the only problem with suboxone is it only works for patients that use IV it makes them vomit and sick as hell. If you smoke or snort your hydromorphs or chew them SUBOXONE is useless to you.
some patients will start vomiting after they have had a couple doses of suboxone the reason this happens is because the dosage isn't strong enough
Suboxone works just fine for users that administer their opiates in all different routes whether it's IV, oral, snorting, plugging, or whatever else. Suboxone is a medication used to treat all forms of opiate addiction. Mainly chronic opiate addiction. Meaning if you have only been using opiates for a short while, you may not really need suboxone. There are other better and safer ways to wean off your drug of choice. You can become physically dependent on suboxone as well, since buprenorphine is an opiate in itself. A powerful one as well. And about what you were saying about people vomiting and it making them sick is likely because they took the suboxone too early and it threw them into precipitated withdrawal. And I also ask, and many others here on BL would agree with me saying please, before you post know exactly what you are saying before posting and possibly giving misleading information. Thanks.
TO THE OP:
how long have you been using hydrocodone? Is that the only opiate you were using?
If you are just starting suboxone for the first time 3mg should hold you just fine. Best way to tell what dose is best for you, is take small doses of the suboxone every 45mins-hour until you feel better. Like take 1mg to start, then take another 1mg 45mins later and so on til you feel the withdrawal disappear. Then there is your starting dose. I personally hardly ever need more than 4 or 5mg, when transitioning from a heroin/fentanyl habit.
It sounds like you had a relatively mild or low moderate addiction, and 2-3mg doses should do the trick.
Just remember Before You start taking the sub that you are in full blown withdrawal, otherwise you risk precipitating withdrawal, and believe me, that is something you don't ever want to go thru, and I suggest you read up on that there are many, many threads here on BL about preventing precipitated withdrawal. Read as much as you can about suboxone, and good ways to taper off of it, because it also like I said, you can become physically dependent on the sub as well. Be careful.
If I were you, I would say screw the sub, and detox using an OTC method, because hydrocodone is relatively weak and not that hard to kick. But if you already been scripted the subs, read up about them as much as possible. Good luck bro!
