Side Effects Of Suboxone
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I have been on suboxone now for just under a month. I think it is an amazing drug, i have had no cravings or interest in returning to opiates, my drug of choice was oxy. I get up every day feeling happy, and am able to take on what ever the day brings me. I am also on lexapro for depression at this time. There is one problem after i take my dose, which is 8 mg. twice a day, I am extremely tired sometimes to the point where if i sit down I will nod off, so I keep moving and can usually fight through it. I am wondering do other people feel this way or does it get better the longer you are on it? Two other things that are sometimes very bothersome are dizzyness and extreme dry mouth. I just wanted to find out other peoples experiences. Thanx

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I was on subtext and continued my use f klonopin during my treatment. I have panic disorder. You will need to continue the Klopin when coming off the subtext. Don't be hiding that from your subtex proscriber. I was being treated with both medications by the same dr. I too found that the combination of the meds helped deal with certain associated conditions- fear of leaving the home etc. I have been off sub for 6 months. It took me about 6 weeks to begin to feel close to normal. But I couldn't stand the fear of knowing that one day I had to get off of the sub. So I picked a month . I took
" holidays" off from work and laid in bed until I could get out. Bit by bit. There's other meds you may need to manage the withdrawal symptoms. Eg. Myalgia etc. You can do this. You don't have to be a lifer. Just make sure you let your drs know what's happening.

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Rustynailz,

There's a difference between addicted and dependent. Yep, you absolutely WILL become dependent on subs. Just like you'll become dependent on your anti depressant, your beta blocker, your blood pressure meds etc etc. that's just a fact with medicine that you take daily for any extended period. You will NOT find yourself chasing it, ruining your life, risking your home, your freedom, your family etc etc like an addict would. That's a very significant difference.

Now, like all medicine that your body becomes dependent on a longer, slower taper is reccomebded to avoid withdrawal symptoms. This is no different than wellbutrin, or Prozac or many many other meds. The fact of the matter is addiction is a disease- sometimes you have to look at the consequences of NOT treating the disease. If you had high blood pressure, or cholesterol, or even depression, you'd take your pill every morning. Sure, if you suddenly stopped you'd withdrawal, but why would you stop if it worked? Same thing with suboxone

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Ok, hear it goes... Number one. Subs are effing addictive. If you think that withdrawls from opiates are bad, wait till you try to come off of subs after being on them for a LONG time. The only way to detox, and not go through long withdrawls is to do a quick detox with subs. Like a week or two at the max. Start off with one 8 mg pill, or the strips in my opinion work better, and you can cut then down into little pieces much easier than the pills. That night take another 8 mg. Day 2, 4 mg in the morning, 4 at night. Day 3, 2 mg in the morning 2 at night. Day 4, 1 mg both day and night. Then the 5 day, wait till you start to feel really bad, and take a sliver of a strip, or a small piece of a pill. Before you sleep take another sliver. Day 6 wait again till you feel like crap and take another sliver or small piece. If you can sleep and not take anything then do it. Day 7 wait again till you don't feel well, and take half of the sliver you were taking. Or half of the piece of pill you were taking the day before. This works. I have detoxed like this, I was addicted to opana, I would snort 2-4 up to 8 20 mg pills a day. I got into a car wreck, flipped a car 3 Times and flew from the car 30 ft and broke my.back in two places. I have been on pain pills for around 5 years. I also have severe scoliosis, bone spurs in my neck, and stenosis. If you want to get clean, then take a week, and do it. Do it quick, stop prolonging it, and move on with your life. How long would it take to detox off opiates? Normally a week. Subs are great for detoxing! But if you stay on them longer than a week or two, then you really are just substituting one demon for another, and the detox off of subs are really really bad. My advice for anyone thinking about getting clean, get some strips, get on them then get off of them as soon as possible. I hope this helps. It does work, I didn't feel like crap when I was detoxing off the opana, and when I came off the subs, I was fine, because I was only taking them for a WEEK! And for the people who think their doctor is not getting rich off of your addiction.. think again. They want to keep you coming back as long as they can. They are there to make money, and insurance money is still money. Not all doctors are evil, or or greedy, but let's face it, most people who are doctors drive BMW's or Mercedes-Benz, you don't see too many doctors driving p o s cars... I think we should pay doctors when we are healthy, and don't have any problems, maybe then people would stop being medicated for such a long period of time. I feel really sorry for someone who has been on subs for a really long time. Once you stop, it will be hell. That is why it is so important to get off the subs as soon as possible.

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yes the skin problem. i have been picking now for almost 3 years and it is horrible I have scars all over my body I lost my sex drive for the first year was on lexapro and that put my head in the clouds just got switched to citroplifan and like what the other guy said I have the same side effects. I lost so much blood one day I couldn't stop cutting and i thought the worst. If u want contact me. so we can talk about this together.

