Suboxone how hard is it to come off of .

[avisg]

I have seen any in the last week considering suboxone .We have many that are still taking it .I think it would really helpful for  many posters trying to research whether it a good chioce for them to hear what people that are now off it have to say .
Did you take it short term or long term? How long if at all did you have WD going off it?.If you had to do it all over would you make the same choice?

[Sophie08]

I have been taking Subs since Feb. 20, this year.. I started out on 4 mg. and I'm down to 2 mg., dropping to 1 mg. in 2 days. I plan to do that for 2 weeks then cut em.  I feel like I have the flu for about 5 days after dosing down then I seem to feel better. Can I probably expect the same thing when I stop them?

[dizzy83]

I've been on subutex 8years now and i'm so **** scared of my detox in 6weeks .

My doc says i'll be drugged up to the max not to notice the withdaws but i don't believe that one bit no detox is painfree.

I'm on 16mg and i get given 2x 8mg tabs and they're only small and i can nver judge the amount they brake into once i razor them into little bits.

has anyone got any ideas to minimise my wiothdraws and do a comfprtable taper ???

[kim715]

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[ga24473]

I have a 40 yr old friend who came off heroin with methadone (she took the methadone for about a year) and has been on 8 mil of sub for about a year. She wants to stop and is coming to my house from 800 miles a way to do so...I know nothing about this drug and do not know anything about the withdrawls but from what I have read on these postings...What do I need to know or do to help her???

[outotown]

I have detoxed c/t from both but when i followed dr's orders this time it was much eisier but was on it 13 months and did ezcatly as he said, it GAVE ME, BACK TOO ME. I think it saved my life, b/c i could not work until i got on it, today is day seven. GOOD FOR ME

[Gunny_Highway]

I would say that you should only use Suboxone according to what and how you are using.  If you're on Hydros or something similar, have a steady RX for them, then I wouldn't bother with Suboxone, you can taper down with your own supply, because that is essentially what you will be doing eventually with suboxone.  If you're living day to day trying to stay ahead of the wd's on heroin or Oxys and doing risky **** to keep the habit going, then you should get on Suboxone imo.   Getting on Suboxone gives you the chance to stabilize your life and make changes, then when you're ready you can make the jump to sobriety.  

There is no magical fix for opiate addiction, it takes work and there will be discomfort at times- but Suboxone gives you a good chance to get sober again.  Going to the clinic, getting on Methadone and then switching to Suboxone, saved my life.  There are going to be painful moments, you are going to feel like **** at times, but if I added up all those painful moments they still wouldn't equal one day of going cold turkey off of a bad Oxy habit.  I've been going the clinic 9 months, started off on Methadone and tapered down to 30mg of that, then switched to 6mg of Suboxone. Tapered down to 2mg and Today is DAY 6 of being totally off of everything, and I'm feeling pretty damn good, very light wd's (no sweating, no chills, no  runny nose) but mild aches and RLS.  

The best advice I can give on Suboxone is keep your dose as low as possible, it truly is a 'less is more' kind of drug.  I would also go to a clinic if there is a decent one in your area, the support structure there has been vital to me, and they are allowing me to continue to see my counselor and go to meetings after I finished the program.  Some of the **** I've read about the Dr.'s that prescribe Suboxone is ridiculous, they don't know what they're doing, don't know anything about addiction or even much about Suboxone itself- giving you a bottle of pills and hoping you'll manage.  I've been to my regular doctor and an endocrinologist while I was taking Suboxone and neither one of them had a clue what it was.  Scary