Suboxone

[gjgjgjgjgjgj]

Does anyone use this Suboxone?  I have been doing a little research.  From what I can find, it does give addicts in w/d some of their energy back and can help ease depression.  As I further research it, the drug seems to be a very long term solution to opiate addiction. The makers claim it supresses the w/d's, reduces cravings and blocks the effects of other opiods.  It also seems to postpone the inevitable. Seems like it could help some addicts, but where does it end?

[flyfishutahtrout_1]

I have now been on Suboxone for 11 1/2 year. I tried to taper off after the first 3-6 months and ended up relapsing. I have had 7 close friends overdose and die from heroin and about 10 more people that I know pretty well that have also overdosed and died. I have cone to terms that I have a disease called "addiction."  I read a great article that totally made sense to me about a year ago. It was about other diseases that you have to take medication for. Take diabetes for example. If you have diabetes you are not going to stop taking your medicine for it because it will make you much worse and most likely even kill you. This is no different than having a bad addiction to opioids. I have taken suboxone for 11 1/2 years and for the first year and s half I tried to get off of it and relapsed several times. Once I decided to try to stay on some suboxone and not taper off I have not even had a thought of using for just over 10 years now. So you can look at this is a couple ways. You can be a person which is not me and go off of something and never go back, or you can take medication for your diseases and have a fighting chance to stay alive. I just now want to go fisht either the government or the maker of this medication to make it affordable to people so they can have an experience like mine. I have been fortunate enough to stay clean, get good health insurance that would pay a good amount so I could afford my suboxone because if I didn't there would be no way I could afford $800 per month to stay on this medication. If anyone happens to know anyone I could talk to about my personal story and life on suboxone and possibly find the right people to talk  to to make it affordable so we don't have so many deaths and people who want to get on this that cannot afford it. Please feel free to email me at ***@****.

[Deana1970]

You are so right. For anyone who has tried and failed as many times as me suboxone gives you some clean time to get your life back in order, get time under your belt and begin to live in the real world. Suboxone has made me a better mother, daughter and worker. It really did change my life. As long as you do what the doctor and you plan and decrease at regular intervals I think subs are the way to go for peolpe who have failled so many times.

[PlasmaBlip]

I also can't sleep!! This insomnia is horrible!!!

[PlasmaBlip]

This is my first time using this. I am currently prescribed Suboxone and need advice!! I have a 3 year old child, work and starting part time school soon. I am very nervous about staying focused for class!! Not sure what to expect and I feel so ****** in general!! Please someone help!!

[Ballgame]

You're replying to a thread from 2007. Don't think anyone will answer. Better off starting your own

[lene54]

I'm 11 days into trying to get off suboxone.  I have only been on it since June 6th.  I went on it to help with w/d from being over medicated on fentenyl patches by a crazy pain specialist. After I got to 4 mg I had to stay 6 days and am trying to cut dose today.  It has been hard.  The anxiety is awful, but I do have something to take.  I usually let it get bad before I take it.  I take lunesta to help me sleep.  It works.  I been taking them on and off for years. I wake up feeling bad every morning. I'm always nauseated.  I understand there are people on here that have said they have little to no w/d, but no me.  I think you just have to take it very slow and I'm not a patient person.  

[IcantDOthisAlone]

How are u feeling??? I tried getting off sub"s 3 times...only lasted 10 days. How long did it take u to feel better ???

[UserX]

Hello. I can tell you with confidence that there is a light at the end of that tunnel if u allow it to shine. I am 25 years old and for the passed 4 years i have been on Suboxone.  Prior to that was 3 years of heroin/opiate addiction. I thought i would be on suboxone forever because of a habit i stumbled upon as a teenager.  First off, i can say suboxone saved my life. The reason i believe its good is because it offers a chance at developing a managable lifestyle. Once you gain those skills, however, suboxone starts to suggest its own disuse in your mind. It's difficult to commit to the idea of parting ways with such a great friend(lol), but it's well worth it and it is TOTALLY DOABLE. I'm not saying it's easy by any means,although for about half a second each day you will see that it is, but it is very doable, physically and mentally. Properly prepared for, Suboxone withdrawal can be surprisingly managable. I tried 3 times in the same month to get through the WD but couldn't make it more than a couple days. That itself was slightly helpful because it allowed me to taper even further down. Today, i am 36 days clean and am smelling the much greener grass :)

[rockferdoxy]

Suboxone is just as hard to get off your just trading one drug for an other my wife is a sate certified drug cousuler and she has recherch on this drug. For the addict Iam c/t is the best way.

[Norcoaddict]

My friend is on Suboxone right now and he likes it a lot, problem is he's been at the same dosage for a few months now without decreasing the dosage. He started on Suboxone to help get off Methadone and snorting Heroin. I guess its a good replacement and there isnt much w/ds. I have a feeling he's going to have a hard time getting off of them completely when he actually decreases his dosage low enough, if that ever happens.
Hope this helps