How Long Does It Take Suboxone To Get Out Of Your System (Top voted first)

I had surgery due to a bad pinched nerve on march of 2013 on lots of strong meds, Ive been on the suboxone for 1 month 4mg under your tougne twice a day weaned myself down to 2mg a day...I feel like I'm getting myself in a worst spot...taking this stuff any longer.I stopped my last one on July 25th @ 7pm ....PLEASE SOME HELP ME I NEED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT

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Hi NewStart,
Let me say that Suboxone is a very powerful drug. I am writing you at all hours of the night due to my insomnia (my last dose was July 19th at 7pm). When I stopped, I was on 1mg a day (after 6yrs of use and 1.5 yrs of tapering down). It hasn't been easy, but it will get better, and it WILL get better for you too! Life sucks for a couple of weeks, no doubt, but just think of the freedom from dependence when it's all over. Keep your head up and fight an hour at a time. Your going to feel some withdrawals, there is no 2 ways about it. But you can do it. I am only 9 days into kicking it. It still hurts, my legs are restless and I can't get comfortable. But before long I will be comfortble, and so will you. Be a soldier and march through the pain. Good luck and God bless.

-Andy

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I only took suboxone twice for 2 days and it was just really small pieces of a strip its been about 24 hours now since I last took it would it b out of my system by now and this was my first time ever taking it???????

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Thank you for your input Boxerdad!

Jamnewstart, you did the right thing by tapering off the medication. Did you stop taking it completely at (2 mg)? If so, you may experience some withdrawals- but since you weren't taking the Suboxone for too long they may not be as severe as it would be for someone who has been taking a high dosage of Suboxone for years. Suboxone has a half life of 36 hours, which means that every 36 hours 1/2 of your last dose will leave your system. I can't tell you exactly how long it will take to leave your system, but hopefully that information will give you some insight.

Just make sure to stay hydrated with alkaline water (water with lemons or limes if you don't have a citrus allergy), eat clean, and exercise. Doing all of those things will support the function of the lymphatic system and should help the drug to rid itself from your body even faster.

I hope this helps, keep your head up because you are doing the right thing for your health!! :)

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It depends on how much of hydrocodone you were taking. I was on like 10 pills a day for about 2 years. I started the sub about 2 day ago. I really just take a tinny piece probably about 1mg or less and I haven't really felt any withdrawls just a little headache the first day. I'm an athlete and I train and push my body a lot and I've heard that excersize helps your body produce more neurotransmitters which is what you are lacking because of opioid abuse. Now on day 3 and I really don't feel the need to take a sub anymore I feel normal. Ibuprofen helped when I get the headache and a little cannibis to get me eating normally again and I feel great but maybe the amount of opioids in my system might be less than others Idk. so I know it could be hard but my advice would be to take as little of the sub as possible to keep you feeling normal try to exercise as much as you can which youre not going to feel like doing but try to exercise and eat regular meals. All the best

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My new Pain Management just EASILY GOT ME OFF 3 1/2 years of 12mg Subutex by putting me on Norcos, Morphine er (30mg) and xanax (also Soma for restless leg syndrome) This is THE ONLY WAY TO GET OFF SUBS WITHOUT SUFFERING ANY WITHDRAWALS! Before you get pissed and start telling me that I'm substituting one addiction for another, please keep reading. (btw, I HAVE TO GET OFF THE SUBS FOR UPCOMING LOWER BACK SURGERY)
1. I quickly went from 12 mg p/day to 8 mg and 3 days later I went to 6mg of Subs using Xanax and I felt Great!
2. Per my Dr's and my plan, I stopped my Subutex cold turkey and waited almost 48 hours. (strangely I didn't have any wd symptoms (maybe from the Xanax)
3. At approx 45 hours off the Subutex, I took one 10/325 Norco and one 30mg Morphine er. I was scrared...didn't know how it would make me feel, but I felt NORMAL, THANK YOU GOD.
4. I went to see my Dr as planned today to see how I am feeling and I THANKED him and I told him that I didn't have any wd's at all. He upped my dose of Morphine er from 30mg twice per day to 60mg twice per day (just in case I start feeling any nausea or vomiting. The Norcos are for break thru pain if needed. I will take the Xanax in the mornings, in the afternoons and at bedtime as I have every night for several years for nightmares due to my parents passing away 37 hrs apart a few years ago.
5. My Pain Management Dr and I discussed how we will slowly taper me off of the norcos and the morphine 4 weeks from now. I will only use the morphine if I REALLY need it, otherwise, I won't use it. After me being on this plan for a month, the SUBS will be out of my system and I will begin getting Epidurals until I have my surgery on L4/L5. I AM THRILLED TO BE GETTING OFF OF SUBS (ALSO KNOWN TO EVERYONE ADDICTED TO IT AS "PURE EVIL")
I Thank GOD that he lead me to this Dr., he has gotten many patients off of SUBS SAFELY and I really do believe that other PAIN MNGMT DR'S ARE DRUG DEALERS THAT USE THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE AS A TOOL TO MAKE MONEY OFF GETTING US ALL HOOKED ON SUBS! AVERAGE OFFICE VISIT FOR THEM IS $200 EVEN IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE! THEY ARE CRIMINALS AND THEY DON'T CARE THAT THESE SUBS ARE RUINING PEOPLE'S LIVES! (I do believe that Subs are a lifesaver for the right candidates), but while Sub patients are struggling to pay for their office visit and their meds, these Dr's are living the HIGH LIFE (no pun intended) They took an oath "TO FIRST DO NO HARM" then they got GREEDY! PLEASE REPLY BACK TO ME IF YOU WANT FURTHER INFO AND OTHER DR'S THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH THIS PLAN. Take Care and GOD BLESS US ALL

