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quitting suboxone with percocet

I was on suboxone for 4 years (about 8mg per day at first and tapered down to 1mg).  Here comes the tricky part...under the supervision of my addiction specialist, I switched to oxycodone and think it will be easier to come off that that the dredded subox.  Subox is 30 times mg per mg more powerful than oxycodone.  And with its half life, it is like taking 30 mgs of percocet but never coming off of it for 24 to 36 hrs.  That is a lot of percocet to fill those shoes.  So far so good with the percs.  On day one I took 14 5 mg oxycodone.  Today, one week later I am down to 8 5 mg pills.  Next will be dropping one per day.  By next week I should be taking one a day for the extreem withdrawals.  Has anyone attempted this before?  If I get down to one 5 mg oxycondone per day....can I avoid withdrawals?
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My heart goes out to you! These detox places are not for people addicted to suboxone. They treat suboxone detox the same as pain pill addiction and they are not the same. Suboxone detox is much harder and much much longer. A person can only take so much and that is why so many suboxone users end up giving up. I believe when a person is suffering for too long there should be breaks where a short acting opiate given when they feel like giving up. There needs to be places that only treat suboxone detox. Suboxone is very strong and it can make a person turn into a zombie and that is not living. It is a very good tool for someone who is heavily addicted to herein or pain pills but I believe it should never be given for longer than 2 weeks. That is how suboxone was intended to be used.
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I believe you. I was taken off of it in 10 days and even after suffering like I did I started to feel my emotions come back and that was the greatest feeling in the world. I remember before I ever took suboxone experiencing tremendous anxiety and I am starting to think that being on the suboxone for so long and not being able to feel that I forgot what a mess I was before all of this. I am not saying that my doctor was right to give me such a powerful medication for my depression and anxiety.  I believe he should have referred me to an inpatient depression program. He really messed up my life. Part of me wants to go back to an inpatient detox and rehab program but I'm not sure I can do it again. It scares me to death. I forgot to mention that while taking me off the suboxone in those 10 days they also took me off of a 15 year dependence to klonopin. I was a mess. I was delusional and was told I was trying to jump off of my balcony. I do not remember anything. I ended up in a south Fl. County psychiatric hospital.  I have never experienced anything like it. I will never take klonopin or any benzodiazepine again!
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Wonder if this is truly possible because I hate subs...hate the taste. Last dose was Monday at 10am...
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OMG! I have tried to come off suboxone too many times but the last time cost me over 40,000 dollars and still did not work. I have always known that I could probably succeed if I had access to a short acting opiate but I do not so I am stuck on this suboxone for almost 6 years. I too was prescribed this by my psychiatrist for "off label" use to help with my depression. I have talked to many professionals about this and they all say that I have a good case and should sue my doctor but right now all I am concerned about is getting off of this poison. I don't know what else to do and after reading your story I am wishing and praying that someday I too will be able to do this under a doctors care. I too am not chasing a high. I miss my natural highs and it's eating me up. I don't know how much longer I can hold on. I'm so depressed and feel so helpless.
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Agree completely!  
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Well I haven't been on here a while and this is the first post I saw. Although it is old, I see a few ppl have commented on this. Probably taboo, but this is how I came off of subs as well almost 2 years ago. This May I will be clean for 2 years. Well I used vicodin to get me off sub. I tried getting off the subs but it just didn't work for me. Granted, I didn't do it the proper way because it was soooo hard to taper down and skip days... I was down to a chip, before thetas, a tiny chip and I couldn't do it. I don't suggest doing it my way but it is what worked for me. I haven't seen many ppl talk about this.... Good luck either way.
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I'm on day 7 of doing it this way... I like you could not do the low dose taper on the Sub... too painful and too long for me..  So I decided the percs may work for me too... I so hope so.. So far I have not felt good or high from the percs, just no terrible w/d symptoms... I'm switching to Tylenol #3 next week.. and then taper off that for 10 days..   My sub dr. had no problem doing this for me...  It's a lot easier t w/d off Tylenol 3 than Suboxone...  I was never addicted to Percs or Tylenol #3... Tylenol 3 in fact makes me feel sick to my stomach.. but I will put up with that for 10 days to be off the Sub... Can't wait until this over...
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