Suboxone And Ativan Or Xanax

I am taking suboxone 8.2 three times a day and my doctor told me this was the maximum dosage, however i am still struggling with terrible anxiety. I have read people take xannax or valium with suboxone. How is that? I didnt think i could ever get that as i am labled an addict by taking suboxone. Thanks for any advise

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Hello, Lorcos! How are you? I'm sorry about your anxiety issues.

Your doctor is correct, that is the maximum daily dosage. As to whether or not someone can take benzodiazepines, while being treated with, that is entirely up to the individuals doctor.

The FDA classifies Suboxone as an opiate that is most commonly used to treat drug addiction, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Your doctor may want you try something that isn't as habit forming, such as an SSRI antidepressant to help yours.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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Thanks so much for you reply. It was very helpful.

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I have been taking subs for 14yrs. Im so sorry to see yet another one of us taking it. I started when they knew very little about this horrible drug. I was taking 8 to 10 Vicodin per day at the end of my journey. Hardly enough to need to get on it. I think I could have done a ten day cocktail of clonidine, ammonium, muscle relaxers. Just bite the bullet and be done. Subutex has a long half life, meaning it lasts in your system, sticks to your neurons 3 times longer than full opioid agonist. You only have so many receptors. So after you take let's say 8 mgs, any more than that is a waste of money. Taking 8 .2 3 x a day makes no sense. If I was you I would start working really hard at making the drop. Or get off them completely. It can be a life saver. But was never meant to be that taken for the rest of your life. To me I take it because I can't get off. I mean I can, but it's taken me a yr just to drop from 4mgs to 1/3 mg...The sooner you start the drop the better. 2 mgs of buprenorphine is the same as 30 mgs. Nobody should be 8 .2 mgs x 3 per day!!! And it's extremely dangerous to combine both benzos and subutex/suboxone. So that means you should talk to your Dr about dropping your Benzo dose as well. You may also experience a bit of discomfort and anxiety just lowering your dosage. Subutex may cause anxiety in certain people. There have been countless deaths due to accidental overdose when combining subs with benzos. By taking more subs your only setting yourself up for certain WD at some point. What if your Dr stops prescibing? What if you run out? Being on that high of a dose is not wise. I'm on virtually a crumb. And I don't always dose every day because of the additional half life. One 8mg sublingual pill lasts me 6 days. Even on less than 1/3 mg per day I still get terrible WD symptoms if I go over 2 days. This drug quickly went from life saver to evil. If I knew then what I know now.... No way I would have never taken it. Getting off less than 1/3 mg of buprenorphine is by far more difficult than the pain meds I was dependent on. Getting off Subutex will be the hardest thing I think I have ever done. Please be careful with your benzos as we... so sorry. Hang in there!

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