What Exactly Does Suboxone Do? Is It Addicitive? (Page 13) (Top voted first)

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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If you are going to act so smart and be a doctor.. Be sure to spell things correctly first...

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Hi Carrie, My niece is a opiate addict maybe coke too. She has been at the bottom of the barrel. The whole family is suffering. She is in a outpatient program taking suboxone but I still think she is using. We found needles and one used. She blames her boyfriend who has been gone to inpatient 2 weeks ago so the needles are "His". My niece has a beautiful baby. My brother and I help her very much. Last night she was so out of it she couldn't take the baby. She was really out. She says its the prescribed saboxone. How do I know that she is not taking other meds? How can she be so out of it with a prescribed medication? Please help. My name is Chris

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Suboxone is a better alternative than what he's currently taking but it's still addicting and if you don't come off the right way you still will get very sick but it's much more manageable then what he's on now.

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I tried suboxone a couple times. But each time I took it I wasn't in a withdrawal state. It was a terrible experience. Now I'm scared to try it again. I work 5-6 days a week and can't afford to be outta commission for a few days. My habit is pretty high, will suboxone work for me?

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hi carrie, ive been on subs for almost 4 yrs and I call it a miricule drug. was clean for 7 yrs and was in pain everyday of my clean life. 25 yrs of herion burnt out my endorphins for ever, (I belive) but I use a kolonipin once or twice a day to help with extremely high anixitey. the 2 together makes me feel normal and not a bit high .don't need high any more in my life. or do I wan tit, writre me if you would like. john

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I'm looking forward to it just worried about the cost my husband is the only 1 working

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My name is Leah and I would love to talk to you about Suboxone. I just took my first dose this morning and I'm kind of scared and not really knowing what to expect if you would like to talk I would appreciate it . I do need a friend.

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Well I have been on the suboxen for 11 years about half a day. I have with dream twice, once for two weeks, and that's when I was doing three 8s a day. I felt like I was going to die. The next time years later, I went 90 days, but also adhered to a strict diet of no wheat. I went gluten free also and even tho I had some withdrawls, it was a lot better. I didn't sleep for 40 days. I'm back on the subs, I'm only doing 4mil a day, and have con clued that if that's the worst thing I do, I'm going to give myself a break. If I had my wish I would not even do an asprin. I was completely drug free for close to 30 years. Not alchol or cigaretts either, those are drugs to, mabey even worse in the long run. It's interesting because a drug is legal we assume it's okay for us, take as little of anything as you can and be happy and treat other people fairly, you will be able to look yourself in the mirror and be proud of what you see.

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Concentrate on your kids never mind anyone else. You have enough work a head .

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Suboxone is more addictive and harder to get off of the methadone or the pain pills put together and I've done Suboxone for two years trying to get off the pain pills I am into my first week without any pain pills are Suboxone it's a living hell I would recommend that your friend regulate his self to get down on that Suboxone I've taken maybe 2 mg a day for about a month there's no easy way of getting half of it you just have to tough it out in a week and a few days I will start coming around I'm no doctor just trying to help

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My Son took Subox for 3 Years and stayed clean! He was happy, productive, had energy and felt like it was a Miracle Med for him! He was murdered in Fl. But I believe that it saved his life the 3 years he was on it! I saw for my own eyes that it gave him back his life! I don't see a problem with people being on it as a lifelong plan, to keep a person clean! Stay on it, if you truly have a problem with addiction! Sincerely a Broken hearted mom!

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Re: Tonya (# 266)

I am SO SORRY about your son! :( I have had pain most of my life and 5 years ago a minor surgery damaged my spine so much that I can't even walk without an opiate. And if I have to sit in a chair for the rest of my life I will go crazy! My PM doctor keeps trying to reduce my dose and I can't take this merry go round anymore.

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Re: Screwed UP (# 206)

I have three sons and one daughter in law that escaped the addiction to prescription pills by going to suboxone and subutex. It leveled there life out where they were able to work but getting off of it seems much harder. I have never seen anyone get weened off by the doctor as they are suppose to do. The doctors allows there patients to decide when they are ready and if that doctor presses the issue the patient simply gets a new doctor and the merry go round keeps turning. The expense is costly unless your insurance covers it. I believe maybe rehab to get off prescription meds probably easier but then my only addiction is an occasional pepsi.

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Hey has anyone heard about have themselves used suboxone for beating withdrawl from between 8-15 Lorcet a day, VERy short term? Like 2 or 3 8mg pills of Suboxone? Quite a few friends of mine are on them, so I have access to them w/o the doctor. I don't have the cash to drop on a full suboxone treatment plan right now so I'm looking for a cheap quick fix. Anyone with any advise would be much appreciated. Thanks
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I am a little amazed that Suboxone is used long term. in late 2006, my wife was prescribed Suboxone as a detox for 8 500mg Vicoden and 8-10 2mg Ativan daily. The treatment was very very quick and lasted about a week or so even cutting back on suboxone after a few days. It helped only slightly with pain but ruined her mental health to the point where she took her life about 2 months later. Everone, even other doctors said this was too fast, but said the doctor was a specalist & should know. Wish I could sue his knoweledgeable tail !!!

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everytime i use a suboxin it makes me feel 10 times worse i think im one of the ones that its not made for

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I need help right away I am prescribed to but at the same time abuse, oxycodone 30 mg every day i take about 15-20 roughly 600 mg a day of opiats. I was taking it initially for a herneated disk I could not stop just because if i did i would get really sick and was not able to deal with that my business could not afford me to take off so I took it to keep me going and give me energy I promised myself i would stop once the business was sold so here I am now I was prescribed to suboxone and have attempted to take it but i had a very sick reaction all of a sudden i started getting woozy,chills were running up and down my spine i had the sweats and diarrahea it was an unbearable feeling worse than withdrawal coldturkey i had to take about 300 mg of oxycodone to partially counteract the effect of suboxone I don't ever want to feel like that again does any one have any alternate solution beside suboxone I cannot bear getting sick and feeling this way it has affected my life to the max I would like to be normal again......ANYONE PLEASE ANY ADVICE OR SOLUTION EVEN A REHAB PROGRAM

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My son's choice of drug was heroin. I took him to the hospital and he entered a detox withdrawal program. He is now in program for 3 weeks and on suboxone. However, he told me he still gets cravings and hates that feeling. He expressed to me because of that feeling his cravings seem more. He told me his muscles hurt and so does his back. Any suggestions on how to get his body back to feeling good and not have a weak feeling? What can he do to feel good about himself? What other programs can he do to keep himself involved? I've told him to lean on me and we talk about God all the time. Please give me some ideas what can be done to calm those cravings and get his body and mind back to feeling good again.

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Pimas here, Dr prescribed Morphine for pain has me worried. 24hrs without was H___! I want to try Suboxone to withdraw from 150 to 180mg a day. 2-60mg SR and rest is 5mg tabs. Any one know if Medicare would cover? I am a 61yr old male and wonder if Suboxone sounds like it would work for me? I do not drink, but smoke some cigs.---DR--or--EXPERT--or--someone with the experence like I am facing ?? Thanks for taking time to read my post !

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