Can Suboxone Kill People (Page 2)
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I suffer from chronic pain and have been getting pain killers when ever I can. Usually 2, 3 pills a week. I tried some suboxone to see if it would work on my pain. I took about 6mgs. Is that safe as long as I don't drink alcohol or mix drugs. I feel like I just did some heroine.

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So sorry to read about your husbands death, it's very sad. I've been taking Suboxone for 5 years ... every day ... and probably will continue to take it until I die - I'm 60 yrs. old. It helped me when I needed it 5 yrs. ago - and I barely think about it today.

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My husband took Suboxone (as required by the hospital staff) when he tried to detox off of Vicodin. It was the worst mistake of his life and for the next two years the doctor kept increasing his dose. When he finally got off of it he could feel nothing. He went through hell trying different types of meds and even spent quite a while at UCLA undergoing ECT treatments. His brain was no longer able to feel pleasure. Over the next two years he wasted away. He also had COPD, but it was the severe depression that killed him. I would like to see Suboxone taken off the market. It was hell for him to detox from and nobody should use it for more than a few months. Doctors should not increase dosage, but decrease it. It makes no sense to take something to detox and continue to increase the dosage. The doctor here was much to blame also. He was one of few in the area that could prescribe it so what is the incentive for him to take people off of it? We were married for 40 years and Suboxone killed him.

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Suboxone contains Buprenoprhine, which is a narcotic and Naloxone, which neutralizes other narcotics, to prevent someone's abusing them while they are taking it.

As to its potential to kill someone, any medication has the potential to do that, if someone abuses it and takes too much.

6mgs isn't a super high dose, many drug addicts that have been severely abusing other narcotics require about 24mgs, per dose, to prevent the withdrawal symptoms.

And a safe dosage really depends on a person's tolerance to other medications. If you are getting that high feeling, then it probably means you overdid it, a little.

However, as to taking to much, there are symptoms you should watch for, in case you need to seek medical attention. They are mainly related to the central nervous system depression that it can cause and might include: extreme drowsiness, sedation, lowered heart rate and slow, shallow breathing or difficulty breathing.

Since the Buprenorphine is a very potent narcotic, these possibly symptoms are the main reasons it is a controlled substance and shouldn't be used without a doctor's supervision and approval.

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As I said, the Naloxone in it will neutralize most other narcotics, anyway, unless you took extremely high amounts of them, which would be dangerous and since both they and alcohol can cause the CNS depression that I mentioned, you are very wise to stay away from them.

How are you feeling now?

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