How Long After Taking Percocets Can I Take Suboxone (Page 2)

I was on methadone and haven't had any since monday. I've been taking percocet to help with withdrawal. I took 10 mg of percocet at about 4:00 this morning. How long till i can take a suboxone?

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Hi my name is Claudia and I've been on opiates on and off for 19 years. It hasn't been easy lately I've been laying off the pain pills and taking suboxone then I will get tired of the suboxone and go back to opiates like today I have half a perc left and I feel like not to get sick I have to take a piece of a suboxone.

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I feel your pain I have been doing the same thing for over 20 years.

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I got an sij injection and it's made my pain worse. Now I'm falling and having to crawl. I have a rod in my leg and a plate and pins in my pelvis from a car wreck when I was a teenager. I'm prescribed percocet 7.5 and lyrica and it's not touching my pain. I'm supposed to take 3 pain pills a day, and I take at least ten or more. The doc is gonna have to change my meds, milligrams, etc. So I'm out of my meds now for two weeks and decided to take suboxone today, and I want to know how long after taking percocet and lyrica can I take the suboxone safely? Usually I can take suboxone pretty close after the percs and feel it but I'm wondering about the lyrica and also when I'm swapping back from suboxone to percs and lyrica, how many hours would y'all suggest that I put between the doses? I am thankful for the advice.

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Suboxone is just as addictive as opiods..speak to your doctorso he can help you ween off them..but if u just stop on ur own by day 3-4 after last taking it u will n in withdrawal

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Youl be fine if ur on subs now . just dont do it vice versa . sub is stronger then perc. You should be ok by now no matter hoe much perk u taking. Be advised tho that i just weny through 6 days of hell only to have to be put back on them today. I took 1 1\2 perk from the hospitol cuz coming off of sub is way way harder way them gettinh off normal drugs i warn i i wish wat i went through on no one. I have subs now bit only took 1 \2 perk at 8 am hoe long should i wait before even taking a slight piece of subs

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i know this is old but i have to respon on this.... the answer is that if your taking suboxone then your maintaing your opiod depedence infact your probably adding to it by taking the suboxone. buprenorphine is a hell of alot stronger opiod then percocet.

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Subs saved my life after 15yrs on methadone and opiates.

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I have a question, i have been on 25 micro grams of fentanyl for a couple years i stopped taking the patch 5 days ago and took roughly 75mg of percocet for the last5 days. I have been off the percs for 15 hours now but i did have to put on a patch to get methrough the day, because i have been off the percs and i only had the patch on for a few hours do you think i will be able tostart suboxone sooner because it has been so manyhours since my last perc and because i only used fentanyl for one day? Please help.

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I’m astounded by the misinformation here. Percocet has a half life of 3.5 hours. You should be able to take a sub after 24 hours, or when your in moderate to severe withdrawal. I assessed patients using the COW scale for years. Look it up, have someone objectively assess you using that scale, and when you’re in the moderate to severe range take the sub. If you’ve been om perks for a long time then I would recommend 24 hours. Is it is short term then 12 hours. Also, I’m in recovery myself and have been on Suboxone for three years. I’m tapered down to 6 mg and have had three surgeries recently. I’ve had to do this myself with pain meds and perks. I am not a doctor and my knowlege is from personal and professional experience, not intimate knowledge of the chemistry involved. A pharmacist would be a wonderful person to consult as well as an addiction specialist. Good luck to anyone out there reading this and there is life after addiction. Please get whatever help is available to you.

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Re: Chocolate drop (# 20)

Use the COW scale. You can look it up in the internet. Have someone objectively assess you if possible. Also, that’s a lot of percocet at once.

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Re: DixielandRx (# 11)

You a therapist?
Rubbed me the wrong way, sorry.

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