What Not To Say During Suboxone Appt (Page 4) (Top voted first)

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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Illustratedgirl, I think you should try the suboxone, if you are able to. I believe most time people want subutex because you can abuse it, like all the other opiods we all have taken not according to instruction, but according to how much we wanted. Suboxone, you can't really shoot or snort or anything, just take as directed is the most effective way. As JM Ala said, it works same on day 366 as it did on day 1, basically. Good luck! I have known people in several different areas who have found this through various clinics and with or without insurance, but I'm not sure how they did it. I have insurance. My first doctor I did not like, but I kept with him for the Suboxone until I found another one certified in addiction studies or whatever they call the extra course they have to take. This guy is a family practice guy + addiction, I don't know...how to describe it, he just is a human being who actually talks, smiles, and listens to other human beings. I really think there should be a statue of him somewhere, for his kindness. I am not sure if the subox will help you with your pain; as others have mentioned, if you have the addiction in check, maybe just actual non-opiates may work to alleviate pain? Ibuprofen and the like. I know this sounds insane to heroin addicts, but the suboxone takes care of that part, binding with the same receptors in your nerve cells as the opiates used to do, but I do not believe it is a pain reliever, as such. Keep trying. Best of luck.

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You are very wrong on your statement. I will share me story with you to explain. I am a 5 year opiate addict. 5 years ago I unfortunately had a stroke at the age of 23. The months to follow were terrible for me. The stroke left me with migraines that made me want to die. After trying multiple medications the doctor prescribed me to hydrocodone. At this point I was in pain at least 4 days a week so as you can imagine I was taking the medicine quite a bit. This went on for some time until I needed more for it to work for me. Before I knew it I was taking 4 5mg vicodins just to knock the headache. I was fully hooked a year in. The migraines have now subsided but the addiction is still there. I am in the process of getting into a suboxone program because this has ruined my life. It was not my choice to start this medicine it was my doctors. And what I wouldnt give to go back and never start. So please dont judge before you know a persons circumstances.

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You are so right. Often times we are not told that after a month of taking just vicodin, we cannot stop. The w/d symptoms are an illness in itself. No one should judge for sure. Heh, suboxone will cure your hydrocodone addiction - trust me

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wow that is a pretty messed up story. god bless you and your kids and I hope you were able to get on suboxone. I been on it for a while and its helped me tremendously. hoping and praying it does the same for you

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You need to find a different doc that take your insurance or if you pay by cash.once you loose a doc they can not take you back for think a year also think same goes for all the docs in that treatment center there's usually 3 to a center/office .Pretty much you have to find a new treatment center cuz you got banned from that treatment center

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The original post in this was in 2008...I hope by now something has changed quite a bit for this person

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Just wanted to add my bit. I got hooked on black tar near Phoenix when I was a kid, my first year in high school. It's been ten years now, I'm nearly 25, and still feel my addiction chase me. To be be fair, out of the last ten years, I was shooting H most of the time, about 8 of the 10, so I guess the more important figure is my last few years clean. The friends I've had have started to pass on from their addictions, and I saw my future in them. In a moment of clarity, I found the hope to live.

The opioid Buprenorphine saved my life as heroin almost took it, I have no doubt that I would have succumb if I hadn't sought treatment AND been placed on suboxone maintenance. My treatment always failed where I was left on my own to replace the deficit that heroin left, my poor soul needs something concrete sadly. I wish I was a stronger man, a more faithful person. I hope the world can one day be different.

I've been off dope and building my life since I left rehab in 2011. I cry with joy when I experience the life that I could have so easily lost, but I still fight for my happiness. My life is a fight, and there's no pride in the struggle. I am just barely propped up by a substance, when I lose its security I'm left in horror. I am afraid that without it I will only struggle into my own death, it's very difficult to choose a path.

I've watched stronger people than me, cycle from heroin to alcohol addiction, in a pitiful state. All the while hoping to get clean, to find happiness in every day life. I wish they could get the chance I've had. Suboxone can/will/does save lives, it should be given to any junkie willing to undertake treatment.

Peace and good luck, demand what you need!

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Why listen to someone who can't spell Xanax correctly?

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Damn Shawn really? If olboy doesn't make it maybe you'll have a nice life? Your game is off on so many levels.

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I myself once was a dope addict. I know have switched to opiates. From what I know heroin addiction would be treated with methadone and suboxone is used to treat opiate addiction. Has he tried methadone or know? this would be his best option for sure!! So that is where I would start! The are many clinics some good some not so good... He needs to find the write one for him! Where he will feel comfortable talking..... not the so called clinics that depreciate your value as a person! I wish him all the luck in the world but remember if he is not ready it will not work! He needs his will to live and the want for a better life Good luck in the best way! LauraAnne

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If a true opinion is to be given, it should come from multiple sources: I recommend an education in the field of addiction ONLY when combined with YEARS of experience with HUNDREDS of people affected by addiction. To share such strong opinions from less than this WILL HURT OTHER PEOPLE who are trying to get well.

Anyone with the experience I mention will agree that no medication or drug is the best way to be "clean". However, suboxone and other buprenorphine containing medications are light years better than methadone in the treatment of opiate dependency. I have the credentials to support this statement. Avoid methadone if at all possible, avoid suboxone if you can....lastly, don't try and be in recovery without some help from other people WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Peace.

