Tapering Off Subutex While Pregnant (Page 4)
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My wife is pregnant and I just found out she has been taking Subutex for several months.

To make matters worse she's been trying to taper off this drug under the advise of someone she met at other forums. She hasn't let the doctor know she's been taking this drug and this guy has her convinced he can taper her off without harming the baby. I'm besides myself and trying to get her to at least let the doctor monitor her progress on a regular basis while she gets off this stuff.

Is this really safe for her to be doing or am I right in thinking she's lost her mind trusting this person?

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Thanks Poppy Sower. I was able to talk some sense to my wife and got her to fess up to our doctor what she's been doing. He was livid when he heard she had been trusting the health of our baby to self-proclaimed internet guru and is going to supervise her during this procedure. He looked up the site this Svengali calls home and is filing a report with the American Medical Association against him and the site that allowed him to do this. He's got some kind of disclaimer that he's not a doctor and bases his experience on personal experience and education but it's a medical procedure and he's not licensed to practice and it's lucky somebody hasn't died trusting this self-serving narcissistic maniac.

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I would highly suggest (sounds better than.....) YOU & HER MUST go see her OB-GYN and tell him the exact amounts she is taking,any other drugs....just level with him.A baby born with a suboxen habit from dear old mom may be born 7lbs 8oz and in a months time weigh 4lbs,(this happened to an aquaintanance and wife.What the other girls comments were could indeed been accurate depending on dose and how far along she is.I'd be very surprised if you were given any pain meds post natal.The doctors at Maternity wards see this quite often ,but they need to be leveled with,Your childs health should be no.1PRIORITY,A side note their baby after 3 months is thriving,(Hes off dope and she is on a Sub detox program(6 months to last dose)

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I am on subutex and pregnant. My doctor believes that the safest thing I can do is stay on the meds. If I go through withdrawals, so does baby.

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