What Exactly Does Suboxone Do? Is It Addicitive? (Page 11)
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i have a friend who desperately wants to get off of methadone and pain pills. will suboxone work? is it addicitive too? if someone can please help me that would be great! also is it very expensive, that's what i've heard.

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Suboxone has been a wonder drug for me.after yrs of trying to kick the pain med habit suboxone worked for me.I will have to stay on it because of injuries i suffered in an accident in 97.The program includes meeting and support group to help you understand addiction.the suboxone takes the edge off my pain and allows me to function as a normal person.the suboxone took away my cravings for opiats and alcohol.i have been on it for over a year with no relaps.

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I will pray for all of you, if you truley love yourselves than do what's right and treat your bodies right. You don't need another drug to get off of drugs just be strong most physical withdrawls are over in five days after that it is all mental. Stop being week and start loving yourselves. I can say this becus I did it too, I got off of opiates and I stayed clean without the help of any replacement drug. I did it with the help of God and my own strength and determination!

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Angela, I can definatly relate to Saboxone tasting like s**t. youve basically have two options, one you can go on methadone treatment or what I used to do is put the pill under my toung and without getting the pill wet sip on cofee or cappachino till it dissolves. Please take this warning seriously only stay on the Saboxone for a couple of weeks it is just as addictive as pain-killers if not more so. If you need me please e-mail me, take care

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Lynn- I guess what I dont understand is if youre doctor is just after a longer acting pain killer and you dont actually have an addiction to pain killers he should be perscribing you methadone but to answer youre ? about the saboxone (by the way the withdraws from oxies is horrible, it wont kill you but you will wish you were dead). Saboxone will take an effect on the withdraws with in fifteen min, thats how long it took for me anyhow and yes it does give you energy too but watch it Lynn it is also very addictive.

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Kathy, I to became addicted to pain-killers after many surgeries and I can't warn you enough about the drug Saboxone. The biggest ? you should ask yourself is are u addicted to the percocet just physically or emotionally or if both. If just physically then ur doctor should start tappering youre dosage untill youre off and if you do as youre doctor sas it shouldnt b a problem but if you are like myself and enjoy the added benifits of the drug (the high) Saboxone is an opption but (BE CAUTIOUS). See Saboxone Doctors are trained to keep a patient on the drug for one year, the drug Saboxone does a wounderfull job at stopping the withdraw but can become as addictive as the Percocet because it provides a high too. If youre considering Saboxone treatment seek a good doctor and request only two weeks of treatment with the drug itself. One week to get threw the withdraws and second week to tapper of the saboxone, then DONE! with the drug that is. Any doctor that wants to keep you on it longer is in it to fill his pocket book! Kathy you dont want to go threw what I went threw, I went from one addiction to another. My Saboxone treatment went to a five year nightmar when I got addicted to it. It almost distroyed my family and me. Im here if you want to talk Jessica Meyer my #1920-226-6560.

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I had a major surgery this past 3 months its been, I have been on at least 90 mgs daily maybe more since the surgery of percoset. I had tried this past weekend to cold turkey go off of it, not only to get off of this but didn't have anymore until the tuesday. I didn't have anything in my system starting friday night well the side effects started saturday just that I felt I needed them but my energy level went really low in my body. By sunday morning I was in bed all.day litterally had no energy slept for 16 hours and then monday cried all day. I finally was able to get the prescription but it was truly hell what I went through and never want that to happen again. I was told about a drug suboxine and would like to know if this will work for me? I don't want to get hooked on this either and don't want to withdraw from this drug. How long would I need to take suboxine? Please Help.....

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I have been on Oxycontin for almost a year now (taking 30mg X3 day )and it's not working that well anymore. My doctor wants me to go on suboxone. He say's I have to get off the Oxycontin for at least 24-48 hours before I can go on to Suboxone. I want to know if anyone has done that before. What was the symptoms of your withdrawal from the Oxy and how bad was it really! And did the Suboxone work for you? My doctor said it is longer acting so it would help me better. Is that true and how long does it take for the Suboxone to make you feel better? Can you explain to me the difference of how you felt on the oxy verses the Suboxone? Do you get more tired on the Suboxone? Does it make you feel depressed or give you energy? . . . How did you feel and would you recommend that I do this? They want to do this soon so a quick reply would really help. Thanks so much.

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I have been addicted to lortab and percocet for four and a half years now and I want to get off of it so bad but the withdrawls are straight hell! I can not take it. I now take them because I dont want to go through pain. I have a friend who charges $25 for 8mg but I can not take them because they say you have to let it disolve under your tounge and the taste is unbearable (for me) as soon as it touches my tounge i am throwing up. And then that just waste $25. Please give me some advice because I seriously can not go on like this anymore! Thanks. If you can I would love it if you could email me any advice that you might have. Thank you so much!