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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 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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There Are No Guarantees About Suboxone Doctors

I've been a Suboxone patient for several years, now. (I won't say for how many years- because: 1. Frankly, it is nobody's business; and:
2. There seems to be quite a bit of judgment going on around here; and I've had to
deal with more than enough of that, already- Thank you very much.

In my latest experience with a certain sub doctor, I DID get screwed over:
When i first called for the appointment, it was easy enough to make the initial
appointment and to get quoted the cost of the office visit, the rules of the "program",
etc. However, after I traveled about an hour and half by car to this appointment
and arrived at my destination, the very first thing that came out of the receptionist's
mouth, as soon as i walked in the door was, "Do you have your money for your office visit with you?" After i paid, i did not wait very long, as i was the only patient in there.

Well, to make a long story a shorter one- this doctor only prescribed me 4 mg per day. And, he wanted to see me back in 2 weeks, and pay more money- which i did

Fast forward to two weeks later, and i go in to my next (and final!) appointment.
It was a longer wait, and there was 3 other patients in there. Well, he takes me down to only 2 mg per day. (During this appointment, this male, balding, elderly doctor acts VERY inappropriate towards me.)

So, after I return home, I Google a few things and make some phone calls. I now have an appointment with yet another Suboxone doctor, about an hour and half away - in the OTHER direction from where i live. But i made sure that i got my Intake done over the phone, and THIS time, i asked a lot more questions. As well, this next doc is much cheaper than the one that i just fired.

However, there is never any guarantees.

Thanks,
subl1ngual

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Hi I wanted to talk to the girls on here I also recently got hooked on H only 6 months ago and i desperately need to quit i used to have a meth problem and have been clean of it for 5 yrs i have typical addictive personality and abuse and issues in my childhood love my fiance so much but he is a longterm H addict and has cleaned up many times and then relapsed..i hear you the girl who said she seeks out drug users i didnt even mean to do that he was sober when we met but similar people attract each other i dont want to get away from him quite the opposite we have both made a pledge to get clean together and we really wanna we are about to go on a Suboxone program as thats the only thing that works for me and sick of getting in debt finding subs on the street to try to keep off H then running out of subs and getting a new bag of H blah blah sure y'all know the story.. Anyway i hope and pray the subs detox program will do it for us..as i hate my life at the moment ..my kids are grown up but when they were small used to be terrified of losing them due to my pathetic weaknesses with drugs.. BUT as its detox not maintenance i think its only gonna be for a few weeks hope this is long enough????.. ive always hidden my drug abuse and at this time i just need others to tell this s**t to its soooo hard alone.. ove my man and want us both to be okay..i forgot what a normal life and sex life is like ..i cant live like this H has totally f****d me up big time wish i never touched it..good luck to all of you guys... any advice will be so welcome..anyone successfully gotten off H with subs detox???

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I have bin on clonazapam for over 15 years. My doctors have concluded that it is just something that my body needs to be normal. I have also had an opiod problem for the past 10 years on and off. I left Illinois about 2 years ago after getting off suboxone. This past year I had an insident that I wound up needing pain killes for and I have had a problem with H ane OC's ever since the accident and would like to get back on suboxone but cant find a doctor in the Denver area to perscribe me while I'm still on clonazapam. I have bin on bouth mideications in the past for years and never had a single problem. Most likely because I don't abuse me meds. Can someone out there help me find a doctor In the Denver Colorado area. I would be forever greatfull.

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I have been on vice for the past month or so and will be undergoeing a major surgery here in about two weeks...I tend to withdrawal very easily and very harshly no matter what I do or take (if I drink 2 can of red bull every day for 3 days and none on the 4th I withdrawal) . I am not into street drugs or anything illegal like abusing my prescription pain meds, but since I go through nasty withdrawals at the drop of a hat would subuxone be good for me to try? Or should I go more on the lines of clonidine? I stay at home with my kids while my spouse works and we live far from family so can't afford daycare and noone here to watch kids for me...I have been off and on pain killers for about two years due to this same issue I am finally getting surgery for but I have been on the pain killers steady now for about a month and really only plan to need the for 2 weeks or so after surgery but I am deathly scared of withdrawal... I have gone thru before but because the issue wasn't resolved I was back on pain meds...ugh so confused and lost and not sure whether to ask for subs or clonidine after surgery...pain pills have been a big part of my life for a while now and I am scared I won't be able to do it without them

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I've been in Subutex pills 4over 5yrs. Its seems 2 b stronger than suboxone. Sum people I know snort them & shoot them. I know if tried many times 2 stop all 2gether. I take 1aday use 2 take 4aday. Only from a pk addiction. I use 2 get sick from suboxone but not these. I now have 2 find a Dr that prescribes subutex & I'm not having any luck. I wish the best 4 all us addicts. My family doesn't understand.

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My name is Danny I have two kids I live in buffalo I've been taking methodone for almost two years now it takes everything from me it took over a year to get me in a suboxin program I've been going for three weeks now to counseling and groups but they still have not giving me suboxone I've been going thru withdrawals how long does it take for them to help me I'm ready to give up

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To reach a doctor who understands because he was addicted really bad, go to subdoctors.net

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