What Not To Say During Suboxone Appt (Page 6)
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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?
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I give seconds on Dr. Parvus! I used to live in Vero Beach, as well, and he never makes you feel bad about choosing Suboxone. In fact he takes time to sit and explain how it works and helps you determine if you should taper or if you're someone who needs to be on long-term. I moved away and I have yet to find a doctor who is as caring or responsive. I'm convinced he's the only one out there who doesn't treat addicts like criminals for seeking help. I've had 4 doctors since him, each worse than the rest. My current doctor consistently writes the wrong dosage or prescribes tablets when my record clearly states I use strips. When the pharmacy calls him to see why my prescriptions aren't correct(I've been with Walgreens for years) he gets defensive because he made a mistake. I'm in Sacramento, btw. Steer clear of a doctor on El Camino Blvd. with a Middle-Eastern name. I've started to believe he is abusing narcotics based on his behavior in the office. If you can get to Vero Beach, Dr. Parvus is by far the best doctor and his staff is amazing.

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I agree screw Walgreens ! I know it is not all of them but one bad one is enough ! There are some CVS's I do not like either you really just have to find a good pharmacy the people make the difference !

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Right there with ya

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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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Very informative post! JM - I applaud your knowledge and for sticking up for true addicts in search of recovery from this terrible disease. I myself am an opiate addict have been fot nearly a decade. I went on Suboxone in 2008 and lasted for 6 years until relapsing on Heroin after I lost my job and health benefits. This addiction is no joke and can honestly say from my own personal experience that Suboxone does save lives! We do recover and recovery is a blessing a second chance at life all addicts should have the chance to experience. It is not easy to find Sub doctors that are accepting new patients these days (I am currently trying to find one myself). But I'm not giving up as it's worth the wait! Looking forward to an update from the original poster as well. One day at a time - we do recover! If anyone else has any questions about Suboxone treatment experience I'll do my best to help answer them.

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You don't know everyone's story. You don't know shiz about addiction unless you have been in the situation. I hate a terrible terrible birthing experience to a still born baby boy that left me in constant pain. I was torn from front to back and my pelvic bone was fractured. I was prescribed pain medication because I NEEDED it. After a few months I tried to wean myself off and didn't realize how gruesome withdrawal was. So I continued taking the pills and told my doctor I wanted to feel normal again. That I didn't want my life to depend on the pills so he prescribed weaker ones. Then was when I started abusing them. My tolerance was so high that the weaker pills barely prevented me from being sick. I continued taking the weaker ones and then in would get a couple from a friend. Downhill spiral that I didn't know how to get out of. Don't judge. You don't know everyone's story. You don't know the real pain people live with,........

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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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because the dr wants to know for surd that when he starts the suboxone treatment that the patient is gonna stick with it. some dr's are cool and understand that ppl make mistakes sometimes but lots of sub drs are d***s who think they are god by holding it over your head. hope everythings turned out good since then tho

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is he on any type of benzodiazepine prescription, most doctors won't give suboxone if you're on a benzo and the ones that do you have to pay cash for, if you can tell me or write me back where you live I might be able to help you out and find one who will treat him as soon as possible immediately, I've been on suboxin sick she is and I haven't had a problem.

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You're very wrong...opoids are very bad for you, they were NEVER meant to be a long-term solution for pain relief. It's been widely accepted in the medical community to use them for long-term relief of pain though, which has led to where we are now, with painkillers being an epidemic of mass proportions..

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Suboxone is a miracle drug for opiod addicts. It will give your life back. Opiods arent bad for you the lifestyle is catches up to you

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Hi. Ive never posted openly about my addiction but reading others stories help me realize i am not alone on so many levels. My choice of poison is oxys...id like to say its bcuz i waz on them for 2 yrs at 10 15s a day then in the blink of an eye rippe off them w/0 any tappering dwn. Its nn 2yrz and my body still goes through incredible withdrawals if i even have just one. Ive bn searching for a dr that would understand how my life has now bcme a living hell obsessed w where i can find just to maintain the unbearable withdrawals. Its so frustrated bcz drs these days seem to think everyone is out to get high, all i want Is fr that one dr who will just help me get bck to the life i once had ....a happy life. I just want to be myself again but w the anxiety and obsessions and cravings i get everytime i even hear the word oxycodone. I hate it. I have tried suboxone and it does actually work. I don't even crave or think about scoring. I am myself! Just for a little while. I am pleading for help to escape from this hell i live in from the minute I wake up to the minute I lay my head dwn at night. So ty for sharing! Im glad im not alone. Good luck to u alll! Its def a visious battle.

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Im sry that happened.... drug addiction is hard, opioid dependancy is terrible, just take one thing to heart, it will work if you let/want it to. Do it for your children, suboxone saves lives... hope no-one goes throuh what you did, not every guy is a pedophile though, there is always gonna be bad people who are selfish, drug abuse is not the answer you have a good heart, best of luck....

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They gave me a shot of 8 mls but that was it

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There is no period of time that a doctor can't take you back. They can throw you out this month, and take you back in two months if they want. There's no year requirement, its solely the doctor's discretion. And it depends on how the doctors inside the same clinic are licensed for Suboxone. If each one has their own license, then they can accept whoever they want if they're running a joint clinic where they are equal partners. On the other hand, if the head doctor/owner dismisses you, and says the others can't treat you either, then you won't be able to see any of them inside that building.

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I'm @ the er trying to get suboxone

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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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What doctor??

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If you let me know where you are located, I can help you find doctor that will see you. I think Suboxone is a great medication. We never meant for the very pills our doctor's precribed us to make us sick when we no longer have. It has to be a joint issue - not just the "users". So much stigma and not enough help.

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