What Exactly Does Suboxone Do? Is It Addicitive? (Page 8)
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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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Well the best way is to start suboxone is 1 mg I was doing a lot of heroin . So I started suboxone like if I was trying to get off of it .

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I am on a daily regiment of pain killers and honestly easedmyself off of the pills. I went three days clean then the spasms returned from several old injuries. I get chiropractic treatment, home phys therapy ans pain mangmt pills. I want to get off but all the old injuries and scar tissue and bulging discs and mis aligned sacrum hurt like hell. Am Ian Addict? I doun't want to be!

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You must be in withdrawl before starting the bup, no opiates for a day or 2

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I just was subscribed suboxon for a opiet addiction. I was given the film kind. After taking it i felt very high n sick. The was so much in scared to take suboxone again. Its been almost 24 hrs still feel a high that i do not want!!! N nauseous, is this normal to feel like this my first time using suboxone? Plz give me some input..

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I JUST READ YOUR...would you answer the question i posted....seth

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not much more addictive than heroin but withdrawals last 21-30 days rather than 3-5 with heroin or most opiates. When I went through detox they had to use oxycontin to get me off suboxone. I wish I had just stayed on heroin til I was ready to quit cause the silicone is WAY harder to come off of

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Some posts mentioning methadone say that it gives you a high. It can but if it does, your taking too much! The nice thing about Methadone is you can go directly from your opiate of choice to Methadone without waiting for withdraw. In fact, when I went to my clinic they checked to make sure there were trace opiates in my system before giving me methadone because they don't like giving methadone to people who are just looking for a high. In most clinics, after a month, you get two take homes, after two months you get three take homes and so forth. After going to my clinic for two years, I take home an entire month. But ALL of my drug screens are clean. As soon as you give a bad one, you lose that take home privileged. Also, if you travel, they will usually give you extra or you can dose at a visiting center. Life has been infinitely better ever since.

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Its now 2012. How are all u people doing now? The last ppost was 2009. Just wondering if any new developements since then. Good luck to all & thanks fior anny adilcielce.

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Carey, are you still available to talk could I have your email address? I do see this post is very old.. thanks

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I have been taking pain killers for 12 years. I've always been addicted to something but opiates by far are the hardest to quit. Mainly because its a drug that you can take and noone will know. Pot they can tell, Drinking they can tell and so on. I've been on suboxone for about 3 months it really works. but ive notices that my problem is when i get bored is when i have cravings get some kind of hobby to keep your mind busy it helps

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I first started with Vicodin, then started buying Percocet and Dilauded or any other kind of pill I could buy by the hundreds on the street. I snorted at least 20 pain pills a day and then started shooting Heroin for a little over a year and was up to about 5 bags a day and I'm only about 110lbs. It took over my entire life and became more important to me than anything or anyone else. I was selfish and was confident that there was no way to kick the addiction and had reached a point where I just figured I'd either get killed or kill myself in the world of Heroin addiction. Once I was forced in to detox and from the er ended up in a behavioral health detox ward, I was started on Suboxone. I was released 4 days later and never knew of a life that didn't revolve around wanting, craving and doing everything I could to get my drug. I do think about it, of course, but I don't crave it and couldn't even use it if I tried, considering Subs blocks the receptors from allowing you to get high off of narcotics. Suboxone saved my life and many of the lives of those in similar circumstances around me. I haven't touched a narcotic since my release. I've even been in bathrooms of others and seen full bottles of high powered pain killers and passed them right by. There is no need on suboxone. Please, give it a chance. It can safe your life and also provide you with a life. I've been living ever since, without the burden of being an active user.

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i was on methadone for a year now from having to kick a Oxycontin habit that i picked up from being prescribed them after a car accident because of multiple broken bones methadone saved my life but im tired of the clinics lines etc.. so know im 4 days into suboxone i stilll feel crummy but no where near a fulll withdrawal and i cant wait to be completely clean and i feel bad for ppl in the states there is no waiting lines here in Canada and the suboxone gets paid for buy the government or greenshield so i feel sorry for u guys who have to pay i know its damn expensive maybe its time for a trip to canada

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Hi John. I'm sorry to hear of your wife. I have been on suboxone for 2 yrs, following 15 yrs of addiction. I've dealt with the misunderstandings of the medication myself. First off, as an addict, the doctor should not have given both suboxone and ativan. It only creates room for a new addiction to benzos. There are numerous alternatives and this should be common sense to doctors who prescribe it, but the world is not perfect, obviously. Suboxone treatment is used so one can re-create a new way of life. 'We' have to learn to grow again. I take psych meds and antidepressants myself, none of which include benzos. The combo of suboxone and ativan are tipically only used thru the first few days or so of detox, depending on the severity of withdrawal. Suboxone treatment, yes, is substitute for ones' addiction, only temporarily.This could be a week, a month, in my case it's been 2 yrs. It IS NOT a cover up for ones mental state. I know now, being free from opiates after 2 yrs that my reasoning in active addiction WAS to be numb to every day life and stresses that came with it. It was'nt about the 'high', I simply didn't want to 'feel' anything. I have been very successful on the suboxone program, along with treatment and the people who surround me and never gave up. However, I am still under the care of a professional who has chosen her practice of 'chemical dependancy', to help people such as myself, over her nuclear medicine backround. I do consider myself one of the fortunates. Again, I'm sorry to hear of your wife.

