I've never been able
to get high from buprenorphine.Even after being locked up and thus no drugs whatsoever for 6 months.When I got home I knew I had a few subs around the house so just for the hell of it I did 2 8mg pills subligually,having zero tolerance because of my forced 6 month abstinance.No high,not any kind of feeling whatsoever.I've always been perplexed when people speak of a bupe high.Which opiate would those of you fortunate enough to get high from it compare it to?My gf used to get Subutex for a while by claiming we were trying to get pregnant(appearantly naloxone is bad for a developing fetus) and even the couple times we tried shooting it we never got any high,just an instant cessation of withdrawl symptoms.And we had gotten our habits down pretty low so we figured we would at least feel something.Nope.Nada.
As far as the ceiling effect of bupe,when I got on Suboxone the doctor who prescribed it to me said that your body won't absorb more than 16mg a day.If I remember correctly the little orientation booklet they give you in the office said the same thing.I've never heard of anyone being prescribed more than 16mg a day,no matter which doctor they went to.So as far as I've heard,16mg/day is the ceiling for buperenorphine.And speaking of buprenorphine,what ever happened to the little injectable ampuoles of Buprinex that came out pre Suboxone/Subutex?Did they take them off the US market or do they just not like prescribing it because it lets a patient still play with their needles?Anyone out there know what's up with that?