Suboxone Dependence

[drjohn1969]

by drjohn1969, 23 minutes ago
To: Anybody with Suboxone Knowlege
I have been on suboxone daily for almost 2 yrs. now.
I have had severe back and shoulder pain most of my adult life. I have gone through the gamit of Oxy,Methadone,and various other opiate pain killers.Since I was 17 yrs.old I have been taking these various precribed drugs and I am 54 yrs. old now. I curently take 12 mgs. a day of suboxone and as long as I take them as precribed.It works for my pain.Can anyone tell me how long and the sevarity of the withdrawals to expect if I try to kick.As it is very hard for me to gradually wean myself off them.
                    Thanks
                                    John L.    

[tret24]

it will be similar to methadone withdrawals as far as the length of the withdrawals, but it will definitely will be a lot milder than methadone withdrawal. If you and your doctor figure out a tapering schedule you probably wont even feel like you are withdrawling. Probably some minor discomfort for a few weeks, but thats it and youre free from everything. The higher the dose the harder the withdrawals will be, but you are on a mild dose, so it shouldnt be too bad, no where near as bad as oxy, H, or methadone withdrawals thats for sure

[GoingToMakeIt]

I would recommend tapering, though. even though you said it would be hard. Talk it over with your Dr. A slow taper over a long time is doable.

[DENNI16]

i have been taking sub for 5 weeks and i started to ween right away.  i went down only a little 2mgs at a time.  w/d lasted about 3 days to regulate to the knew dose.  but if y6ou ween it will be sooooooooooooooooo much easy when you jump off.  i am 4 days with out sub know. physical was not to bad but mental is killing me.  get a sponsor, the worst part is this lack of energy.  i think the longer you are on it the worse it is.
sorry.  but you can do it.

good luck and God bless

[DENNI16]

forgot to write, i could not get a straight answer from anyone about w/d because everyone is so different.  but the company said 7 days to 6 weeks comforting huh?

peace out

[worried878]

Good luck and let us know how you do...keep posting...just curious...why did you decide to get off of it?

[flmagi]

Welcome to the forum. If you were to taper down about 1 mg per week, Hopefully you won't feel the effects of the reduction or withdrawels to much. It would take 12 weeks to get down to zero, but you should be able to do it somewhat comfortably. Good luck and let us know how your doing. Keep posting.