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pegsispain: suboxone is not so much a 'narcotic', but a 'controlled substance'. suboxone is NOT natural opiate. It is only synthetic. It was designed to fill the opiate receptor sites to block and and all, in my case, 'cravings'. I have been on it for 2 yrs. Your friend should be able to openly question her doc about stuff like this, and I myself who still questions EVERYTHING, would definitely do so. That is what they are there for and they are surely getting paid enough to answer questions. Ask 'her', your friend about it. Let her know you still care and still have concerns. I can say it is a comfort to know that I still have my 'friends' on my side. A big comfort. I thought I had lost them all. It is a successful program for those who want to live a normal life again. I am 36 and was certainly desperate when I chose the suboxone program. I am a mom. And success is exactly what I have now. I have my license back after 6 yrs., I am going to school for criminal justice, 'cyber crime', and would highly recommend it for anyone who is honest with themselves about getting and staying clean.

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PHN: You Rock! After reading the first COUPLE of threads I scrolled right to the end to yours'. Way to give it to em! You're right on many points. I wasn't even going to post but after reading what you had to say I find it in me to do so....I AM one of few that has successfully kicked methadone, my drug of choice after going from A to Z. It was not pretty but I would still recommend it as a treatment plan IF you have the means to do so. I lost my license for 5 yrs do to opiate addiction so already having felt a burded to be toted around for anything and everything I needed, (I have a 4 and a 15 yr old daughter), I work, and I live 20 miles from my mom who has been a godsend to me, and the nearest clinic is probably 50 miles away, not reasonable. Especially having known what I had gone through getting it off the streets and having it prescribed for pain management, it was outta the question for the clinic anyway. I've been on suboxone for 2 years & YES I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CLEAN, after so many attempts I am damn proud to say, I have my license back, (with a breathalizer, mind you I have 0 drinking offenses),I am going to school for criminal justice, I still work, and life couldn't be better for me today. My doc is AWESOME! If you find the right doctor you WILL appreciate the drug for what it is. I have my docs personal cell#, my therapists #, yes by the way I faithfully use them as well as internet connect, email, etc., and I there are days when I go to the office and my appointment takes all 3 of us. They are the reason I am here today. My doctor gave up nuclear medicine, which she has her degrees, to do what she does, helping people like me. I still havnt figd that out, but I cldnt be happier that I ended up in her hands. I wouldn't be here today without them. It IS expensive! but YES THE INSURANCE DOES COVER IT! I have been blessed. You just have to fight for yourself and follow the treatment plans given to you from your doc. This has always been a rule of thumb for me, active addiction or suboxone, if the doc sees you for 5 mins and writes you the rx, THEY'RE NO GOOD because you know you're only getting what you want, not what you need. You have to do the research. I never in a million yrs dreamed I would be where I am today! The suboxone, with the help of my doc and out treatment plan has saved my life. YES, I am scared when I come off of it. I will admit. It took away any and all desire for me to use. But I had to do the rest. Knowing this and knowing what I have today, this will keep me on the right path. And my doc is by me whatever obsticales come my way!!

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Whatever bob, they very rarely give this to non addicts, its ok

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Im an perk 10 abuser. I was 24hours clean today then I couldn't take the pain anymore. I went and got 3 unlike my usual 12-13 a day. And I still feel like im dieing im trying to get in a clinic for susboxin. I just wonder am I gonna be ok takeing it with my 2 yearold at home? Thanks:)

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Peg, first, methadone and suboxone are completely differently medications. methadone is a class II narcotic used medically for pain and in clinics it's the lower grade lesser quality controlled version of the same narcotic. it is every bit as strong as morphine and gives you the same euphoric high. suboxone, on the other hand, is a combination of two medications. one IS an opiate but it lacks the strong euphoria of other narcotics. the other medication blocks opiates from the recepters in the brain. so you get just enough opiate to keep from withdrawing and to keep your cravings down. but if you were to use drugs after taking it, you would go into withdrawal the moment you came down. some people claim to feel so good and NORMALafter taking suboxone it's as if they never took any other drugs. the important part thing is making the right decision in the morning before you would normally take your first fix. you should be at least 10 hours clean before taking the first prescribed dose of suboxone. the effects and duration depend on the dose strenght and frequency which should be monitored by a doctor. however, if you're like me and can't go through a doc, you'll just have to experiment to see how the smallest dose possible works because it is expensive and i'm a quadriplegic on a fixed income and buy mine on the street. if you have anymore questions, this site explains in details both meds. secondly, how 'bout taking easy on the addicts on site? some aren't as close to recovery as you obviously think you are. thanks. i'm just an addict named lori ann.

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Phoenix, i'm sorry nobody answered post until now but what probably happened was you didn't wait until you were in early withdrawal to take your suboxone. if you don't wait long enough, it will push the opiates you have on the recepters in your in brain that make you you high right off, sending you into withdrawal. this is why you probrably got sick. and since no one answered your post you might have gotten high again, getting back on the train we all know leads to our destruction. i hope you found help somewhere else. if not feel free to reply to my post. i have a friend who is a heavy iv user of dilaudid, oxycodone and fentanyl. when she runs out of her scripts she uses suboxone. i realize this in no way getting clean but she is a quadriplegic confined to wheelchair with real pain issues. and yes, she SHOULD be taking her meds orally as prescribed but once she tried that needle it's been a battle ever since. please respond and let me know how you doing.

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ive abused drugs for over 20 years and i want to stop so i got some suboxone and took half a 8mg strip i felt ok for a couple hours then i started to get really sick and sweaty and its like its sending me into a massive withdraw idk what to do or why its doin this to me can anyone help

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