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Hi,I was just wondering from reading the threads when @ how I will get off subs. I have been on them since the summer of 2006.I started out on 3 subs a day(24mgs) and got myself down to 12mgs(1 @ a half a day) and felt comfortable with that dosage now for almost 3 yrs.I am just thinking now that I have been on these things for 6 yrs and I am gonna be a lifer cause I refuse to go through that withdraw and the saying goes the longer your on it,the longer you withdraw so I did the math @ would rather DIE.Oh,and to make things more complicated I am perscibed kolonopin,1 mg 3 times a day since 2000 for panic disorder @ social anxiety plus I am gloraphobic but I go out more now and feel more balanced with both medicines working together.I go to my psyche doc,not my sub doc for these so I have to 1,go to 2 different pharmacies @ 2,stop taking the kolonipin 4 days before I go for my monthly visit to the sub doc so I withdraw 4 days out of every month since you can't have narcotics in your system,especially benzo's.I am a single,31 yr old man @ I feel if I never would of sit in the passenger side of (ill leave his name out) my friends car and got into the accident that led me to pain medicine that led me to opiate addiction that my life would of been totally different(obviously).This all happened in the summer of 02.I am not blaming anyone cause I know it sounds like it cause I know Its my fault and I am sorry for being long-winded and off topic but I feel this forum can give me positive feedback. I'm spilling my life out here that my closest friends and family don't even know(@ I wan;t to keep it that way,lol).Thank you for your time anyone reading this and Good Luck and God speed on this nasty cycle of addiction.

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suboxone is an.opiate.. it is made from two parts__the nalaxone(opiate blocker only works if you shoot it..) the buprenorphine is an opiate..it is classed as an orvinal. why dont you people research ur medication and the things in it before you take them...congratulations! you have moved into the world of legal drug dealing and youve replaced your opiate/opiod addiction with another opiate/synthetic opiod....

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I have been taking suboxone since last July. I am currently still on 2 8mg in the morning and 1 8mg at evening time or night. Since I have been on suboxone my sex drive is hit or miss and it has also caused minor issues in my relationship, but we have been together 2 years and I can't tell you how much her support helped me. If you have never had an addiction, it is my advice to you to ask your BF if you both could attend a NA meeting together. There me and my gf became closer as she started to understand my struggle and side effects and heard others stories about how this addiction can alter ones life. Again you being there for your BF through thick and thin will help him in the long run and you too.

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I have been taking suboxone since last July. I am currently still on 2 8mg in the morning and 1 8mg at evening time or night. My meds were lost in my luggage and I went 36 hours without my Suboxone and I had withdrawls that were worse than any Oxy withdrawl. I even brought myself down to 2mg once a day and had some Restless Leg Syndrome late in the night. I wouldn't change your dose around too much without consulting your DR. Congrats on kicking your opiate habit.

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Ignore Kevin's misguided advice. Do yourself a favor.

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Your full of bs Kevin. Just because you are set on being failure, don't drag everyone else down. You're wrong and there's lots of living proof against you. Wake up man.

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A friend of mine is currently on Suboxone 2mg twice a day. The doc said that she must slowly wean herself from the meds. She started using the meds on the 19th of December - this week is week 4. Question is: can she start with 1mg twice a day for say a week, then 0.5mg twice a day for a week OR can she go to taking 1mg every second evening (she did forget to drink a tablet and was fine) for a week and then 0.5mg every second evening. She experience blurred vision or as she explained "it feels like her eyes is pulling skew when she talks to people and feel embarressed to look at them and rather look to the ground for them not to see what she feels". Not sure how to describe this best but I'm sure you guys will know best. Please people I would love to help her through this difficult time. I would really appreciate a "weaning off schedule" - again, current dose is 2mg twice a day.

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Give me a break, you will be saying that till you go off the miracle medicine and severely withdraw from the subs for a very long time possibly months. Then wind up back using your D.O.C. , I know this because I did it and so did so many others. Just know what your doing, just know what your getting into.

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Give me a break, you will be saying that till you go off and severely withdraw from the subs for a very long time possibly months. Then wind up back using your D.O.C. , I know this because I did it and so did so many others. Just know what your doing, just know what your getting into.

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Rate of relapse declines the longer you remain on subutext. That's the good news. The more troubling reality is that as soon as you start to drop below 2 mg a day, you begin to experience acute withdrawal symptoms-similar to any opiate withdrawal. Eventually you will need to bite the bullet. Consider a very slow staggered tapper from 2 to 1.75 to 1.5, to 1, to .5 to .25. You need time, and even then you may feel withdrawal symptoms for a period of time (7 to 10 days). There are medications that can help get you over that period. Corona dine is one. Work with your MD. There's no magic cure. But, there is hope. Don't believe all the horror stories. It's tough, but achievable. One patient was brilliant and honest enough to write that at the end of his tappering stages, just licking the pill would help. I took that advice and it helped. Stop kicking the can down the road. Find 7 days in your schedule. Expect to be bed ridden. Do it. Move on. You can and will bounce back. God bless and use your insight to help those close to you who may fall victim to opiate inferno. You know so much. Use your power of knowledge.

