Will I Lose Weight Now That Have Switched From Methadone To Suboxone
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i need to know if the 50 pounds i gained while i was on methadone will come off now that i have switched to suboxone

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If you feel like you are in withdrawal you are likely ready. However, taking it too soon is horrible. If your methadone dose was higher than 30 mg a day I would defiantly wait until you are feeling pretty awful. Diarrhea twitching etc . By then you should be okay. I don't mean constant twitching and diarrhea either. Starting of those symptoms. Just my experience. Check with your doctor.

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Withdraw sumptoms mean you're there (your synapses are clear below normal saturation, thus why you feel "like crap)...go for it.

If you want, you can take 'a crumb' of the suboxone, see what happens. Anything under 2 mg of suboxone won't have much of a competitive antagonist quality so your risk of PW are slim...but I will warn you...every single person is vastly different.

I switched from 20 mg to 4 mg with zero issues after 72 hours.

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Seriously that's what you care about?

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can anyone tell me if they took a suboxone 36 hrs after taking 20 mg methadone , I really don't feel well and I want to do it... I am switchin over...thanx

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I gained that much on methadone also. I recently switched to suboxone. just coming off the methadone on a slow detox I lost 20lbs! :-) I can't tell you for sure what will happen but I know I have seen a lot more people stay slim on suboxone than Methadone.

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yes !!!!

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