Honestly if you have been on Heroin or the like for years Subutex is a good drug,it will break the babit as no other opiate except Tramadol will work or Kratom to an effect,the longer you stay on it at maintained doses the better,come down slowly,so to reduce pain and and to focus on being opiate free...Yes i know its a powerful opiate in its own respect but it wont get you high,if you have to stay on for life and it agrees with you then so be it,you can be NORMAL and do NORMAL things as long as you dose right and keep it going,its much more of a stable life than the highs and lows of most opiates and better then Methadone,with methadone you can use other opiates.
The only thing is if you cant break the mental addiction with the help of subutex then you will use other drugs to compensate or try different ways of administration to find a high,but you`ll fail. If you stay on for a long period then it will be almost impossible to get off,and fucK your receptors so that if in the back of your mind you ever want to feel the opiate high again you will fail,subutex really fucks with your pathways,even Ibogaine will not work,it can break through with every other opiate but not subutex...unless you have been clean a while and then whats to say you only what your pathways resetting so you can use again.
Opiates and Opiods are for life. (UNFORYUNATELY) or legalise them in a way that is regulated,in the past Heroin in the UK was given to addicts,i really think it can be done in a medical way,if someone wanted to monitor me to make sure i was taking the prescribed medication properly and for myself then i would be happy for it,and if the stigma was taken away from it then even better.