Suboxone Abuse (Page 11)
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My son has been on suboxone for over 1 year now. He was a herion addict for over 12 years. Been clean off and on during that time. I have seen a personality change in him which is almost intolerable. It is like he is fine one minute and then goes off the wall the next. Has anyone who has been on suboxon or knows someone who has been seen a personality change.

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Exlpn everything u said is true because that's my story

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I am currently taking Suboxone and have been on it for the past three years. Yes, 3 years. I am given 90 pills a month by a licensed suboxone physician. I know I am addicted to it. I am posting to this topic because I want to give people an honest answer to the question, is Suboxone helpful to recovering addicts. The answer is yes and no. At first I was put on it as part of a recovery program from my addiction to OxyContin. It did what it was supposed to do, I stopped abusing Oxy's and now I am addicted to the Suboxone. Do I feel "high" from it, no, but I take it as prescribed (most of the time) and I also know I can not stop taking it, almost like I don't want to and my doctor doesn't force me. He says, "at least you are staying away from narcotics." My sister is also on Suboxone and is always taking more than she is prescribed and running out way before the end of the month, coming to me to try to get some of mine and when I don't give them to her she steals them from me if she gets the opportunity. Still in that addictive behavior mode as if she were still using opiates. We are both "pill" addicts and this is just another addiction. I wish I could say Suboxone is a wonder drug and that it doesn't have the potential for abuse but in all reality it is very addictive and abused more and more every day. I am one of those cases. I think my doctor keeps prescribing it to me because he is getting paid for my addiction. Unfortunate but true.

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I couldn`t agree with more! I don`t know anyone who has gotten clean by using sub. What I have seen is sub. being used when oxy`s aren`t available and it seems the addicts who go back and forth become more disfunctional then the addicts that just stick to oxy`s ect. I have also found major personality changes in sub. users. I think sub. does more harm then good. Not to mention it was intended for use for no more then 30 days just to get the addict over initial w.d`s no to use forever.

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I agree. I am an single mom with a college degree, a mortgage, 2 children & constant responsibility nipping at my heels. Even with that knowledge and feeling the burden of knowing my family was counting on me every single day I could not successfully kick pain meds-dependant on those evil pills after 3 painful surgeries & subsequent recoveries over a 2 year period. I'm not a crachhead junkie shooting up on the street, I'm a Christian, I take care of my fam & pay my dues. I thank God for the FDA for giving people like me an alternative to the pure Hell of detoxing. Sure there are morons out there who will abuse and misuse, but for the rest of use it really is a great option. So please don't judge or assume. You never know til it happens to you...

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i have been on suboxone and it saved my life 3 yrs rehaBS AND meetings just dont do it for me give me suboxone and i am normal

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hey Debbie how about you don't run your uneducated mouth until you know what you're talking about. How's it any of your business if you're that jealous you should go take something.

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I have been around junkies for over 30 years and Suboxone is ANOTHER scam, trying to get someone else rich off the expense of another human being..in the 70's and 80's there were hundreds of junkies who detoxed off heroin, they did not die from it and they did not replace it with another drug. We have fallen into corporate america's false beliefs we need these drugs. I love the excuse it has helped so many people, please tell me how many it has helped and how long have they been drug free, including suboxone? Don't mean to be rude, I am just so frustrated watching hundreds get addicted again to another drug...they will have to detox from suboxone, always trying to do things the easier, softer way.

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i am currently on suboxone and it is a great drug, with that being said you cannot be successful if you dont want to change whether your parents want you to or not. i am currently in my third year of college at a good university but about two years ago i was doing exactly what your son is doing. you are right on the money but dont feel bad yet, there is hope. I would take subs when i was broke and dope when i had money. my parents saw me relapse many different times and i was fooling them with great grades but one day my dad caught me and he wasnt angry he was totally disappointed and hurt. This made me question is it worth me destroying his life also for a cheap high? not to mention it was decaying any type of moral structure i had. If your son lives with you, you need to be firm but loving and tell him its the dope or the subs and he cant have both. You should take his pills from him and give it to him and make him take it in front of you. junkies can be slick so dont believe simply after he puts it in his mouth b/c he knows when he takes it the opiate high wont be good or as good as it could be. (some instances it blocks it all together). make sure it dissolves completely under his tongue. hope this helps. good luck and dont give up.

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Suboxone is an exellent med for rehab. If you read the label carefully you can take your entire day perscription all at once without overdose or getting high. Ive been on over a year and my life is back to normal. That said it is possible to stop and use other drugs then go back to Suboxone. That will usually cause temporary withdrawal. You did not really discribe your sons behavior. He may still be using other drugs or he may have other psycological problems that need to be addressed. Unless he cannot tolerate Suboxone I do not think his behavior is being caused by his medication. Good Luck.

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I am wondering if suboxone is allowing my son to float between heroin and suboxone use in a way that maintains or assures perpetual adduction.

When he is detoxing he is given subutex. When he is in rehab, he is on suboxone.

When he is out of the program after a month or two, he is on heroin in the morning, suboxone in the afternoon. The next few days are suboxone only then its heroin in the afternoon and suboxone in the Am, then its heroin for a couple of days and then suboxone for a few days.

Then I find he is forging checks and selling his suboxone again, kick him out and he goes back to detox.

He slips in a few suboxones, calculates the days and the 36 hour half life and appears to be fine. They let him go early, he asks for and gets the suboxone program during his 30 day rehab and the cycle starts all over again.

We have done this 4 times in 2 years (17-19 years old). His relapses occur after pivotal decision points just in advance of action points, like I am going to live on Kauai or I am going to take graphic arts at Cabrillo or Fullerton Community College.

Has anybody seen this routine as a perhaps a sham to float between the two drugs purportedly as a cure. Suboxone is supposed to give the user the physical reprieve and mental opportunity to reprogram their activities and daily priorities away from the addiction syndrome and toward the alternatives that the family, program and others provide? But does it? Or does it give the addict the soft landing he prefers between the episodes of soboxone use and heroin addiction, effectively going on for years with out real detox and real drug free living.

Finally I wonder, should/ could a heroin addict ever live a drug free life.

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These types of personality changes can occur with the use of any opiate. They are, however, not usually so severe if the medication is not being abused.

Suboxone, which contains the active ingredient Buprenoprhine is a very potent drug. Have you checked on his use of it? Is he following the doctor's instructions or is he taking more than he is supposed to?

Personality changes could also be a result of withdrawal symptoms.

So, it is hard to say, precisely what may be causing his issues.

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