How Long Do I Have To Wait To Take Suboxone After Taking Methadone For Two Days? (Page 2)
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I have been on morphine for about 7 weeks. I take about 100 to 200mg a day. I am about to switch to methadone in the morning. I am going to take 30mg tomorrow morning and 20mg the next morning. Then on the third day I plan on switching to suboxone. I only have 6mg of suboxone to take on the third day. But my question is, Is it safe to take the 6mg of suboxone 24 hrs after taking the methadone for two days,(30mg the first day and 20mg the second day)?? I'm scared to death of going into precipitated withdrawal when I switch to the suboxone, but I can't get any more methadone and all I have is the 6mg of suboxone. I'm ready to stop the morphine for a while. Rehab is not an option and neither is more morphine, I'm broke.

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Google the COWS scale for withdrawals you have to be feeling pretty bad withdrawals otherwise precip and that is BAD NEWS

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Hi it's been 50hrs since my last dose of methadone, 8m starting to fill rough, sorry 8 going to try and wait another 12hrs before I start my suboxone I just hope I don't go in to withdraws

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I have been on 90 mg of oxicontin twice a day for 10 years. Son ripped off my meds and now I have a fentanyl 50mcg/hr patch on with norco 10 every 4 hours....I am thinking of going to a suboxone clinic because even with the patch and norcos I'm in pretty good withdrawals.... Will it hurt to take the sub while I just had the patch on and still in withdrawals? Or will I still have to wait a couple of days. I'm starting to feel worse every hour even with patch.

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Wait at least 48 hours otherwise you will go into a massive withdrawal :) Good luck

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Don't worry take what you have for sobox is dafter than they tell you

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I was on methadone for a couple yrs and decided to switch to suboxone. I waited 72hrs and still went into the worst prec. withdrawals of my life but again I was methadone for yrs so it was prob built up in my system, but remember methadone has a half life so my advice would be to wait until your feeling really s***ty... hold out as long as you can.

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Yes i joined suboxone program on monday at nine am last dose of methadone was taken at midnight.that night im not sure if six mg is going to put you in as much ease as.u had hoped. I am taking two eight mg a day for opiate addiction im clean a year now but that first two weeks was a nightmare but it paid off im back in the community as a functioning reovered addict.

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Hi Joe! I switched from methadone 2 suboxone. U have to wait until you are withdrawing before you start the suboxone. If u don't wait, u can get really sick and it will defeat the purpose.

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My Suboxone Dr. Always says to wait 3 or 4 days if you are going to go back to using dope,that is to get the Suboxone out of your system.So I assume that you should wait the 3 or 4 days before you start taking Suboxone.They are afraid of accidental overdoses.

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You have to wait a full 48 hours because methadone has a half life after 24 so it takes 48 for it to no longer be active and safe to switch to subs

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i took 20mg of methadone yesterday and 10mg today. when is it safe for me to take suboxone?

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Actually no, it wouldn't be safe to take the Suboxone that soon after taking anything else.

Along with the narcotic Buprenorphine, it also contains the active ingredient Naloxone, so it can throw you into withdrawals if taken too soon.

Learn more Suboxone details here.

You have to already be in full withdrawals, before you can safely start the Suboxone.

And really, 6mgs of it is not going to be enough to completely break your drug habit.

Why isn't treatment an option?

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