Robin, I do not suggest to anyone Methadone or Suboxone for more than a few days at the lowest tolerable dose. These so called maintenance drugs will not fill the void in our souls without bad consequences. I have been on both for a decade and I am done with all of it and quit cold turkey 2 months ago and I am a different person today because of the pain/emotions I finally manned up to. I could eat tree bark for 2 weeks and get addicted to it...lol
Because being on something else probably won’t let you relapse. If you don’t think you can be straight, take suboxone. Don’t worry about the detox now. If done properly you are fine. I have done it. You taper you don’t just come off it, and you taper slowly. Good luck
I am on a 7 day detox using subxone...I am detoxing from 250mg oxycontin day the doctors prescribe me. They started me at 8 mgs bupe and now I am down to 2 mgs. If you have narcotics in your system when you first take it the nax will put you into withdrawals, You don't get any euphoria....I don't care what they say methadone makes you high...suboxone doesn't. I have had minimal withdrawal symptons but what the brother said is correct...if you are maintained on bupe you will get addicted,,,wouldn't it be funny if they give you heroin to detox you from bupe? Not really but just trying to make the point that none of these narcotics is much better or much worse cause chemically they are all so similar. Would maintaining on bupe be better than methadone? Well one thing better is that some physicians at private practices can prescribe bupe and you don't have to go to a clinic like I do. Not to cause you any dismay brother but from all the research I have done the last year the narcotic I would least like to be on is methadone. Even heroin according to what I've read, is more predictable than meth. I don't know that for a fact but I read it on a medical web site. I've never used heroin but I have used Meth and I prefer this bupe....you are alot more functional...nevertheless to repeat, in my humble opinion, all these drugs are very similar.
thank you, I'd like to know whats going into my mouth now before it comes out.
I'm still wondering what to do.
take care
Your other question was how it was meant to be used... The drug co wants your doctor to think you need it for longer than you really do.. They are finding out through addicts experiences that people who take it longer than 3 weeks to a month or if it is taking at high doses people are becoming dependent on it and having a he77 of a time stopping once they are on it...
I did alot of research on it so if you have any questions I am available and you can also email me.. My address is in my profile
Subutex is buprenorphine only... It does not contain naloxone
Suboxone- is buprenorphine plus naloxone..
Naloxone is actually NOT the blocker.. it is in there to prevent the use of it IV and was to help discourage diversion of the streets.. hence why more people are prescibed Suboxone.
Buprenorphine is what does the blocking. the drug itself at certain levels will prevent other opiates from attaching to the receptors. So both drugs block opiates. One is used more to prevent abuse through shooting it up and from selling it on the street..