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They used to call me fastrman because I was a Meth addict for over 20 years. I quit about 15 years ago thinking I was free from addiction. They I hurt my shoulder. I thought I would be ok. I has a surgery, then another they another. After 4 surgeries on the same shoulder, the pain in my shoulder was unbearable and they started me out on Norco, then Opana 10, next thing I knew they were giving me opana er30's and Oxy 80's. I was ok for a while, although I got sick if I didn't take them daily, Little did I know that they had their hooks into me. It seemed to happen so fast! I was hooked on the OXY so fast that I began snorting them to get relief. I knew it was a bad idea, but before I knew it, I was up to 160 mg of Oxy, 120 mg of Opana (pretty much same as oxy) and loads of opana 10's and Percocets 10's. I was running out faster and faster each month but the doctors just kept proscribing me the same amounts month after month. At my age, I guess they did not suspect that I was abusing them. Now I tried to quit over the long weekend and it was like the devil was trying to claw out of me! The pain in my gut was wrenching and I thought I was going to die from vomiting, dirahria and overall pain from every p.art of my body. But after the 4th day of torture, I realized that i wasn't going to be able to kick this habit alone. I started searching for help on the internet I found this site. I have searched the internet and there is a SOBOXONE clinnic very close to my home here in rural California. I am going to wait unitl after the long weekend and see if there is a possibility of getting on a suboxone regemine. I will not give up! I kicked the meth addiction, I kicked my alcohol addiction, I kicked a lot of addictions. But this MF's has me down for the count. I know I will die if I dont find help. I am going to call Tuesday morning and get the help I need. There is always a way and there are always people who are willing to help those that want help. DOn't go the suicide route! That isnt the easy way out! It is the hard route and it only hurts those around yo that count on you, I will limit my intake of the oxy to the bare minimum I can stand and go to the clinic to get the soboxone. I know if I can overcome the demon inside and just withstand the with-drawls, I can kick this habit too! DON'T GIVE UP HOPE! I may have failed going cold turkey, but from what I have read that is not uncommon. Opiates are the WORST possible habit to kick! I will find a way if it kills me! But I wont go down without a fight! Tuesday is my day to find help. I am going back to my 12 step meetings that I stopped going to about 4 year ago. I just need to hear the stories and be a part of the solution tnot the rpoblem. I feel so stupid getting trapped by the doctors who promised to make me better. But they have me trapped in a circle of death that I cant escape! But there is always help and I am going to find it. Please, if you are out there, remember that there is HOPE! I have kicked 3 other habits that I didnt think I would live to survive. Meth was the hardest, Alcohol was the second. I quit smoking and I even quit Coke! But Opiates by far is the worst deamon that I have to overcome! I promise to come back here with a story of VICTORY. If you dont here from me, Pray for me, because I died trying!!

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Hi my name is Ivy.. I had cancer when i was at the age of 12. I had multiple surgeries and been perscribed every opiote and benzo you can think of. After a a while the pills werent even taking the pain away and felt like i needed more and more. Then i even got to the point of full blown addiction.. i was so sick if i had nothing it was horrible. So of course i went doctor shopping, and bought on the street. (which btw these drug dealers are making a fortune) After a while i said i needed to go to rehab.. i went to an in patiient rehab but all they did was detox me and as soon as i got out the first thing i wanted was a fresh High. Me being not completely strong willed took something and the cycle started again. I went to another in patient which i stayed clean for about 2 months but then needed surgery so the doctors sent me home with a bunch of pills and a bunch of morphine drips in the hospital. Right now im at the point where my doctor started me at 32 mil of sub bc i also tried the methadone clinic. I dont know if that is the right thing to do bc i heard you should start at the highest 18. Ive been on it since like around dec of 2009 and i got to tell you it does work, but i still get that urge to get high. does anybody else? I always felt it was easier to deal iwth things having medicine in me. I even over dosed twice and one of those times was about 2 min away from death. My life isnt going great right now and all i wanna do is get high. MY parents completely dont understand. my mother is the kind of person who thinks she knows everything. Im thinking that if i dont really want it, then stop paying all the money, even though the initial 3000 dollars the doctor asked for was given. Im confused and i hope my doctor knows what he is talking about because i have heard different things from others. I know you cant crush the pill, but if you need to take 3 mg then you would have to break the 2 mg ones. my doc said you cant because you will go into w/d and i also heard that you can cut it just not crush it.. plz someone tell me their advice.. i could use it. thanks. I mean i hate to say it but i do cheat once in a while. I just feel like im in a bad place and will never be able to get my life on track.

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I have thorasic spinal damage and have been on noro, percocet, ms contin, fentynal for over a year. I am now on just the norco 10 mg takeing between 4-6 daily. my pain management doc sucks. I see him in a bout 2 weeks an I dont know what the heck to do or say . my injury is permanent, no surgery will help because the location is too close to my organs. Im scared , ive tried to just take ibprofen and it doesnt help a bit. I'm not an addict in anyway but the meds are the ony thing that seems to help along with a little physical therapy that I do on my own. I'm literally about to cry! Can someone please give my some words of wisdom? This is a nightmare and I never thought this would happen...........

