Hammilton
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It looks likely that Probuphine will be approved by the FDA within a year or so. I have been trying to determine what dose of suboxone they want people on before changing over. If I read one study correctly, 4 to 5 of the implants (80mg each) results in a dose of 1 to 1.3mg/day. They're a six month thing.
That seems very low, because at the start of the study they had people at 12mg+
How they avoided withdrawal, though, I don't know.
That was an early study. Has anything else been made public? I'd like to transfer to Probuphine the minute I'm able to, and if I need to change my dose now to prepare, I would like to. The prospect of no longer needing to take a gross orange flavored listerine- like strip and hold it under my tongue for an hour every day. Actually, the not needing to worry about running out early part really makes me want to switch.
Also, they're talking about 4 or 5 or even more strips? I'm wondering if maybe they've altered their formulation so that there would be fewer plastic sticks in people's arms.
I wonder what their street value will be. I suppose it depends how easy they are to consume via alternative routes. If you can chew or snort or smoke them they'll be pretty valuable. 80mg in a tiny stick.
It would probably be best if you went in every three months, got two of them inserted at a time, switched off, so you weren't feeling like crap at the end of the six months. Or maybe there is enough left that it doesn't happen.
That seems very low, because at the start of the study they had people at 12mg+
How they avoided withdrawal, though, I don't know.
That was an early study. Has anything else been made public? I'd like to transfer to Probuphine the minute I'm able to, and if I need to change my dose now to prepare, I would like to. The prospect of no longer needing to take a gross orange flavored listerine- like strip and hold it under my tongue for an hour every day. Actually, the not needing to worry about running out early part really makes me want to switch.
Also, they're talking about 4 or 5 or even more strips? I'm wondering if maybe they've altered their formulation so that there would be fewer plastic sticks in people's arms.
I wonder what their street value will be. I suppose it depends how easy they are to consume via alternative routes. If you can chew or snort or smoke them they'll be pretty valuable. 80mg in a tiny stick.
It would probably be best if you went in every three months, got two of them inserted at a time, switched off, so you weren't feeling like crap at the end of the six months. Or maybe there is enough left that it doesn't happen.