What Not To Say During Suboxone Appt (Page 11)
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My boyfriend has battled with heroin addiction for at least 2 years now. He was prescribed to before, but couldn't afford the maintenance program and ended up banging heroin again. He went back to his doctor to get a script for suboxone again last week, and the doctor wouldn't prescribe it to him. I found another dr who can prescribe suboxone nearby, and want to make sure he gets a script because he will die if he doesn't quit using. Does anyone know any reasons why a dr wouldn't prescribe suboxone? Thanks.

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I have a bf going thru it im tired of him shooting & if he doesnt have it hes dope sick. He promised me if he finds suboxone he will quit so the withdrawls arent as bad. How do i get a hold of some.

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I am moving from TN to Vero Beach FL soon. I have been on Suboxone for 2 1/2 years now. I go to therapy and my doctor here has no problem letting me step down at my own pace. I only take a half a strip now. I am afraid when I move that I will not be not able to find a doctor that is understanding. Anyone have any recommendations for a good doctor like that in that area?

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I need a suboxine doctor near hickory north Carolina any advice is welcome

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Most people will find that it's easier to get on Suboxone than it is Methadone, because starting out Methadone requires a person to come in every single day for doses...and it takes a while to build up to getting a "take home"...and even then, they usually won't give over 2 weeks of methadone at once. Now and then you'll find one that might go 1 month, but it takes a LOT of clean drug tests to get that...because methadone can still be abused. Suboxone, however... can be done monthly from the first visit. And now there are generics for Suboxone out as well, so the price isn't a big deal as it used to be...and on top of that...Suboxone cannot be abused. Once you take over about 16mg of Suboxone, it does you no good whatsoever to take anymore that day...because of the ceiling effect that Suboxone has. Once you get a certain level in your blood stream, the suboxone has no extra effect at all, and you're essentially just wasting the med by taking more than the ceiling amount.

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why dont u get on methadone maintanance it saved my life from heroine .if u are paying for the dope u can pay fopr thisor even saboxone is great to anything but dope!try it u might agree.

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I hope you'll read this, and do as I'm asking....Go "here", click you "don't wish to be contacted" and plug in your information.

Find the store # for the Walgreens in your area, and contact corporate regarding what happened with the pharmacist at that location. You can't let people get away with this, or they'll continue to do it to others, and what's it going to lead to? Them calling the law on someone for a legitimate prescription?
To me, pharmacists think they are a higher power...but they really aren't. Imagine the doctor-pharmacist relationship. The doctor writes out an order for something. In other cases, like a hospital..the doctor's orders are the word...they go by that or they lose their jobs. So the prescription is in essence, an order from a doctor. The pharmacist has NO right to refuse the doctor's orders for any reason, unless there is malpractice, forgery or other illegal activity involved. Pharmacists are required to follow the orders a doctor sends to them, including dosage amounts per day. So you need to get this reported, and follow-up on it to insure other people don't encounter some power-hungry pharmacist who wants to make accusations prematurely.
I'm on Suboxone and have been for a number of years (5 or so)...and I never have ANY problem getting my meds, but normally use the same pharmacy. But even if I didn't, there's no reason for a pharmacist to accuse me of doing anything illegal...and if there was a question they could easily contact my doctor by picking up the phone.

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If you do get suboxone scripts... Do not go to walgreens pharmacy! They have been awful to me! Apparently their pharmacists are very uneducated about the drug! Or maybe they are just pricks!? Even after my doctor called them personally they still wouldnt fill my script! The pharmacist was just so rude! She said that she couldnt find my doc on the registry and i was breaking the law trying to fill my script! I left there in tears went to walmart and had my script filled in 20 minutes!

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mate on the suboxone shouls atleast wait 12hrs and take a lil bit and test it over a 2hr period I take the subetex you can take that straight away. if you time it wrong with the n8 you will go into instant withdrawal.. be careful with the Xanax buddy

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my doctor, a phsychiatrist with addiction therapy specialties gave it to me for maintenance, but he believed in "doing what works". that and addys did for 4 years. my life flourished, but eventually I got off subs and repeated he cycle.
that's when i found out that docs didn't want to hear that I'd been on
on subs before and relapsed. but than again, the new doc was a partner at a methadone clinic. So I'm on the hunt again; being so expensive, there is no room for error, whether your on the street or seeing a doc. This time i plan on not telling the relapse part

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Please hang in there &do everything you can to get on the Suboxone Program! I've been on it 5 1/2 yrs. & its the best thing I could of done in & with my life.

