???? suboxone ???

[lovemypillhead]

Quick question to anyone and everyone who is on suboxone or been on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


My bf went to dr yesterday and he put him on ( 3 ) 8 mg a day. So, a total of 24mg of suboxone a day.

The bottle says TAKE ONE PILL 3 TIMES DAILY
But, the insert from the pharmacy says IF U ARE TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE PILL A DAY, TAKE THEM ALL AT ONCE UNDER TONGUE, ETC.....
If that is true, why wouldnt the bottle say "Take 3 pills ONCE a day"

Im confused and no we didnt call the dr yet.  We wanna make sure he gets the maximum benefit from this.....so i want to make sure he takes them right.

So, if he is on 3 pills a day....is he suppose to take all 3 at once? Or, like one in the morning, afternoon then night???

I would have started the question on a fresh forum but i cant at work. My work blocks certain websites where u can chat and things like that!

[updownandallaround]

Me & my fiancée decided over a year ago to get on suboxone.  It was the best decision that we've ever made. Your boyfriend might not need the recommended 3x a day. My man is prescribed 3x a day but we take one a day. Or sometimes half. And if he ever doesn't have them he wont get as suck as if he was doing pills or opiates of any kind. Usually after 3 days we start having lack of energy or getting the *****. But we don't crave or look to chase the goddamn opiate dragon anymore. Suboxone is a God sent. And we are so happy with the results. Its even helped me stop drinking.  Can your BF APPLY FOR CHARITY CARE IN THE STATE YOUR IN?? LOOK IT UP. good luck and be proud that he made the step in a better direction. Good for him and u. I hate when people get all preachy on here like they know everything.  Everyone is different and tell him to do what works for him.

[lifesgreat]

I get the same exact dosage. If it says take 1 tablet 3 times a day then he would need to do it three different times. I would most definately not advise him to take them all at once, he will get very sick and more than likely shakey and wont be able to sleep. I have been on this dose for 2 years now and I still couldn't take all 3 of mine at one time

[BrentD]

Just dont stay on the suboxone for 10 years = P If you get a good taper plan going I believe the suboxone could help you out. Best of luck to you.

[Kellphil]

Im starting suboxone this Tues after being on methadone for ten years. Im really scared after reading all this. I hope I made the right choice!

[IBKleen]

kittycat,

This is an old thread and you are talking to members who may not be here any longer. You would be best served to start your own post.

[kittycat1433]

hi, im on suboxone for a hydro addiction and i have never heard of anything like that everyone has a diffrent dose,but thts alot of suboxone 8mg three times a day sounds like you should have went bk to the doc's office rite away and iv'e sure never heard of taking three at a time,if he is suppose to take them like that yuck they taste awful!!call doctor.kitty

[indiana2008]

Yes take them all together.......mine said the same even the doctor told me to take them all together but wrote take 1 twice daily.  I was told it was for insurance purposes but not sure.  I do know it is vital to take them together for maximum benefit.  I am sure you are on your way to finding the one you love again as suboxone saved my life.
Best wishes to the both of you
Scott

[ExPillHead]

I have been on suboxone for 4 years. Goat has no idea what he's talking about, he's arrogant and ignorant.  IT IS A MIRACLE DRUG WITH THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF TREATMENT.  Without seeing a Doctor, without seeing a NA group or outpatient group, then Suboxone is NOT a miracle drug. But, if you take the subs as prescribed, go to meetings, do what your doctor tells you...then YOU ARE NO LONGER A JUNKIE!!! YAY. I have done everything my Dr. told me to throughout the last 4 years and I have NOT had a single relapse and I am NO longer a junkie, or have junkie mentalities. Don't let someone claiming to be a doctor (goat) get you down. As long as he doesn't abuse the subs, and gets outside help from NA or group therapy...it WORKS. I am in a suboxone group through the clinic my doctor works at and there are 35 people in there that all feel the same way I do.

[jt808]

i had to doit the same way and i think alot of it has to do with the fact that u cant od on it and the taste is terrible but its normal to take it all at once everyone i no does it that way.

[lovemypillhead]

Holy canoli  wow that is strong........so that would make sense as to why people that don't have a tolerance can get high from it.

I didnt think u could shoot it either.  

Lots of love from this way!

[cattalina]

Thanks love :) At least SOMEONE likes me around here!!!
And refusingbondage is right - 1mg of buprenorphine is equal to approx 30 mgs of morphine... so someone who does not "need" them would get high/sick. I've heard of people who pop sub to get high but they're generally not actively using large amounts of other opiates... Anything is possible tho. I recently read a blog about someone who used to IV sub. I didn't think you could do that so who really knows?

[lovemypillhead]

thanks :) very informative.  

[refusingbondage]

My guess would be if someone who is not an addict and not use to opiates and large amount of opiates would get really sick of suboxone.  The opiate contained in suboxone is very strong and even 2 mgs of sub is a pretty hefty dose of opiates.  For someone with little to no tolerance, it would probably make them very sick.  I had a huge tolerance to opiates and was still sick off the subs for the first week or two that I took them.   As far as getting high off them.. the verdict is still out.  Many people say they did get high off subs.  I did not think I ever got high on them, but now being off them, I can say they did cause some thing of a high.. not the same as fast acting opes but also not the same as having nothing in your system.  

[lovemypillhead]

suboxone also have a cross on the back of them too.

[lovemypillhead]

ur my girl :)

[lovemypillhead]

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.......


If someone takes suboxone and they are NOT addicted and NOT in withdrawl.....would that cause them to get high from the pill and throw up, etc?

