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Suboxone or Methadone for Long Term Treatment
If a person is going to use an opiate substitution for long term maintenance (like maybe for forever) is there any reason to choose methadone over Suboxone or Suboxone over methadone? Right now I am thinking methadone because it’s a lot cheaper and it has been studied for a long time and it seems very safe for long term usage. Can you advise me one way or another?
Read answer →Withdrawal During Pregnancy is Dangerous
My wife started getting prescribed 16mg of sobetex the doctors told her that she woukd probably need to increase her dose, now he won't write her another perscriptuo, because someone told him she was selling her medication. While, she is 35 months pregnant how harmful is quitting cold turkey for my unborn child.
Read answer →When Will the Cravings Stop?
Hi. I am 9 months clean from opiates that I abused for 3 years. I got clean by using the miracle of Suboxone. What is am wondering is when I will stop craving drugs. I still get strong cravings every day and I thought they would be gone by now.
Read answer →Coming off Methadone
What do you think is better. When you know and prepare for dosage methadone dosage reductions, like on a set schedule, or if they just do it for you secretly, so you don’t get so freaked out and psyche yourself out about what’s coming. I forget what this method is called. If I go down and then I start feeling really bad cravings again should I go back up right away, or should I try to ride it out for a few days to see if I can adjust? How many days should I wait and see before I ask to go back up? I really want to start reducing but I am scared to do it.
Read answer →Is There an Advantage to Withdrawal?
Is there any advantage to suffering during detox? For example, to going cold turkey instead of Suboxone. I feel like if a man does not have to feel pain when stopping then there is not much stopping him from going back to use again, since he knows he can always quit any time he wants to so easily.
Read answer →Is Withdrawal Worse the Longer You are on Suboxone?
I have heard some real horror stories about how hard the withdrawals are from Suboxone. Will the withdrawals be a lot harder if I take the drug for a longer time? If I take it for only 3 months and then start to get off slowly will that be a lot easier than if I take it for 9 months or a year or will it not make much difference?
Read answer →Vicodin Addiction
I am so confused.. I have been taking 5mg vicodin 3 times sometimes 4and a few times 5 times a day for 4years or so. I am able to get to two a day.. but the final total get off it is not doable. Would suboxen helpme? Or is it worse than a low dose vicodin addiction. I feel the vics have helped and then hurt my already unstable moods.. I am in treatment for depression and talk therapy and on lklonopin and an antidepressant all my life. anyone on low dose vicodin who went to the drug subox?
Read answer →How to find a Detox
I have been dealing with a basic opiate addiction for almost two years now. I was first using opiate pills. I tried to get off of them by going to a methadone clinic. Unfortunately the methadone clinic is too far away and does not accept any (including mine) health insurance. The gas money and the price of going was costing me almost $1000 a month which is basically what I was spending on the drugs to begin with. When I expressed to the clinic that I wanted to taper off of the methadone because I could not afford it anymore they did begin the taper from 60mg dropping me 10mg a week, and because I have the worst luck in the world when I finally got down to 10mg for the week, where the next week they would have put me on 5mg, then 2mg so I would not experience any withdraw symptoms, I was in a very bad car accident and the methadone clinic kicked me out for missing a couple of days. Methadone clinics work a certain way and are kinda strict. I was paying $15 a day for my "dose" as they call it and $20 a day in gas to get there and get back home. And you have to be there every single day except Sundays. They will let you take your Sunday "dose" home. If you miss a day they can and will kick you out. I actually missed a couple of days from the car accident being so severe. I was not getting high or taking any medication on the days I missed I just was extremely sore and had no transportation to get there and back. When I realized that they would not take me back my addiction started again. This might just be justification but I needed something from being so sore from the accident, which I was very lucky to still be alive from, and I was beginning to start having withdraw symptoms. I am sick and tired of being addicted to this drug and am more then ready to quit. Im at the point where the only thing holding me back from quitting cold turkey is the fear of withdraw for two weeks and the fact that I have children to care for and would not be able to if I were that sick for that long. I was wondering if a hospital might admit me for 4 days to a week so I could be quickly tapered off of the drugs and finally be done with this thing that is holding me back in life and making me miserable, but also be monitored by doctors while doing so. I have tried to just slow down on my own at home and I just get entirely too sick and can not do it alone. But I absolutely do want to be done with this nonsense and am at the point where I'm desperate. I am just terrified of the withdraw symptoms and would feel much more comfortable knowing that I'm in the hands of doctors and nurses while going through something so painful and scary. I have some education on CDC and I know the extenuating factors. I know afterward changing people places and things in necessary, groups are necessary. I just cant get past this step. I need to do this for my children, my husband, and more importantly myself. I want to go back to school and take steps forward in my life. I cant just quit and get sick because I need to be able to watch my children but if I can find a hospital that will take me for a quick (weekish) taper, my family will more then likely help me with the children that week so I can get past this point. Plus I just get so scared of actually how sick I really do get that being watched by a doctor and tapered down I really do think is the best way. The methadone clinic takes up so much money and time. And I did try my hardest there, and I can not take the time or money to start all over again. I was so close to being done when I was in the car accident. I'm more desperate then ever to find a hospital to help me. My life may actually depend on it. I live in Cincinnati. If anyone can please help me find a place to go to get over this hump in my life, my recovery, grateful would not come close to describing how I would feel. I know the steps I need to take afterward. I was sober for 6years. I want my life back. Can anyone please help me find a place to take me for my taper? I'm desperate. My kids and husband need me back and I want more then anything to be back to normal...... Please??
