How Long Does It Take To Feel Suboxone After Taking Methadone
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I got off my subs for a month and went back to full antagonists thinking I was gonna have gall bladder surgery. I can't take the opiates anymore so I went back to my subs two days ago after being on methadone for about two weeks. My question is why do I still feel so so weak and I'm not familiar with methadone, so thinking it's still in my system maybe and the two are fighting it out ???

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Re: Deexnutts (# 3)

I know this is an old post, but these statement is such a HUGE PILE OF LYING CRAP I had to comment. Suboxone DOES work, and it IS a wonderful drug IF USED PROPERLY AS PRESCRIBED. I think the problem YOU are having /had with Subs is YOU were trying to " feel" something. Suboxone does NOT make you feel high, actually They are to make You NOT feel the awful hell of withdrawals, and/or the intense cravings for the drug(s) that had control of you while in active addiction. If you are still searching for that "high feeling " then by no means is Suboxone for you, but if you are sick of every minute of every day being consumed with the feeding a drug addiction- being so sick you can't move when you cannot get the drug then know that Subs are an option. Talk to a Doctor about your options because you have no reason NOT to get help today!! God Bless....

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I think ur prob right, I started on sub about 7days ago after being on methadone for aprox 6 months. Its been a week and i still feel weak but it gets a little better daily, hopefully another day or two ill b ok. I even waited nearly 90 hrs before i started the sub. to many horror stories if you take it to soon. Methadone seems to hang with you for quite a long time. Hope you feel better.

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Re: Jen (# 2)

Most drug panels don’t check for subs. I know this is really old but just in case someone comes across it like I just did. It’s been my experience that normal drug panels don’t check for or show subs, unless of course you’re supposed to be taking it and you’re doing other things.

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Suboxone SUCKS !!'it don't work it's all in your head. These pain medicine doctors want you to think its helping you, but it's in reality only helping the dr that got you hooked on the 1st place save their own ass!

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I took a 1/4 piece of suboxone at 4am. How long will it take to be present in your urine?

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Because methadone has such a long half life, I think your assumption is probably correct in that the two medications may be fighting it out on your receptors so to speak - potentially causing side effects such as weakness. MedsChat has a drug half life calculator on the home page here that estimates how long a specific drug/dosage remains in your body after certain time intervals; whereas Methadone is depicted at an average half life of 37.5 hours (i.e. longer than the two days you waited to take Suboxone - perhaps waiting a 3rd day would've made a more noticeable difference? Sorry if I misinterpreted anything regarding the length of time in between taking Methadone and Suboxone). That's just my thoughts on the matter though and results will likely vary depending on what dose of Methadone you were taking relative to Suboxone, etc. However I'd still be interested in hearing if anyone else has had personal experience undergoing this switch just to have something more to compare against. On the contrary I realize that everyone metabolizes these drugs differently and therefore the half life alone is really only a ball park figure at best when it comes to determining if Methadone is still lingering around or not.

Nonetheless, I hope you've gotten around to feeling much better since you last posted. Here's to a pain free weekend!

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