My boyfriend's friend......took a suboxone....like a month ago....but he told my bf that he'd never take them again because number one he got really sick from it (throwing up, etc) but also he said he felt high from it.......like really high. But, then, i got to thinking that this kid that took it wasnt some addict...that i know of.  I think he just messes with pills here and there.........my boyfriend doesnt get the least bit sick from sub. Nor does he get high from them...so we were wondering if that is because his friend doesnt need them....

ANybody know about that?

[ethereal1]

The Golden (or Orange) Rule: take only as little Sub as you need to feel well.

how ironic that Subs are octagonal and referred to as 'stop signs'. ; )

Sub w/d is less severe than full-agonist opiates, but much longer. god-awful long.

figure w/d from full-agonist opiates will be 5 to 7 days. take enough Sub to feel well for that long. then start getting off it via tapering. just MHO.

[cattalina]

You more or less stuck your foot in your mouth... my post was not mean and mtgoat and I have since spoken and come to understand each other better. Also 'beyond the limits' is an extreme description... I didn't burn her house down - I said the word 'annoying'!!! As far as I know - all people are allowed whatever feelings they want. If it annoys me that people are constantly telling me I'm less than, or that I'm not clean, or that I took the easy way out or any other ignorant comment... then it annoys me. Period. If anyone has a problem with MY feelings... then that's their own problem - not mine.  You're definitely allowed to think of me as rude but I'm not the only person on this forum with 'rude' habits like expressing my feelings. So hopefully in the future you will call everyone out on expression of feelings. :)  

[lovemypillhead]

thanks for the support :)

He basically broke them up.....thru the day.

One in the morning, afternoon then evening.  

He does heroin and pills. Both. Whichever he can get first. Snorts the pills and the H.

[ochooked]

Gotta agree with Worried ---- that is one huge amount of Sub ---- Many if not most doctors over prescribe Sub ---  Let me tell you that with Sub -- Less is better -- and how do you know how much is enough?????  You allow your own body to tell you -- start out with 2 mg  -- -if that works stop -- if not - then wait 1 hour and take one mg more.  
Then when you are not having severe W/D's STOP -- this is the amount you need to take twice a day.  Sub is very wicked --- Hell hath no fury like coming off of Sub.  The W/D's lasted for 2 months-----  I highly recommend you go to the Health Pages (above right) and look for a post titled  "Members experiences coming off of Suboxone."  Let the buyer beware ----  And -- one more thing -- Cattalina, sorry to tell you this but you were rude and out of line --- Getting P.O.ed  at a fellow member for expressing their heart felt opinion is beyond the limits ----  If it is true, as you say, that everyone has an opinion -- then allow Mtgoat to have theirs -- Hey everyone --- this sub debate goes on and on but it is very good for us to hear ALL sides ---- get a grip.  Wish everyone the best and Happy Thanksgiving.

[worried878]

getting clean is always a great choice and a great goal if the person is ready to do the work to get there..and wants it deep down..Is ur boyfriend a heroin user?  that is a high dose of sub for a pill popper....is he doing it long term or short term?..if his goal is to get off in the 21 days then 24 mg is a high dose to start at...be safe and look out for him as he is now on a more powerful narcotic than before.....is it the same as being clean?..dont know about that and dont make opinions on the subject but if no behaviors are changed then nothing will change...if he is ready to go head first into meetings and recovery then he has a chance to be successful..if he is using sub to avoid physical wds cos he is forced to quit or because he is afraid of feeling bad for a week or less..i would think twice about it as sub addiction is no fun either and some even go back to oxies or hydros to get off sub!   I have never known anyone to take 24 mg at one time...that is alot....most take their dose twice to three times a day but i dont know many on that high of a dose..be safe

[wannabefree330]

ps:   mtgoat911  this thread is not about you.....and its not about lovemypillhead either?  

[wannabefree330]

Just because we take suboxone doesn't mean we aren't serious about being in recovery?  I don't call it a miracle drug, and I don't expect it to cure my addiction.  I will always be an addict.  Till the day I die.  So mtgoat don't assume all of us using sub are looking for the easy way out?  For me, it brought my head enough above water for me to see that life is worth living, and I don't have to live in shame anymore.  

The question was about how to take the sub....  Dividing the doses will provide a more constant level of the medicaiton in the blood stream.  If you take it all at once say in the morning, the level peaks quickly, then begins to decrease as time goes on.  When I started (after I came home from detox) I took 1 tab four times a day (8mg).  Now I am down to 1 tab (8mg) twice a day.

I'm really happy for you and your bf.  I hope it will pull his head out of the mudd long enough to see that life is worth living for.....just like it did for me.  I know for a fact that sub has allowed me to get the mental and emotional and spiritual areas of my life in order.  When and if I decide to come off of sub, I will be in a better spot mentally to do it.

[lovemypillhead]

Actually, to be honest with you.......

POT:  No. I have never cared for it.  Of course i have smoked it....but, i get paranoid and want to eat non stop. So, im not a fan of it therefore  i dont do it.

ALCOHOL:  The last time i drank that is even worth talking about would have been....oh, about 2 years ago.  I have a 6 month old........that requires me non stop........and then of course i was preg for 9 months before that...........then, before that....oddly enough.....i stopped drinking because my bf wanted me to stop. LOL.  for real. i was going thru a bad divorce, was robbed and lost everything.......so i turned to partying and going out....and drinking. Got a DUI.....still drank tho.....then, met my bf......he wasnt a drinker...and he got my drinking to stop.

PILLS/OPIATES:  I have done them with my bf......i do blame him for me ever doing them because i didnt know anything about opiate addiction until him.  So, i wont lie and say i never did them.  I have for sure.  But, not anymore.  Not to mention, I never got addicted to them. I am sure because i didnt do enough of them.???  but i never did. I could do them and party for the night. And then back to reality the next day as if i never did them before.