Buprenorphine Detox from Methadone - good, bad?

[The]

Hi everybody,
i need advice about buprenorphine. does it work to get off methadone? what do you experience when you're on it?
anything would be helpful.  thanks    -cat

[avisg]

MOM this is a very old post copy your post and make a new thread . ohhhh my the put you on sub for a codine addiction ???? How did you end up on the methadone ?
I really feel for you these are two hard core drugs (the methadone and sub).....

[momocnr]

Dear Members,
I read the post about detoxing from meth.  I was hoping you could give me some advice.  I started taking it 2 years ago when i thought i might relapse.  i was taking tylenol with codeine and did a buprenorphine detox with my doctor.  when i began taking it, at the advice of a fellow rehab-er, i was ignorant of the addiction.  yes, i know, it was incredibly naive.  i have never been on more than 10mgs per day, in the morning, and i very much want to detox.  i read your post and was wondering if you would alter your advice due to my low dosage, or if that really doesn't matter.  i am petite at 100 lbs.  i have a doctor i can see for the buprenorphine, but he doesn't know i will need his help again.  i don't take codeine but have heard that is the best way to wean oneself off of methodone.  I would value your advice.  thx, momocnr

[nogie1717]

Try the suboxone, but tell your doc that it is a short term thing.
He will best guide you how to get off.
My DOC was Methadone and suboxone (in Treatment) worked wonders as it does today (I got back on after a relapse for a more long term treatment)

[CRIMSONTRUE]

I have been addicted to opiates for 8 years, starting with lortab then joining the done clinic,got off the clinic because I went to jail, I was on 150mgs a day for a year at that time. Now I have been steadily taking between 40 and 20 mgs a day for about 5 months and my fiance knows nothing about it and I don't want her to ever know, I am desperate to kick this addiction and now I have something in my life worth staying sober for and even if I didn't for the first time in my life I want to be sober! I despise be dependant on this drug and I truly hate it. My plan was to be put on soboxone cause I thought it was a mircle pill and was easy to come off of but after reading these posts I am scared I would yet again be replacing one drug for another. Am I mistaking and could anyone offer me some much needed insight or suggestions I might not have considered?   Thanks and may God bless!

[locknut]

just wondering if any one out there is trying to get off of opana er? ihave lowered my dose from 60 mi aday to 40ml aday. ive been experiencing leg shakes and some sort of body siezures.severe headaches extreme pain.anyone out there succesful with getting off the opana? ive been taking opana for fives but was previosly on methadone 150 ml a day,was weened off and put on this unbearable opana.every day funtioning is no longer in my life. need advice from some one who has or has had this problem ......rob

[Calzy]

My advice is the same as BonnieAnn, start a new post so everyone can see it and it's not buried on the bottom here. I'll be looking for it.