Read answer →Suboxone Side Effects
I started taking Suboxone 3 weeks ago. It is good but the constipation and stomach pain is unbearable. I have really probably gone 3 or 4 times only since I started taking this and I have gas pain all the time. It is awful. I am taking laxatives and Metamucil but they are not helping. Will this get better soon? Will my body get used to this? Is there anything I can do like take a stronger medication?
Read answer →Subutex
ok im the one that was on 12 im on 10 now it sucks sometimes not as bad as full blown i will call my insurance thanks for the advice what is subutex is that from a doctor are you a doctor here o and the girl that asked about decrease 2 mili a week is what im doing at an outpatient clinic people say they r clean nodding out its sick its good for people who need help most just wana get high on state monry and no thats not my opinion its what i see everyday i need a cheaper way to do this or im scared i wont make it the rules are not fair to people who really try
Read answer →Detox Using Suboxone
I am steady on 120 mgs of oxys a day now and I want to stop. I can get subs. I want to be done with detox in a week or 10 days. How many subs should I take and when should I take them? If I wait 24 hours after my last oxy is that long enough before I take my first sub? By 24 hours I am feeling pretty sick.
Read answer →Suboxone Drug Testing
I am thinking about getting clean with Suboxone. Only problem is that I hear that I have to give urine samples and that a nurse will stare at my junk while I go. I am a pretty shy person and I can’t even go in a regular bathroom if there is another person in with me. This has always been a problem for me. There is no way I can give a urine sample with some person starting at me it would be too humiliating. Is there any way I can get around this because if I can’t I am just going to buy my Subs from my dealer and I know if I do that I’m going to be topping up heavy all the time.
Read answer →How to Take Suboxone
I am confused about how to take Suboxone. Should I take it once a day or twice a day? If I take the same amount, is there any advantage to breaking it up into morning and evening doses? Does it work better for taking withdrawals away?
Read answer →Article Response
Hello Anna. I've just read your article on the dangers of combining methadone (or suboxone) with benzodiazepines. It is very clear & well-written in my opinion. I have been on methadone for 14 years & my most common 'reward to self' has been benzodiazepines. The combination turns me into a dribbling baby in a man's body (but I'm so 'stoned' that I'm unaware of this). I am on a methadone wean and have decreased from 135mg/day to 30mg/day. I decrease 5mg per month. I am so happy that you are Christian! God bless you!! Sorry I havn't got a question. Love from New Zealand. James Ingle
Read answer →Which is More Cost Effective: Methadone or Suboxone?
How much does Suboxone cost per month. How much does methadone cost per month? Is Suboxone cheaper in the long run because even though it is more expensive you don’t take it for as long?
Read answer →Suboxone Tapering
When tapering subs how low should you go before jumping off? I am doing a water taper and I am below 1 mg (.9 mg for 2 days and I am hurting on it) a day from 16 but my withdrawal symptoms are still really bad after each drop if you can believe that. I am dropping by .1 every 3 days now but do you think it would be worse to just stop completely now? The restless legs and anxiety and irritability and generally feeling uncomfortable all the time are my biggest problems.
Read answer →Vivitrol after Tapering off Opioids
What do you think of using vivitrol to play it safe after finishing tapering down from methadone?
Read answer →Sickness when Starting Suboxone
I tried suboxone for about2-3 days and I got so sick. I vomited at least 4 times that day. I was very nauseated and couldn't keep any food or liquids down. Also I had a horrible headache like someone was beating me in the head with a hammer. I don't know if I was going through withdrawal or exactly what was going on. Should I have continued using the suboxone or what? I was very disappointment because I was so ready to get off opiates. Any suggestion?
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