**Suboxone**

[NautyOne]

Wow !!   I am amazed on how many people are turning to sub.  When I first came out here in August of 2007, suboxone was a lot of talk.  I now see so many turning to it , but I'm not hearing a lot of feedback on it's success.  I'm curious to hear from anyone who has a success story, rather than a horror story about suboxone.  Not from people currently on it, but anyone who successfully took it and has been off it for some time.  Thanks.

Nauty...............

[tommm70]

"So, I think I am finally understanding the point of sub.  It helps to change the behaviors of taking drugs, and gets your body used to not getting high, and allows your brain to function in a " normal " fashion.  So sub is a conditioning program?"

That is really the best way to describe it. It gives some normalcy, and allows you to curb your triggers and put your life back together.
My career wold not allow me to reveal my issue, but I built a system outside of my job that is working great.

[wait2long]

did you find that suboxone helped your pain while you were on it?  i get relief from my everyday pain, but it does NOTHING for my flare ups...i have fibromyalgia.
i was just wondering..

[hrsebz]

Hi guys I went on suboxone really by accident i had been taking vics off and on for a year because of alot of ovarion cysts. towards the end my binges where getting longer and i was taking more and more pills in january i went in for an ultrasound and the dr who was doing it was a sub dr. we started talking about pain meds and i told him my situation and that it was starting to worry me he told me to come see him and he would give me some thing to help called suboxone( at this point i should have done my reasch)anyway istarted the sub in jan. and went off it in march .I had terrible w/ds but now looking back i think it really helped me for one i dont have craving for pain pills and i dont even really think about them at all its been six weeks now and i feel every day i get stronger....hope this helped

[wait2long]

i couldnt agree more...even for chronic pain, it doesnt seem to do much in the form of relief...advil worked better...

[puranx]

Sub has its place for a certain type of addict or addiction, theres no doubt about it. I hole heartedly believe methadone should be condemned though, esp now that subs here.

[hopsing94]

The short term users do use it to avoid the w/d's. Used short term 3 weeks. You can avoid the majority of w/d. You will still experience some withdrawl but not as severe. Some people cannot get past three weeks or even one week. I have never been able to get past two weeks. I am hoping that with the 3 week quick taper I can achieve that. Now that I have seen the other side( I now know what it is like to feel normal again) I hope to never go back again. If this does not work then I will have to face the w/ds anyway but as Tom said I will have learned how to live without the addictive behavior. I have been on some other forums and read peoples experience with sub. Some good some bad. It seems to be that if you taper very very slowly after using it for more than a month you can quit with almost no pain and some claim none at all. We shall see. Mary is almost done so there will be someone to answer this better for us soon.