Average MG of Suboxone

[iloveny630]

I'm just curious...what's the average amount of mg prescribed of suboxone?  I'm on 8 mg a day...is that normal/average?

[worried878]

just please be safe and talk to ochooked and others who were on this drug and had to wd from it...0.5 mg of sub is still like taking 5-10 mg of methadone comparitively per day...so u just dont know til u completely quit...

[worried878]

when i was on 80 mg they woulda started me out with 12 mg had i optioned to go that route as i asked around being in the medical profession...i didnt say i was asking for me cos of privac7y reasons...i already knew 2 mg would control my wd...so not saying they wont prescribe u that much as they over-prescribe...just that u may not have needed that much..who knows and everyone is different...sub can be like methadone and until u completely quit/go to nil and then wait a day or so/..u dont know how bad the wds will be

[Lola_mama]

Hey, I used to take 8 lortab 7.5s per day on average and when I decided to quit, the dr. put me on 8mg of suboxone to start.  That does not sound unusual to me at all!  I thought the 8mg was way to much for me actually, and cut the dosage in half by day 3.  I took 4mg for about a month and then went down to 3mg for a month and so on.  Right now I'm on 0.5mg of suboxone a day.  I should be completely off within the next month.  Feel free to message me if you have any questions!

Good Luck!
Lola ; )

[iloveny630]

wow......I'm really scared now.

[worried878]

oh....but doctors prescribe much higher doses than what is usually needed....my girlfriend had a 140 mg oxy habit and they put her on 24 mg of sub...she got sick and it took like 3 days to get out of her system..it was just way too much for her...u gotta educate urself on what ur body needs as everyone is different...do know what u r doing as some leap into a pit deeper than the one they were in

[worried878]

Buprenex.....1 mg (suboxone, subutex)
Morphine....30-40 mgs PO/ 10 mg IV
Dilaudid........7.5 mg
Opana/Oxymorphone........10  mg
Oxycodone....20 mg
Hydrocodone…30 mg
Codeine.........200 mg
Methadone..….15 - 20 mg
Demerol...........300 mg
Darvacet...........200 mg
  just an approximation as everyone metabolizes drugs differently...8 mg would cover or equal approximately 210 mg hydro habit a day, 160 mg oxycodone habit, or 100 mg a day methadone habit....most who r educated on sub use a bitless than what they actually need to feel perfectly fine if they plan on tapering off quickly and not getting addicted..i used sub when i ran out of pills in the past..i was an 80- mg/average /a day hydro user...1-2 mg kept me out of wds...less is more with that drug as it is very powerful

[ochooked]

I was taking 140 mg of Oxy a day so I started on 2 mg - then began to taper until day 20 then only took a crumb -- thought I would miss the W/D's but was I every wrong -- suffered horribly for almost two months.   Dosing Sub is tricky -- It is my opinion that everyone is different and needs to allow your own body to determine its need for the Sub --- You do this by taking 2 mg and then waiting 30 minutes --- (assuming you are in mild withdrawals) then if that is not enough you take 1 mg and repeat the process.  The idea is to use as little as possible and start tapering immediately -- if you don't the sub will grab you harder than your DOC ---  It is total he11 to come off of Sub.  Wish you all the best.

[cathy5841]

that totally depends on the the person, the size of the habit, the amt of the habit...