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Priscilla, The best thing you can do is tough it out and get away from the man that got you hooked. I have been an addict for 30 years, now going through counseling and substance abuse treatment has tought me that I can not blame others, no one twisted my arm. what I do realize is I am co-dependant. I can not be alone and need others to feel loved. With the addiction, I am a follower and will abuse the type of drug whoever I am with is doing. I was being physically abused but stayed for the drugs, and fear of being alone. Every time I get away, I instantly get better. So although I used to say it was their faults, I now know it is only mine. I have been clean for 6 months, easier now since I got a felony and am on probation. If I use I go to prison. Even with that said, I still long to use opiates/Heroin. Want to get on suboxone cause I don't trust myself, gone to rehab for one month now and they do not want to give it to me because of being clean. This makes me want to use just to get the added help I need. I sought out dysfunctional relationships so I could feel normal, raised in abusive families and sexually assaulted/raped multiple times. I feel for you so much as you sound just like me. I would like to talk to you more about it, it helps me to talk as people around me would all leave if I shared what I am really thinking. God Help Us Both. Get the help you need and get out in that order.

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Hang in there, all. You can find a doctor who will prescribe Suboxone, if you want it. Plug in your zip code online & find a suboxone doctor in your area. You can find someone who can help take care of your child, someone who is trustworthy. Everyone has a childhood; none are perfect. Try to overcome, Priscilla & Alice! I believe in you; I want to encourage you. I am not religious, but I pray for you now, I pray you are all right & you find peace, food and shelter and love for your children. I'm praying to the Super Best Friends, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, Krishna, all the Hindu gods, & the native American Spirits of the North, East, South, and West. Amen.

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You're not alone- I'm going through the same bull****, too...UGHHH. We should talk! Lemme know if you want to talk and we could decide what to do next together??

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Just wanted to add my story in also.. I've been hooked on h for going on 6 months now. I don't know if that's long enough to qualify me to get prescribed suboxones but I'll soon find out and update. I haven't been on it as long as a lot of the other posters on here but it's still pretty bad. I'm so ashamed of my addiction. I've tried to quit lots of times but I'm always just feeling so down about everything that's going on with my life and things that happened in the past that I just want to do another shot to numb all those negative feelings. I was sexually abused for 10 years from the time I was 4 years old til I was about 14. I reported it to my counselor and then from there they contacted cps and I told several people about what happened and NOTHING was done to the guy that hurt me! I'be been suffering with depression my whole life because of the abuse and when I reported it I felt like things were finally gonna get better. But when they just let him go like that, it just made me feel lower than I'd ever felt. Not only did I not get justice but some other kids might be getting hurt right at this moment by that guy! He belongs in prison. After that I just felt like nothing. Like nobody cared about me or believed me. I just don't understand why they let him go. Even a close relative of mine was getting abused by the same guy and another little girl we knew! So wtf? But yeah, since then my life has just been going downhill and 10 months ago I broke up with this guy I was with for over 6 years and I have two kids with him. I was so sad about it that I hooked up with this other guy to try to forget about my ex and he's the one that got me hooked on h. I want to quit for myself and my kids. Right now I don't even have my own place to live. My son's staying with his dad cause he goes to school and my younger daughter and I are staying with my boyfriend. Since I've been on h it's just taken all the life out of me. I know what I need to do, like going out and looking for a job and a place to live and all that but I just don't have like the will to do it. And it's because of h. I want to stop for good but it's so hard. I've gone through withdraws before and they're just unbearable so it keeps me going back for more. I'm hoping to get suboxones and get my life back on track. To anyone that's reading this and cares, please pray for me and wish me luck getting a script. I'm kind of scared to even do that cause I feel like the doctor or someone will report it or medicaid will see that I'm getting a prescription for a drug problem and they'll report me to cps and I'll lose custody of my daughter. Some of y'all are probably thinking I should because she shouldn't be with me if I'm using h but since I was sexually abused, I'm absolutely terrified to let anyone else have her! I don't even leave her with a babysitter to go out or anything. She's always with me. I won't even leave her alone with my own brothers or sisters! I don't think they're capable of doing any kind of harm to her but its always in my head that pedaphiles, predators or any child molester is almost ALWAYS the person you'd least expect! So anyways, again, please wish me luck on recovering and staying clean. Oh and I've also od'd once. It wasn't a serious one. I didn't even know it happened. I just thought I fell asleep but my boyfriend told me I wasn't breathing and I was all blue and he gave me mouth to mouth and I woke up. I'm scared to overdose again or lose my daughter. It's bad enough I don't have my son. Another reason, out of a million, why I'm so depressed and my life is all messed up right now :'(

