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Suboxone time.

I haven't used heroin in 24 hrs. But I did take a vicodin 7.5 about 5 hours ago but starting to feel withdrawls again. How long should I wait before I take suboxone.
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4605616 tn?1362003158
How long do u plan to take it and how?
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Well, I waited 12 hrs from when I took vicodin and took 4mg of suboxone and all went well, slept good and all. Thank god. Needed that. Been taking 2mg of suboxone all day about every 6 hrs doinn good. Thanks guys.
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Google COWS scale. That is the criteria doctors are supposed to use for induction of subs. It's not an amount of time, it's calculated by the withdrawal symptoms you are having. Keep posting to let us know how you are doing.
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totally agree last time I tried to go and do this suboxone route I went to early and I wished I woulda died. **** was bad. But thanks.
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4407520 tn?1363011865
i would wait at least 24 hrs from short acting opiates just to be safe, precipitated withdrawal is the truely worst withdrawal you will ever experience, some say sooner, but id definately wait until 24 hrs have past
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