coming off deydrocodeine to go on buprenorphine,please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

[faggy]

i have been taking 240mg of dehydrocodeine and 100mg of tramadol daily.i am waiting to go on a buprenorphine maintenance prescription which will be next month.i have some buprenorphine tablets but when i take them i go straight into cold turkey.i have taken the buprenorphine tablets for a few years before but my prescription got stopped so i opted for the above tablets for the time being whilst im on the waiting list to go back on the buprenorphine.does anyone know how long i have to stop taking the deydrocodeine and tramadol for before i can start taking the buprenorphine again please.

[hellc@mst]

I suggest you wait AT LEAST 24 hours from your last DHC/Tramadol dose before taking suboxone,  if not longer (36 hours). Im no doctor but this information is readily available on the manufacturers website.  As you have already discovered, precipitated withdrawals isnt very nice so its definitely in your best interest to be especially prudent and wait as long as you possibly can.

Anyways. all the best on your journey.
Kind regards Jeremy. Recovered Ex-Addict.

[blueer]

You are supposed to wait until you are feeling the withdrawal symptoms before you start on the buprenorphine. Can i ask why you are swapping from 1 to the other?

[IBKleen]

I'm sorry but we cannot give that information here. You are going to need to work with the prescribing doctor to do this properly and safely. Best of luck. Let us know how you are doing.