Withdrawal From Buprenex

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Does anyone know how long and how severe withdrawal from Buprenex may be?

I've been using it for 2 months, to aid in my detox from the hard stuff. I've tapered down from 4 amps a day to 1, but trying to get below 1 ampule a day is a constant daily struggle NOT to use more. Sort of a death by a thousand cuts situation, if you know what I mean.

So I'm thinking about going cold turkey after I see my addiction doctor today. But I'd like to know what I'm getting into, because I can't afford to be sick for 2 weeks right now and have zero energy and be depressed. A few days, yes. But not 2 weeks.

Any clues? Thanks!

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Yes, my doctor is prescribing it and organizing my taper down schedule. There were certain reasons why they prescribed it for longer than the initial 2-week detox period. In any event, it's not that big a deal. We decided (my doc and I) to take it slow, wean me down to almost zip (1/4 amp per day), then deal with what will surely be mild withdrawal symptoms if at all.

It takes about 1 month of constant use of Buprenex to develop a physical tolerance. I can't imagine how someone could get high from it, because it just doesn't have that effect, ebing only a partial opaiate agonist. But hey, getting "high" is a very individual thing, so who knows? The only thing I've ever felt from it is the lack of feeling withdrawal symptoms.

So there it is ... life in the slow lane. Almost 2 months clean of feeling "high" and it feels mighty good, actually.

[cindi]

I think I have talked about BUP  before one this forum so frogive me if i soudn repetitive but here goes,,,as you know i had struggled several years ago with a demerol and a you name it i did addiction including  BUP..as a matter of fact the firt drug I shot inot myself was the up....and I did get a nice high  from it....then when i was using the demerol and dilaudid and ran out like on my days off ect...I always kept a stash of BUP on hand for the withdrawals...so if you are using it for detox you can get addicted to it I suppose according to the dosee etc.  I do not know whatdose is used for detox but i had also heard that after a few days or whatever you are supposed to be started to wean down from the BUP  within a certain alloted time frame?  but I can attest to the fact that I did get high from it...be carefull with this stuff...it can be just as addicting.......HEY    guess what I didn't even hijack tis thread.....love to all   cin

[J.B. to Brian and Vicky]

I know nothing about BUP except what I've read in the past here on this forum.  I was wondering whether your addiction doctor was RXing it to you or what.  I thought that BUP was only used for a few days, possibly less than a week.  Are you trying to get off of a strong opiate like maybe heroine? I was wondering whether your two month use of BUP was related to the amount and potency of your drug of choice?  Good luck!  J.B.