pragnant while on 8 mg suboxone

[lacy266]

im on suboxone maintence both my doctors are encouraging me that its better for the baby than what id betaking if I wasn't on the sub but im really worried my baby is going to be going threw withdrawls they both said their is a chance of it and I would just breastfeed but what if he dosnt withdrawl has anyone had this or knows of someone that took a bigger dose of suboxone daily for the whole pregnancy and the baby didn't show signs of withdrawls and if they did did the mom  just breastfeed or what else do they do I heard of them putting babies on morpheine I will not allow that I think that's a lot worse I just want some info from someone that has actualy went threw it or knows of someone that has besides a doctors thanks

[Lissarae55]

I'm surprised they have you on Suboxone and not Subutex (Suboxone contains buprenorphine and Naloxone. Because Naloxone can sometimes cause symptoms of opiate withdrawal, which could cause miscarriage, pregnant women are normally advised to take Subutex - exactly the same as Suboxone, but without Naloxone, instead.)

Either way, at present, Buprenorphine is listed as a category C drug for use during pregnancy. This, in the case of Suboxone, means that although scientists think it's probably OK – enough study has not yet been done proving that this is so, therefore the manufacturer does not recommend that it be used during pregnancy.

All THAT being said, I was on Subutex with my last pregnancy, and chose to breastfeed as well while on Subutex maintenance. My son never exhibited any w/drawl or NAS symptoms at all. I was def afraid of my son having those issues, then figured it was more likely to happen to those babies who are exposed in the womb to a high dose and then "cut off" abruptly at birth.... same as we would go through! That's why I chose to BF, he'd get the tiny amount that passes thru the milk while he tapered off both the boob and the subutex. It worked out great for us. He's a happy, healthy, so so smart 5 year old now! Good luck! And def bring up your concerns with your docs and your OBGYN!

[Ranae2014]

Hey baby girl I'm to your rescue I used to take Saboxen before our got pregnant but now I take sebutex 8mg it's the same thing except it doesn't have the blocker  and your baby won't be withdrawing from it, actually the genetics counselor said the sebutex is much safer and better and they have something they can give him/her when they come out time and they'll be ok. So ask you Saboxen doctor if you can switch to sebutex and keep u at 8 mgs and there smaller and taste better then Bups so good luck and Congrats let me know what u think!!

[heatherr322]

I haven't gone through that but how far along are you? and what are you getting off of?