Can Subutex Be A Small White Round Pill With 8 On One Side And An Arrow On The Other (Top voted first)

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My friend takes 8mg subutex and when he picked up his script today, they weren't the usual white tablet. They were white and the size of a 2mg subutex with an 8 on one side and an arrow on the other. Could his pharmacist have made a big mistake or are these just a different brand??

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Ya I truly believe subutex saved my life, I also just got the real small ones, and thought they messed up, turns out the small ones are being manufactured by Hi-tech pharm out of NY. It is also true they have hardly no fillers or additives in them making them very potent, and prob much eaiser to abuse, I take only half a pill a day and haven't abused opiates in almost 3 years, after a 11 year herion addiction, so ya this med is a life saver for me and thousands of others who want to stay off opiates and get there lives back, good luck everyone!

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I had received little white round pills with an arrow on one side and an 8 on the other that are supposedly buprenorphine (subutex generic) but they dont taste the same and it doesnt seem to keep me well as long without feeling like i need more. The normal pills i get are bigger and have a clear line down the middle to break in half, i dont have any in front of me because i have to pick up my refill but anyone else get these? Are they helping anyone?

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is there a site i can buy subutex off?? if so could you give me the web feed please

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i think the little ones are much better ..that's all i ask for at the pharmacy..if u want the full effect, don't talk or move ur mouth much..because it does dissolve so fast a lot of the medicine is in ur spit..thefore it can leak out and be swallowed during or after melting phases. i like to sit up in my bed away away from everybody and let it dissolve, then i still sit when its finished but i still don't swallow ..a lot of the good stuff is floating around in ur saliva. so make sure u can hold ur spit as long as u can under ur tongue...i know it sounds alot but it really isnt..subutex saved my life for 2 years now..hopefully ill be off it this time next year..ill be 25 yrs old on 9-11-12...i would hate to hear people abusing these now just because they are smaller and can be "bumped" or like the person said above sniffing the hell out of them...its a shame..its a drug to get ur life back on track...but anyways..i thought little ones sucked to..but i like them more now since i know the pros and cons..im a drug addict so u better believe imma get every mg i can get out of them without wasting any of it.but at the same time i pray every weekend at church.."God help me get off these subs ASAP when the time is right." WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT are the key words..

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U can not buy subutex, suboxone tablets or films, without a prescription and it is not sold illegally thru Internet Pharmaceutical scam companies. Thank God that is the case! This drug has saved my sanity and my life, and i would absolutely hate to see it turned into a problem drug like all of the pain killers....

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i have been taking 8m buprenorphine for 4 years now and much prefer the the small arrow generics type and probably find them a little stronger if an 8m can be this small imagine what all the extra additives in the big subutex type which you really dont need to be taking plus the amount of time it takes to actually take 5/10 minutes compared to 30 seconds beats it hands down.

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Can seriously someone help me out with my very important question below Please?!

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i would have to agree people omly want subutex or suboxone when they r outta pills and dont wanna be dope sick yea i said it dope sick i have been there and i need my meds for drug abuse and i really hope people dont cause a problem out of them and misuse em causr really thats jus stupid

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From what I can tell these tablets do contain 8mgs of Buprenorphine, the active ingredient in Subutex. They were originally released in the U.k. and then became available in the U.S. when the generic market for the medication opened up here.

So yes, just a different manufacturer, they are made by Arrow, which explains the logo on the tablet, they use that on all of their products.

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Buprenorphine/­

Are there any questions or comments?

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they are the genetic brand just same but a difrent maker

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So why are they so much smaller than the regular generics by TEVA (White oval ones) or the name brand oval ones by Reckitt? Is it because its concentrated buprenorphine packed down so it looks like a small round white pill? Does anyone know what I'm saying? I need some answers because the size difference is confusing me big time! Thanks for any help PLEASE!

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yea I think the small ones are good cause it's just dissolve under your tongue in no time. they are real and good

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i have, the same problem got my refill and it was these little pills with 8 and an arrow. i almost told the pharmacist hey i want what i usually get. i wish i did these things suck!! it sure doesnt feel like 8mg to me i feel like half way through the day i need to take another one, not at all like my regular perscription.

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it's just less filler. it's the same thing.