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Hey so Im 27 year old ex dope/pill junkie. When I was 18 in 03 and in my first detox I was given suboxone for heroin withdrawls. I was started on maintenance doses of 8mg of suboxone and for years would see my doc and fill my scripts. I would get kicked off the subs from my doc for failing drops. So I went back and forth in and out of jail rehabs and then finally prison...all chasing my next iv heroin dose. Im about 14 miles away from the loop in the northwest suburbs of chicago. I never had problems with suboxone being expensive,, 20 dollars with my fathers insurance for whatever script my doc had given me for..1 week to 1 month. The high you get from suboxone is great for the first 2 weeks. Then you build a tolerance. It also works great for inbetween doses of your opiate of choice. When you are trying to be a functioning high class citizen. So after completely detoxing cold turkey off suboxone about 4 to 5 times after being on steady 8mg doses for 3-7 months at atime. You are unable to sleep, will get restless legs..but at 8mg the withdrawl should not be to bad if you take advantage of healthy diet and excercise and flushing your system with juices, water, and supplements. I have never weined myself down correctly, more or less would be using and would get short stints of sobriety with subs maintenance. I am fully clean however and am currently takin 8mg a day. Go to the doctor and get yourself checked out after being out on the benders..you could prolly be sick with baterial infections from lack of care. I know i have had mrsa, and an affected immune system from complete failure of composure of proper diet. I am healthy young guy, escaped luckily from death or serious disease. Sucks having to cram cellophanes of dope up your a** when you see 50,,an bein paranoid of gettin popped to get a fix.. cause your f***in a retard slammin dope straight reckless thinking you are under control. OT IT NEVER WINS> DOPE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED AS POSITVIE EFFECT. it is the worst drug you can possibly do along with prolong use of any opiod..we are not even receptive to actual emotion feeling or care in a mutual understanding between domestic individual. Tis wrong to effect dose of impurity to your brain, not a skilled move of rush from opiate. I am sober but I am takinag sub 8mg.

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Well here I am posting on my experience with suboxone again.I started my journey in April at 16mg a day.Unfortunately I havent weaned off as fast as I wouldve liked to.Im currently taking 2mg or less.Im not having any symptoms while on it..I really want to be completely off but I notice that when I skip more then a day I start getting very bad chills.Thats it.I should just be able to just wing it but Im so miserable I wimp out & take the dosage.I dont even have a psecific time of day that I take it.Any suggestions????

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I have been on sub for 22 months. It was used to get me off the Fent patches. I was on 200 mil of fent for over four years! I quit sub on my own, and have slept about 9 hrs in 9 days, with all the usual opiate withdrawl symptons. It's odd not sleeping for up to 3-4 days at a time, then fall down for four hrs sleep. HELL on earth, but am sick and tired of making drug company's rich. I used to be a auto worker with a busted back for 24 years, I needed pain meds. Then my job went to China. The drug was expensive the last few years with no benefits, but it is the hardest thing I have ever quit in my life. My advice, never take this drug long term or excede 8 mil a day. I have never used herion or street drugs for pain, thank god, because if the withdrawl is worse then what I am going threw now, I would probably with to just die. Suboxone is EVIL if used long term,,,,amen

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so I was addicted to pain killers in general for about 4 years. I would take anything I could get my hands on. and it would be a huge amount of pills in 1 day.

I finally found out about suboxin from my tattoo artist best friend. he referred me to his dr he gets them from. I live in Nevada and there's a pill epademic here. I asked the dr if this would be trading an evil for another. I don't want to get addicted to suboxin and withdrawl.

I've been taking little pieces of sub mg 8. and it's a miracle drug. no detox, I do also have the nodding off stage though after taking some. I also get muscle twitches. idk if it's the sub or not.

I can see the sub being another money pit for the pharmacies and drs tho. I do think if not used properly you will just trade one addiction for another. it's something "too good to be true". I'm just going to take my sub for a month and do counsleling

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today is the 4th day of suboxen i m feeling alot better with this product comparing to methadone, does anyone else feel a bit of a opiate high while taking suboxen. i m wandering if it is an analgesic, i nod alot -heavy leg -headaches lessening. please i need feed back so i can have better chance at life day to day!

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today is the first dose of 8mg suboxone and i used heroin from age 14 , adicted to any and all drugs and alcohol i m now 46 years old and have several serious health problems and methadone only made it worse.my first dose of suboxone made me very sleepy-dizzy-and one big migraine do these symtoms go away quick!every day we don t use or abuse is a good day much love the hughman.

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