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Dear Worried Wife,
I feel for you. How does a heroin addict get a loving wife who sticks by his side? I know that many addicts are quite charming, maybe that's it. Loving, kind, compassionate, capable of feeling pain both for others and for ourselves, for the pain we have experienced, childhood abuse, neglect, abandonment, violence, killing, institutions, prison, love, child-rearing, joy, fulfillment, marriage, divorce. And the thing that will always work to make you free from pain, opiates.
Suboxone will work, especially initially, if you take the test dose and come back tomorrow for the next dose, and then you get the month prescription. If you can continue to take as prescribed, you will remain opiate free.
I am going through a ad spell right now. I can't take as prescribed so I've run out before the month is over. I'm pretty discouraged right now. For 1 year was okay. Not sure what is wrong now but I'm hurting emotionally & physically as 'scrip will not be available until about 12/5; meanwhile I've got like 2 left.
We all die in the end, I wish you & your husband best wishes. God bless you, loving someone so hard. Maybe it is all there is in life, that love! Of oboy doesn't make it you can move on & maybe still have a good life !

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i know your post is old but i am going through the same thing with my husband and i was wondering if the suboxone helped we are going to go to the doc this week and try to get the problem solved but i dont know what to expect just wanted to know if it helped

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As others have posted, you have to look up a "Suboxone" doctor in your area, only a few are allowed to prescribe it. With him, I believe that all you have to say is "I have been addicted to opiates most of my life off and on, and I want to get off it for good". When asked, tell him, heroin, or as with me, mixed with being hooked on Vicodin at various times and back and forth. That's what Suboxone is for. To help you to stop being addicted to all of that other sh*t. You do have to stop doing the other stuff. Take as directed, exactly as directed, Suboxone only. You can't sneak in any of that other sh*t, they'll also test your urine to make sure you are not f*cking around. I cannot imagine what your friend said in order to NOT get it.

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theres a great sub doc in vero beach dr.parvus hell save ur mans life he sure as hell helped me iwas strung out bad on heroin myself gurl just support him and be there if hes withdrawin just dont enable him but gettin clean is sooooo hard and u need good peeps in ur corner no addict can do this alone ive been struggling wit addiction for almost 10yrs and im only 27 its really hard but yea look up dr.parvus vero beach or put in ur zip code good luck

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If he got it from a suboxon dr and just quit it. They think he's going for any drugs to get a fix at the time just tell them when he stoped taking it he wasn't doing to good with out it.

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Hey, I been using H for about a year now. I first started to use it to get off oxy's what a fool I am. Both of these drugs have ruin my life. I was always a weekend warrior and I never thought I would ever get hook, but I am. I really want to quit I think of all the money I have spend and it makes me sick I'm sure it had taken me to at least $60,000 or more. I've always know about soboxone a lot my drugie friends have take it. I took it once and made me sick as hell, I don't think I waited long enough. I have cut down to about 2g a day. How long should I wait to take it?? I got my hands on some N8.. I really want to quit, I need to quit I fear that one day I may just kill my self I can't take the hiding it. I'm always broke because every dollar I make goes to this stupid drug. I snort it, I don't injected.. How long before I take it.. I heard at least 24hr but it's hard as I start to get really sick by the 12th hour.. So, I also got some 2mg xanax to help me with the last 12hr..

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