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Suboxone overdose? Please help. Im scared

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jpollock8

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So. Someone I know got some suboxone just for fun. This person took about 6 mg Sunday at 7 PM. Then around 8 PM Monday took about 6 mg. It's now 4 am on Tuesday and that person is really scared they have overdosed. There is narcan available but not sure if and when to use. Please help me
 
What symptoms are you experiencing? Is it difficult to breathe? Narcan will put you in precipitated withdrawal but it's certainly better than overdosing.

Are you okay now?
 
As long as they are breathing and not going in and out of consciousness they should be ok. I would not let them sleep until they are more sobered up. Intense vomiting would be another symptom of too high a dose, but not necessarily an overdose
 
please don't take "subbies" "for fun". they are not to be fucked about with. you're taking your life in your hands if you havn't been titrated properly. i also agree with a previous poster who said that as long as the user isn't slipping in and out of consciousness, then they should be ok.
 
jpollock8 said:
So. Someone I know got some suboxone just for fun. This person took about 6 mg Sunday at 7 PM. Then around 8 PM Monday took about 6 mg. It's now 4 am on Tuesday and that person is really scared they have overdosed. There is narcan available but not sure if and when to use. Please help me
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The Narcan (Naloxone) is not going to be very useful in a buprenorphine overdose. Buprenorphine has a higher affinity then basically any opiate out there. Like 'garym' said, bupe is a very strong chemical, especially to an opiate naive person. Buprenorphine is so strong at the mu opiate receptor that no antagonist (naltrexone, or naloxone) would be thought to overcome its hold on the receptor. The only thing really to be done would be give them oxygen. Its not going to hurt giving them Naloxone but it will be minimally effective.
 
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