180mg of oxy daily detox w/suboxone or without?

I have made the desicion to go into to detox friday.  I have some questions for some of the "strong" ones who have come off oxycotin, in paticular people who had chronic pain/pain and that is why the meds were prescribed.  What should I expect when entering a detox center? By what day would you say the worst of it is over?  I understand everyone is different.  I am curious at why people some people use suboxone and some dont?  Should I?  Some people sware by it, but isnt that replacing one drug with another?  No offense at all, I am just trying to understand.
I have been on 3 times a day 60mg oxys and percocets for breakthrough pain about 1-2 daily for about 3 yrs for chronic back pain and fibromyalgia.  I am 29 years old and am sick of the medication taking over my life and hope that some of my pain will get better once off the opiods.  I pray it will and this is the right desicion I am making by detoxing a medication a dr. prescribes me.  I dont abuse it but my body depends on it and I hate it!  I want to have my life back and i am hoping entering detox friday is the first step!

[worried878]

Do u have a plan to mng ur painn when u helps the narcs..narcs do not really even a direct effet on pain..only interrupts the signal so u do not
A lite exrcise plan with stretching, yoga, massage, chiropractic, ice heat..musce relaxers, anti-inflamatories care. truly make a direct impact on pain
I am a nurse and have a fusion in the neck...3 discs deteriorated so bone on bone,,,this happened when i was 26 and I am now 50..so chronic pain i know well..too well
Ur dose is getting up there in mgs.  180 mgs plus perks puts u over 200 mgs a day
do able if u r  good taperer/may need someone to help..u coutld ct this...bad wds r down in a week or so tops

[Sherri90049]

I was prescribed Ultram 13 years ago for chronic joint pain from lupus. (I had alot of muscle pain from fibromyalgia, too. I never took more than the instructions said, but just like you, I became completely physically dependent on it. So I did the Suboxone/Subutex route. It was very difficult. In a sense you're substituting one drug for another but it's supposed to be better to taper off of. The drug has a very long half life, so you only have to take it once a day. I stayed on it for nine months. I did end up tapering to a very low dose before stopping completely. I am 5 weeks off of Subutex now. I don't regret doing the Subutex route. Maybe I was only successful because I did. But it wasn't easy. However, if you're really motivated to stop, then you can do it. I felt exactly the same as you. I was worried about the underlying pain but just had to stop the stuff any way. I hated how it made me feel and the fact that I was dependent on a stupid drug. It was a good decision for me. My pain hasn't been bad luckily. I attribute that to two things. I gave up gluten from my diet a few months ago and I noticed a huge reduction in joint pain. The other change I made was I started drinking alot more water. The joints, muscles and tissues in the body all need plenty of water to work properly. For years I hardly drank any water, so when I started, I noticed alot of improvement. Fibro muscle pain can still be pretty bad, especially when I don't get good sleep. But I will never take another pain pill again! I wish you the very best! And I congratulate you on your very wise decision to seek help!

[fibrogirlinoc]

the place i am going to specializes in chronic pain and chemical dependency.  There I hope we will come up with a plan to deal with the pain.  thank you for your words of wisdom.

[worried878]

I hope so too girl
leeme know if they have any good info on natural pain mgt..I still am afflicted and know i will always heve pain.it is a hard thing to accept cos sometimes life is hard enough without huritn most of the time//really all of the time..my life is almost center around it..specially bad flare ups..i try to lead a normal life and manage it the best i can..cos using caused me alot of mental pain
yoga helps me the most..then chiropractic..then ice...i still have to get injections bi-monthly..but atleast i am not chasing pills anymore
and glad u have made the decision to be free....i still hurt..but my brain doesnt hurt anymore and i am no longer ashamed
please let me know how it goes
and I am in ur corner and as all here are

[worried878]

And u have posted here enuf to know the sub drill
if u go there..do it safely..a few weeks tops unless u relapse over and over..but i would hate to condemn myself to a life on a maintenence narcotic like sub or methadone..if i had to i would choose methadone as it has more pain relief than sub//bot have their own evils..but having studies both...i would choose methadone cos i am a pain patient
Try hard to choose nuttin and if u do very short term..it is scary for an addict to keep using a maintenence narcotic..we need to salvage the life we have left..cos it is short/life is