Suboxone Dosing

I've been on suboxone for about a month. Before I decided to face my addiction of over 10 years of opiate pain killers, I was on 80MG of Ms contin 3Xs daily, 40 of oxy as needed every 4 hours, Norco 10s 1 or 2 pills as needed every 4 hours, Xanax, Lyrica and a few others. First my doctor started me on 1\2 tablet 2Xs a day. It wasn't enough so he went up to 3xs a day. It still wasn't helping. He wouldn't raise it so I switched doctors. Now I'm currently at two 8mg tabs a day. Still it doesn't seem to be enough. What can I do? What is the average daily dose of suboxone?

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Hello, Jaycee! How are you? I'm very sorry about the problem you're having.

The maximum dosage is usually 24/6mgs a day, doses higher than that haven't been shown to have any clinical advantage.

The FDA classifies this medication as an opiate that is most commonly used to treat narcotic addiction. It carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and constipation.

Sometimes it does take some trial and error to find the correct dose to help a person and prevent withdrawals/cravings. It can always be lowered later, once the person is stable.

Does anyone else have any advice or ideas?

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