Subutex To Methadone (Page 4)
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I go to the clinic and get methadone but missed a day, so i took a half a subutex. Within 15 min it sent me into immediate withdrawal. How long should i wait to take my methadone again? Is it going to send me into worse withdrawal?

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wow, you are SO wrong verwon. you are going to send someone into serious precipitated withdrawals with your misinformation. PLEASE stop telling people that subutex wont put people in withdrawals. please see the above post where someone took subutex, NOT suboxone, too soon after doing methadone, and within 15 minutes of taking it they were in withdrawal, because the methadone wasnt out of their system. which is a similar experience to what i had. you can preach your bad information all you want i suppose, but i know FOR A FACT THAT YOU ARE WRONG. this i know from personal experience AND from the leading addiction doctor in the state of colorado. maybe your ego wont let you admit that you are wrong, but you are. you are seriously going to screw someone up and i sincerely hope that NO ONE on this forum listens to you. GET SOME BETTER INFORMATION!!!

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If you are on any opiate and switch to Suboxone or Subutex without waiting until you are in moderate withdrawal . This is because both the Suboxone and Subutex have Buprenorphine which will immediately pull out all of the other opiates out of your receptor sites because it is highly binding. The Naloxone in Suboxone is useless unless used in an IV to prevent someone from overdose it is the Buprenorphine that is extremely strong that would send you an immediate withdraw therefore depending on which opioid you're using you need to wait Until you are very uncomfortable however after taking you Will be out of withdrawal within 25 to 30 minutes. Example: Herion ,OxyContin's and similar opiates you would want to wait 18 hours before taking Suboxone or Subutex if you are taking methadone it could take 2 to 3 days until you get to that uncomfortable stage! I made the mistake of taking Suboxone too early and was absolutely miserable was in full withdraw whereas you can wait till you're in moderate to severe withdraw and be fine before you take Subutex or Suboxone. Take my advice and wait as long as possible before you take either drug!

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Hi I've been taking Subutex 8Mg Per Day For 7 Years now, Is it ok to Give Blood As my mum needs a Blood Transfusion.

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the subutex itself ABSOLUTELY will send you into precipitated withdrawals. it has NOTHING to do with whether there is naloxone in it or not. the only reason there is naloxone in suboxone is to keep people from abusing it.

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Hello, Rocky! How are you?

When has your doctor advised you to start it?

As I said, Subutex only contains the narcotic Buprenorphine, so you don't have to be in withdrawal to start it.

What specific issues are you afraid of? Perhaps I can help you by addressing those.

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hi taking subutex now wanna start meth but am afraid bigtime when is best time to start my meth?? thank u and godbless

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If you took Subutex, then it did not send you into withdrawals, you are most likely experiencing withdrawal from missing your Methadone, you probably didn't take an equivalent dose of the Subutex.

Subutex only contains the opiate Buprenorphine, it doesn't contain the Naloxone like Suboxone does, which is what could cause someone to go into precipitated withdrawals.

These medications are listed by the FDA as carrying the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and constipation.

You should double check with your doctor, before taking anything, however.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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