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How bad should I expect withdraw to be when I go off of the percs and oxy's and start on the suboxone? I have tried to quit but these things have me and without help I may never stop. Thx.

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Dear Jeremy, If you have been in rehab for 2 months, you have already kicked the habbit. Why go on Soboxone. Soboxone is for those JUST coming off of meth or Vicoden. Not for those who are already sober and just need a boost of energy!!

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Dear Matty, I respect you to the fullest!! I too am in the same position, only with vicoden. Your right, it is not a high subsitute, but a pathway to normalcy. Stay with it. Soboxone works, but only if you want it to!!

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I was wondering if Doctors prescribe Suboxone for Valium abuse?My partner tells me she has be given Sub for valium abuse,but from what I'm reading here it sounds like its used for treating much harder drugs than she is letting on.I'm kind of getting used to being lied to!

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I am detoxing right now using both methadone and suboxone. I switch off every other day between the 2 so I don't get addicted to either. The methadone helps so much with the cravings for opiates and the withdrawal symptoms, and for me, the suboxone does not stop the craving, it's more for cleaning out your system and won't do much for your withdrawal symptoms. I've only been detoxing for about a week but I feel so much better already. I feel that in a couple of days I should be ready to get off both the suboxones and methadones without needing opiates. If you're an addict, you're going to have to be serious about quitting to be able to do it. Drugs take a lot of your time and money, and is worth it to pay for these pills.

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Jeremy,

Where do you live? If you go to www.suboxone.com you will be able to find a Dr. in your area taht can prescribe Suboxone. I am on day 3 and I feel like a totally different person. I am very excited to see how the next few months turn out. Good luck to you!

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I have been an addict for 7 years im 25 now.I was an alcoholic,coccain,and opiod user. when I went to jail i was on 150 millagrams of methadone a day. i kicked dope in jail and went to rehab after. i have been in out paitent for two months and still can't get on saboxsone they don't understand im an addict i will use with out something to help. people just don't understand the addicts problem i want to stop 4 good so any feed back on wht i should do i need saboxsone.

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I started suboxone yesterday. I have been taking Lortab 10's for a couple of years after a major car accident. I started out taking them as directed but when they no longer worked I started taking more and more. The most I have ever taken in a day is 35. Last night was the first night in FOREVER that I was not worried about where my next pills were coming from. I am very fortunate, my husband and I both have good paying jobs so I never had to do steal, or trade myself for the pills. I am looking forward to a bright future that will be pill free. If anyone out there is wondering if Suboxone is worth a try... it is.

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Hey everyone, I was on methadone for 18 yrs after having to have 2 fingers amputated for shooting up some heroin and got a blood clot in my fingers. The dr put me right from the hospital on to the methadone clinic and I didn't do any other drug for the 18 yrs on it. It saved my life, But when my money ran out and I had to start detoxing off of 80 mgs it went fine until the last 10 when I went cold turkey.OMG! After 10 days of no sleep and the worst sickness I've ever gone through, I got an oxy from a friend that uses them for real pain and that was 7 mo ago already. I had no idea what I was getting myself into b/c they weren't around when I got on the clinic. Got on suboxone for a week a few mo ago and then back to oxys. I was getting it from some one and it was so expensive. It all is. Now I'm going to try again with subutext or how ever you spell it. I know that it is also addictive. I have no insurance and so just have 15 pills that I bought about a mo ago from someone i met that goes to a speacial dr and will start to detox soon off the oxy's. when i gte up the courage! Even tho I was on the methadone clinic for all those yrs it did save my life. I only had to go once a mo as I always had clean urines. I had a job and and lived like a normal person, (getting credit and even buying a car in my own name) what ever that is! But it was time to get off of it. It was taking a toll on my body and I'll be 58 in a few days! I started heroin at age 17 and it has been one drug after the next for all of these yrs. I pray that when I get up the courage to stop the oxys, which I didn't realize what I was getting myself into but was so sick of being deathly ill coming off the methadone that I didn't care, just pray that I can stay clean once and for all! I remember being a kid or in my late 20's when I got on the methadone the first time ( was on it off and on for yrs but always went back to heroin until I lost my fingers) and recall seeing old people there and saying to myself that will never be me! Well, NEVER SAY NEVER! Anyway, I know that both subutext and suboxone are addictive but believe they are still the better allternative to oxy's, methadone or heroin! Anyway, good luck out there to everyone that is trying to get clean. For me it's been a life time battle and it's not over yet. I believe that this time only the Lord and my faith are going to get me through it as I haven't done a very good job on my own! So, KEEP LOOKING UP and thanks for listening and for all of your posts! They give me hope~~ Gracie

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