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New start,
I am glad to hear you are still fighting the good fight. Today is day 14 for me and I have never felt better. Still a little restless at night in my legs but all and all I feel great.

During this process I have been taking Aleve day and night. In my opinion, it works much better than Advil. Also, Nyquil and DayQuil work great. They take away the "flu"like symptoms of withdrawals. Keep your head up and don't give up. You have made it this far and the hardest part is behind you. Get some Ny/DayQuil and truck 1 hr at a time. It will get better and you will be ok.
God Bless and Good Luck

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I've been on suboxone for 3 1/2yrs. I've been weaned down to 1 mg a day(film cut into 8pcs) for the past year. I'm on my 5th day with no suboxone. I've been taking Kratom since I quit & I swear to you that it's working. I'm still having pain in my legs and trouble sleeping, but I should be way sicker. Kratom works. Good luck to you all:-)

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Thanks for everyones advice it has truly help me today is the 29th of July and I'm still hanging in there nothing severe I feel like crap all day my eyes water really badI also have really bad headaches and my stomach still upset allday

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Just wanted updates on how everyone is doing. I'm a long term hydro/oxycodone addict and today is DAY 1..... in scared and nervous but determined. I took 4 mg of Sub and will take the otjery half later and will do this for a wk or so then bring down the amount of Subs. thats my plan atleast. Praying it works. This madness has to stop.

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today is Aug 2nd..still no more suboxone strips but on the 6th day it hit my body like a ton of bricks I chicken out and took two vicoden, I know a set back, because I just took more to stop withdrawls again..Anybody WHAT CAN I TAKE TO HELP ME GET THUR THIS I WAS ALMOST THERE...IS it SOMETHING I CAN HAVE MY DR.GIVE..PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP?????????

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I am tapering off i went from 16mg a day to 2mg i started tapering at the end of sept. It hasnt been to bad my dr told me that after i take my very last suboxone dose it will be out of my system in 4 weeks/ im putting this info out for other people who dont know or are not using suboxone under the care of a dr. I tried looking up how long subs remain in your system but i could not find the answer so i asked my sub dr.

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I hope that you were able to get your hands on some Clonidine. That will help calm you and prevent RLS.

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your Dr should taper you of the suboxone not yourself it will be a safer taper ask him or her to please do this for you.

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What is Katram? Is it legal? Can you find it over the counter? Will it come up in a drug check?

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Definitely not alone, and this seriously sucks!!! I can't stand feeling like this. Suboxone is literally almost impossible to get off of. I wish I had never started it!!! The Dr's don't mention this when there putting you on it. They should say, "I'm putting you on something that is virtually impossible to get off of, u'll be sick for weeks!" Maybe I would've thought twice about happily going on it!!

