Dosage Strengths

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Several yrs. ago I went to sub. dr. for opiot dependancy. He started me on one and half strips per day. The strips read 8mg-2mg. He weaned me down and I got off them. Not gonna get into story but I got messed up on pills again and went back to dr. yesterday. I told him I have a different insurance now and they won,t pay for suboxone so I,d be paying out of pocket. He prescribed the Subutex pill 2mg and said to take one and a half per day which is 3mg. He said this is same dose I started on back when I took the strips. I thought I was starting off at 12mg. last time with strips. This got me very confused. I guess I don,t know what the 8mg-2mg means on the strips. I thought the 8mg on the strip package was the ingredient that kept away the wds. I,m sorry this is confusing sounding but any help would be appreciated.

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Hi, Jolter! How are you?

Yes, if you're remembering the dosage correctly, the original was a higher one, that would be 8mgs of Buprenorphine and 2mgs of Naloxone.

The Subutex just cuts out the Naloxone.

Learn more Subutex details here.

But there is no standard dosage to start on, it really should be based on the dosage of the medications you were abusing.

Have you tried this dosage, yet?

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Hi, Not doing well. Relasped with the pain meds., trying to get straight. Sub Dr. finally called back and said he made a mistake. I,m suppose to be starting out on 12mg not 3mg. He said he,ll call in rest of script to pharmacy but to use these 2mg. up first. Which means I,m suppose to take 6 of these a day. Good lord! What next! I do work but don,t have money to be paying for these outta pocket for very long so I,m gonna try to come off them, wean down and jump off in a couple weeks time. I,m tired of this addiction. Guess its back to NA meetings.

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Hi, I know the Suboxone strips are WAYYYY more expensive than the Suboxone tablets from all of the pharmacies in my area. (like 1/4 the price of the strips) The tablets you can get in generic form, and I haven't seen the strips in generic form. It's the exact same medicine in the generics. I don't know if this helps you or not. I know how you feel with the cost being so high, but the generic forms have saved me a ton! Good luck with everything. :)

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I was on this nasty drug for 2 years. one year on and one year to get off on my own. Its been a year off and i cant work, I have major depression, I shake, I have dabilitating migrains. I am still un-able to work. There have been new studies fond that 1 out of 1,000 are able to get off of this drug. Hardest drug to kick. Worse than the vicodin I was on. If I were you I would go through the hard week of getting off opiates and stay away from the suboxone. I regret the day I let that doctor put me on this suboxone. THE WORST DRUG EVER!!!

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