing serious depression in people taking it. Suboxone doctors just prescribe more or less of their drug of choice. They are clueless as to what this drug is doing to people.

In his defense I will say it is not that easy to just quit. I have been on opiates since I was 17 and I am 34. I have been to rehab, prison, in a relationship with a drug dealer for five years. This was all because I put pills first. When I got on Subutex I got remarried and went to college and now everything is falling into place and I am catching up with other people my age. I know that it sucks having to have a crutch and I do feel stuck but goddamnit is better than the alternative

I strongly agree with summerrosetucker....Suboxone if taken too long is another addiction...My son has been on it for 5 years and is depressed and anxious..He has cancer and has to get off it for some surgeries..He's more concerned about withdrawl than his cancer..I'm beginning to think there may be a link between suboxone and cancer....

My husband takes them too and has become a monster just cuz u didn't experience it doesn't mean it isn't a serious problem and people should know as much as they can about something like this to help possibly preventing it. Nothing you said helps