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Thank you so much! I actually did some research on Arrow Generics and saw that they were out of UK and Watson bought them out, but I wasn't sure if there was a connection. The only other information I could get was that they did distribute Buprenorphine. Thanks again for letting me know I was actually right on the money! My friend will feel much better knowing he's not taking an anti-psychotic medicine like the search engine said:)

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The size difference is less buffer, the smaller ones contrain the same amount of active ingredient but less of the inert (non drug). Smaller has benefits, it dissolves faster cuz of less binder.

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Kaitlyn - your last sentence is about the best I have seen it summed up....to quote, " Any addict who is really looking for help getting off of opiates should definitely consider going to an outpatient or counselling center and asking if there is a Suboxone program offered..." it is the absolute truth and that is great you can take the subutex during your pregnancy and not have to worry about the welfare of your unborn child like you would be if u were still on the YoYo pill ride...thanks for saying that! I am on suboxone for almost 2 years now...i really struggled to get clean and I take a lot less now than i did before but still do not trust myself and though the doctor visit every 4-7 weeks is an expense i can do without, i wouldn't have the great job i have in order to pay for this doctor or the prescription plan that gets me a month supply for $10, it is much better than what i was doing before this....i hope to be able to find the strength to work with my psych doctor on an official taper down & off regime....good luck to everyone on suboxone and subutex, it does work if u let it and don't abuse this God send drug as an inbetween filler....

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Ive been clean 2years tg for subutex. And b/c of it im a happy healthy 25yr old 2 beautiful kids and soon to b wife also. I would have lost literally everything I live for. Where im from u only get subutex 2 ways pregnant or allergic to reg suboxone and im allergic. Subutex saved my life well possible death of heroin overdose. So to all of u clean and serious of ur recovery amen to you. Those who actually get on here talking about sniffing or shooting this med is insane and not fair to uS who had nothingg left no other options and I wasnt going on methadone with kids. I have energy everyday I take 1 in a half subutex daily. I get the white bigger pill. Some get the small ones but now most get strips and I hear they rgointo mint flavor. All I know is this drug saves lives not meant to b abused I mean did u even try taking it normal? I was addicted to sniffing my favorite thing and inever thought to sniff my subutex cuz it wasnt the point of me gettin on them it was to brake old addiction not make new addiction. But a friend in cali says they only give subutex but so many ppl abuse them they wanna stop giving them out to neone but pregnant or severe medically proven allergies (deadly) well thats how it is in mass neways. It took me a month of buying my script before my insurance approved dr.s medical reasoning. No refund paid in full. Nearly made me relapse cuz I couldnt afford it but got thru it. But this drug truely is a life saver and I will be a lifer and I dont feel ashamed to admit that. Have happy and safe recoveries to those who wanna be helped and get on living a normal life.

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Hey Danielle-
Back in November, I had hit the donut hole in my Medicare prescription plan, which meant that instead of getting prescriptions covered at 80% (more or less), they were only paying 10% amd I had to shell out the other 90%, which, for Suboxone ended up being close to $600. I have been clean off of opiate drugs for three years this past July, taking only Suboxone for the chronic pain I suffer in my leg as a result of a bad motorcycle accident back in 2006 that left me permanently disabled. Anyway, the Walgreen's pharmacist checked prices for me, and we found out that if the doctor would switch me to generic subutex (it's just called sublingual buprenorphine), the out of pocket cost to me would only have been $149 instead of $600. So, here's what I did. I asked the pharmacist to print out all those price comparisons (between Suboxone, Name-brand Subuted, and generic Subutex), and I took them all to my medication shrink, and when he saw the cost difference, he switched me right over to generic subutex (buprenorphine) right away, and apologized for not doing it sooner!!!

Sometimes, as recovering people, we get tongue-tied asking for meds or different formulations because we worry it might be seen as drug-seeking behavior by the doctors. However, if you arm yourself with the facts, and make a reasonable request of your doctor based on the dollars and sense, I bet you will have good luck. Also, one last thing: If you DO get switched onto generic subutex, ask your pharmacy for the TINY ones with the 8 on one side and the arrow on the other - they are about 1/4 the size of the other generic, dissolve in just under two minutes, and they don't taste awful like the big ones do. I also have found the tiny ones work better for me. Again, good luck with everything.

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Yes me to I never want to go back to drug life and it makes me sick when that's all people want it for is cause they r out of there dope but give it time they will f*** it up for the people that is really trying

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