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Free from sub. I don't want to scare you at all. in 1973 had a roll over drunk driver car wreck, not my fault. broke my lower back just enough not to be parallelized and my pelvis in 3 place's, and also had internal bleeding they yet could never find, but it some how stopped. after learning how-to walk all over again and weighing only 80LBS I came back, So I thought well in 1994 after going to school I found a medical job, I loved it so much that I wanted to work in ER so I opted for surgery as you are doing I had l-4 l-5 and S-1 fused tighter, yet after a 11 days in the hospital went home with ton of pain meds, the pain was horrible, then you must do theraphy which is even more painful, so you quit Well I did for a while. anyway to make a long story short, they put me on this wheel to operate and they said it would be easier then a flat surface such as the surgery table. So I thought they know what they are doing, now I had this done in 2000, it is 2014. I cant stand straight, I cant walk with out a cane or crutch, I cant go to the store because the pain is so bad, so If you really don't need it don't do it, I was thinking of opting out but the Dr said they already reserved a room and had all the surgeons lined up so I went on with it, now I wish I would of never done it, lost my job and am on disability a measly $400.00 a month. And I am on more meds then ever, now after 10 yrs my Dr giving all these meds dropped me because of the new Obama care. so I am panicking looking for a Dr. look your Dr up get all the knowing of him, is he board certified and so on, I don't want to scare you I just want to keep you from knife happy surgeons, I wish I never did this, now some Dr's treat me as if I did this to myself, a stupid Dr I wanted to sue did this not me I called a lawyer and he was actually helping the Dr that I wanted to sue in another case like mine so I gave up for a while then the statue of limitations ran out 2 yrs is all you got to sue so I called another laywer and he told me to wait a good yr to see if I heal good, so I did then I called ack said I am worse and he said. It'll take to long to get your case together so I gave up please ck your options I have a rod, screws, and pins holding my spine up and you will too, they have to put that hard ware in you, but I am saying check your Dr out good luck God bless you

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I'm doing GREAT on my Dr.'s plan, Thank GOD, literally! I went from 8mg/day for 3 1/2 years...the dr that put me on subs said it ISN'T HABIT FORMING! Yah,right! Anyway, after I found my new pain mgmt Dr and he spent 2 hours with me, he put me on a plan that "WORKS GREAT FOR ME" and I am so thankful to him. After reading about such horrible wd's other people have suffered, I was still terrified to start his plan. I was supposed to stop the subs that day, wait for mild wd's to start and then take a 30mg Morphine ER and a Norco 10/325. Being scared that it wouldn't work, I took 6mg of subs for 3 days ( I didn't feel any different, I actually felt BETTER). I trust my new Dr. so after tapering from 8mg to 6mg p/day for 3 days, I really put my trust in my Dr and my Faith in GOD and I stopped the subutex. I prayed and asked GOD to give me the strength to get through without suffering any withdrawals. 24 hours after my last dose of that poison (aka Subutex), I was feeling GREAT! I am very always full of energy and I'm very active, but I felt like ME again! I took the longest shower of my life (I felt like I was washing away the 3 1/2 years of Subutex and all of the garbage that came with it). I put on my makeup, opened all of the Windows in our home...Beautiful sunny,warm day, I turned the stereo on and blasted my favorite songs, I was even HUNGRY! I rarely eat breakfast and I was expecting to be nauseated, but I was starving. I ate, ran errands (prepared for wd's) and I had a great night with my husband and our son. I slept great too. The next day (48 hours after my last 6mg sub dose) I had an equally Great day and another great night of sleep. At 72 hrs, my only symptom was a tiny bit of anxiety, but I think it was just fear of "what if I get wd's. At 80 hours, I felt great, just a little light headed. I didn't want to take any chances and as I said, I trust my Dr, so I took a morphine er 30mg and a Norco. I already take Xanax, so I took my Xanax just as I have been for these past few years. Here I am today on day 5 and I feel GREAT! I am ENERGIZED in the best way, I am young, but I feel like I have the energy of a teenager again. I am very Grateful to GOD and to my wonderful,caring and kind Pain Management Dr. Btw, my Dr. is keeping me on these medicines until the subutex is out of my system (one month to be sure) and then he will taper me off of the morphine er and the Norco. If I can help any of you PLEASE just ask me. I wish there was a way to talk in private, but you can ask me anything on here...we're all beating these subs together. Hang in there and GOD BLESS, T

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I have been on Suboxone 8mg 2x a day for almost 7yrs. I was on pain meds for the lower back afta car accident, just like many of you, &couldn't get off. But it's been an endless hell being on Sub's. Is the Dr gonna be in...is insurance gonna clear me?? Too many anxiety ridden problems every month, waiting to see if I'd get my meds or not. Sick of this fight, &with 2 children that need my full attention. ..trying to get off. Tried tapering and wasn't working. As soon as I felt sick, I'd go and take some. Now I'm on day 5 of cold turkey. I've been on Xanax for almost 9yrs now(since my fiancé passed away from an accident). So it's not really helping the way it would if I just went on it. I felt better on day 3, I really thought I could do this. Now on day5 and feeling more and more sick....when does this start to feel better?!?! I've heard soo many different responses to this. If someone has any advice, or has done cold turkey, and an approx idea of how long I'm going to feel this bad..it would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!

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It's good to know I'm not the only one.. this just sucks and I won't go bsck. No way

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I'm a single mom. We should keep I touch if we need to talk. I just wish this site would allow emails or something so we could talk Instantly. {edited for privacy} is my real name. BTW MOMCOLDTURKEY

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