Can You Take Benzos While You're On Suboxone? (Page 5)
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I've been seeing a lot of posts regarding taking benzos while on Suboxone. It is ok to take a benzo w/ suboxone - as long as you're taking the prescribed dosages you'll be fine. Now if you're taking 3 or 4 8mgs of Suboxone and say 5 or 6 Xanax that's not good, that's where the reported deaths have come from. I've been on Subs for 5 yrs. I've also been subscribed klonopin and am currently taking valium w/ it and it's fine. I'm on a low dose and only take what I am prescribed.

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Just to make it clear I was on pain meds for over ten years I wanted off meds so I was put on suboxone I was already on xanax I have been on them longer then the pain meds I still have major pain so suboxone is what I need for right now. I plan on going off them but the xanax I need I don't feel like having another nervous breakdown I live in Ohio and looking for a doc who will do both if anyone knows of a doc please let me know.

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I took about 12 or 13 .5 colanapins within the last 3 days 2 days from taking them I'm going to be prescribed suboxone is that okay

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Lol, Suboxone and Xanax or any type of benzo and Suboxone is very dangerous. I will say this though, if you don't take mass quantities of both then you honestly should be fine. I take 8mg of Suboxone and 0.5 mg of Xanax daily and I am still here. Although, each individual is different.. Also it depends on what if any health problems he/she may have.
As an addict I know we all have addictive personalities as well or we wouldn't all be in this situation asking these questions. Come on people we all know when you over do pretty much anything the results can be crucial just keep to a minimum or a prescribed dose and stick with it and believe me you'll be fine.

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Exactly you said large amounts she is simply saying as long as you take your right amount of dosages!

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Yea that sounds about right. I hope you doing alright Peace and Love

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Me personally I think Valium is for the birds I can't believe they even put it in the benzo family. I hate those things I'm now on 3 MG's of klonopin and it defiantly is 100 times better.

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Yes it's definitely ur tolerance now... U get scripts monthly? N u get 100. Shiit n I'm sure they were gone in like 4_5 days. I get 90 kpins a month n them jawnz be gone in 3 days ...smh. I goes hard n I'm on 12 millys is suboxone too...but back to the point yea ur tolerance has to be not like it use to be... we been doin it too long....

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I need new doc I've been on xanax for years along with suboxone I'm on s.s.d because of this please help me I have 3 newborn grandsons please I'm begging you its in my records.

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Do u live in the usa. I was going to ask my daughter to put me on Klonopin and along with my suboxone. I go to a psychiatrist to get my suboxone. But I have really bad anxiety and panic attacks. I believe I can get off the suboxin If I had some kind of nerve pill to help me. I don't want to be on the box and the rest of my life. And I also believe that I can start taking lower doses of Suboxone if I had a klonopin.

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Ty first time taking suboxone and I didn't take valium like 12 hrs ago but I need to seen off valium break it down it's easy with those cuz it's not like xanax talked to doc he said just take smaller one day smaller again then small tiny then done usually valium. Safe coming off of it's the better benzo if u no what I mean but glad to no i can take valium with suboxone Ty cuz I neex it just for few days till I get threw this detox

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Hi I was reading this and I've been in a suboxone clinic for 6 months. They give me a 8mg but the first 2 months I took one then backed off to a half and now they have a new one I had to take too but I was down to a guartery all last week, then Monday took one and took nothin yesterday and valium today, so can I quit? Is that safe? plz email {edited for privacy}

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I was on subs for 7 years!!! I have real anxiety issues, going to er once a week rope s***. So with that said for 5 years I have been on subs and benzos and for once I am clean and haven't had any recent er visits. It is perfectly safe to take them together in low doses with high tolerances for both. It's only in the USA where fda tells docs not to prescribe the two together. I lived in EU for years and there they don't put naloxone in subs, they only prescribe subutex with no monitoring of any sort and give u benzos if u need them with out the bulls*** fda claims that it will kill you.

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IT'S COMPLETELY SAFE TO TAKE THE 2 DRUGS TOGETHER. 14 YEARS, 3mg's XANAX WITH 8mg's OF SUBOXINE. NO ISSUES WHAT SO EVER.
MY DR. OF 14 YEARS PASSED AWAY, NOW NO OTHER DR. WILL GIVE ME MY XANAX. (I'M ON 2mg's VALIUM/8 SUBOXINE. Also 40 mg's/day of Prozac. It WAS 80mg's/day.)
START WITH A LOW DOSE OF XANAX. 0.5mg's/day... Gradually get to where you can function again. I tell my new Dr. To LOOK @ MY PAST 14 YEARS OF MEDICAL HISTORY THAT I BROUGHT HIM.

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If you are awake and motivated , while on sub and benzo combination or any other medications that it's possible to have the respiratory failure? I've always wondered when its said respiratory failure if it means the individual was asleep or unconscious and couldn't tell themselves to breathe ? Is it possible to be active and have respiratory failure?j

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There are doctors that perscribe benzos and subs together.

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I want to make a revision to my last post she isn't giving klonpin she is giving me Ativan which is lorazepam I don't know where I got klopoin from but it is Ativan if that even makes a difference.

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I have been on Subutex 8 mg 3x a day also on 1 mg Xanax 2x a day I was informed by my dr that she is feeling the heat not to write Xanax with Subs so instead of getting my Xanax today she wrote me klonpin which was even at the same dosage I was taking for the Xanax she wrote . 5 klonpin 2 a day I inquired that I was worried about withdrawals from the Xanax she said don't worry any problems come back in 2 weeks, one more thing to note my sister and brother in law also go there and if she is still giving it to them I am gonna be pissed, my question is what is the difference between the Xanax and the klonopin? They are both Benzo's so I guess I am not understanding her decision she has always been a lot of flaky some months she will write my Subs for 90 some month it's 60 I used to get 90 Xanax then it went to 60 and now this lorazepam which I have taken today and it is doing absolutely nothing for me. I haven't failed any urine test either. She told me I could go to a psychiatrist for the Xanax well I shouldn't have to do that since she has had no problem giving the Benzo's all along so if it's a benzo problem then why would Xanax be excluded?

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Suboxone IS typically designed for pharmaceutical detox over 4-7 days and then no more....however many people still have pain levels above what OTC can dent and need something.....and Suboxone is a lifesaver for that. I did so much damage to my pancreas with alcohol use during WD's that I now need pain management above OTC offerings and the 12mg a day Suboxone helps tremendously... I still have a couple days a month where I have enough paid it is in top 3 things on my mind all day.... usually #1.....so at least once a week I only use 8mg Suboxone and over almost 3 years on treatment have managed to continuously have half a dozed 8mg pills as back up for those days I need more help. The best thing is they don't make you high and with Naloxone there are no cravings....I have not fantasized or romanticized opiates but maybe twice in almost 3 years and mostly I remember how messed up I and my life was when I was taking 30+ 7.5 Lorcets or Lortabs on a heavy day. I think over time more DR's will become educated about long term Suboxone treatment and for those with no ongoing pain issues, why not just take Naloxone by itself if you have no ongoing pain issues.....it kills cravings for me. Good luck.

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I'm really confused how doctors prescribe this medicine for 5,6,7 years!? Isn't the whole point to taper down slowly so eventually you won't need something to function through the day..... 5 years seems like too long, & long enough to have tapered down safely.

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