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Buprenorphine Trouble!

I dont know what kind of user I would be considered. Im what Iam. I took 300-400mg tramadol for nearly two years daily. No other drugs involved in those two years. I than promptly "overused my stash" ;) and ran out. I than couldnt bare the withdrawal which is likely nothing compared to other opiates but im not a hardcore user, and I dont deal with dysphoria and physical pain well, emotionally.

So I figured since I had ten 30mg Codeine tablets I would take them over the course of the 4 days following having no tramadol to possibly weaken the withdrawal. I know I wouldnt withdrawl from 4 days of use. Well, the chances would be very slim anyway. I figured I would suffer at least 75% of the withdrawal regardless of the low-medium doses of codeine. I was wrong.

Surprisingly I felt about 25% of the withdrawal. I was relieved somewhat. I only felt slight depression/dysphoria, and a little bit of insomnia and fatigue. A little bit of Melatonin helped me with the insomnia, and for the fatigue I used a bit of Ginseng. These two helped a lot but maybe it was placebo? I know Melatonin is a chemical used by the brain to induce sleep or something similiar of that nature.

Before anyone starts to flame, complain, and report me for flaming back...HaHa.

I know what just clicked in your head, I use chemicals to try to fix everything. F*ucked up I know. Maybe its genetic, my mother, sister, and brother work in nursing homes or retirement centers and all have pain medication addiction. They all use medication/chemicals to try to fix everything wrong with them. Whether it be pain, insomnia, constipation anything. I wish I wasnt like them, sadly. Happy? No reason to flame and complain how I depent so much on chemicals and how thats so low life-ish. :laugh:

Anyhow, it is now day 5 and no codeine left. I took one 8mg suboxone under the tongue today. Everything went 95% perfect. I dont feel any withdrawal. Im going to closely monitor my buprenorphine use to be sure I dont become dependent upon somthing I know I cant handle its withdrawl. Im going to taper off of the suboxone as well. Im going to use swybs method, he/she seems very knowledgeable. I may even use lower doses as I may not be a semi-heavy user but rather a mediocre user. Whatever you consider the above opiate use, that is what kind of user I am.

TheTruth: Im aware Buph. has been discussed a lot, I looked through a lot of threads and discussed buph. with ebeneezer_geeza another user who used buph. for years and posted numerous posts on the topic.

Thanks for referring me to other threads, I have read about half of the buph. threads that came up on the search. I still felt I wanted and somewhat needed to post questions, concerns, and comments about buph. Just my preference since I couldnt find answers in detail, that I felt were conclusively accurate.

Before you get all flamey, no, I havent read every last one. Thanks also for the advice, however, im very aware that buph. is more potent than tramadol and its withdrawl would be a lot worst. Im monitoring my use very closely, its only less than a week of low-med dose buph use. I shouldnt become dependent in 4-5 days of low-med use.

Swybs: Hello, hope your having a fun day full of all kinds of chemical euphoria. HaHa. Anyhow, did you read my post about my user name changing and such? I hope you understand, I truly meant every word. Im not just trying to get sympathy bullsh*t, or avoid having this username banned. I could care less which user name I use. I just want to show that Im a better person than I represented in the past.

I really got into with naturalone which was a bad idea in the first place. I also was consistenly providing sources, which was a very bad idea. I heard a lot of sh*t from moderators and others for doing so, which was very called for from them. Im glad this board wouldnt allow such violations.
I was in the wrong, I got quite angry on multiple occasions and just out right acted like a 12 year old by spamming and changing usernames.
Im a better person than I presented and I will not let others flame me into a person that I am not. I apologize to all.

I have also noticed its not just me, about 50% of the posts I read, users direct other users to search engines, complain/flame, and post opinion responses to questions. However, the difference was, I reacted to such posts negatively.
I have learned from my mistakes, im ready to present my true self, I think you will find this person beneficial and helpful. If you dont, hey, what the hell at least I wont be violating guidelines or posting sources. ;)

I know this is very offtopic and cluttery, but I feel this post really needs to be posted in a thread not PMed to a few select members, but rather should be seen by all members who I offended and bluelight administration. I will not post offtopic on any other occasion, just this one time for this announcement.

I had some questions, should I post my experience with the buprenorphine here or in experience reports forum? Would it be OK to post a link to it, when I do post it in the experience reports forum?

The only negative side effect im having with the buph. is the horrible taste and nausea its like a feeling like I feel like I may throwup. Much like I feel when I withdrawl from tramadol. 8)
Any tips for riding the nausea?

I think some are confused, I just want to lose my tramadol tolerance, nothing more. I want to continue using tramadol, the only opiate I really enjoy, its not as hardcore and strong as the others. They seem to overwhelm me, im a bit sensetive with all drugs. I want to continue to be able to get just as euphoric as I use to off of it. Basically, I just want to lose my tramadol tolerance completely and continue using it.

Considering my situation, past, and the information I described to you, how long would it take to lose my tolerance to it completely? And, if im taking buph. while im off of it, will I still be able to get euphoria off of it when I begin using again. Of course, I would wait a couple days with no buph before I went back to it.

Regards,
Anthony

Added the following:
I cant really fully enjoy the drug with the nausea. I wonder if im withdrawling? How could I be withdrawling when I feel good mentally? Odd, confusing. Im also sweating a lot with the drug. I know it has stimulating effects so maybe thats why. I feel very very much like a 400mg tramadol dose, but with nausea and less euphoria, as the only differences.

My mother has been on a suboxone program for months now, and she commonly says she feels sick to her stomach. I guess this must be just a side effect of the drug.

Hey people told me to use the edit button more. Im using it and not making seperate post to post the above. :)
 
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huaa said:
just a question a little off topic --> i've been off H since august 03 -- came off with bupe.. now just recently i found a few stray tablets and have been having only about .25mg / day (which on no tolerence is quite nice!! yay) - what my question is, is will taking this small dose for a week or two give me any w/d's. i'm not expecting that it will as i had a clean slate before and its such a tiny amount - but any feedback / experiences would be appreciated -- oh and in relation to Grunenthal's question - when on a higher dose i used to try to leave it in my mouth for up to 20mins - and yes i would have terribly huge amts of saliva gushing around too! - but would try to leave it all in there until i couldn't taste any further bitterness. small doses only need about 5mins IMO. CHEERS!!

yeah its quite amazing how potent buprenorphine is... i dont think you should worry about withdrawal though if its only for a week or two of daily use.
 
You're feeling nausea because buprenorhpine is not an SNRI while tramadol is. SNRI's have their own withdrawal and that is what you are experiencing though since youre takin buprenorphine its making it much milder than it would be otherwise.
 
Thank you for the knowledgeable answer. I understand now. I also feel quite better now that I know whats behind all of this nausea. Do you have any suggestions to decrease or do away with it?
 
This is the first time I have had to take a medication sublingually. Im having lots of trouble! I put the tablet under my tongue & let the tablet melt under my tongue. I hold my tongue down tightly on the tablet, but I cant help my mouth watering profusely

I am just answering the original concern here only, I don't know where all this drama is coming from. A lot of people assume that when the docs say "put the Bupe under your tongue", they think they mean just place it right underneath and hold it there. This is incorrect. The best way to do it SL, is to actually place the tablet(s) in that little 'pocket' under and to the side of the tongue, right against the jaw. This way you can even take a sip of water without swallowing the pill or getting too much saliva. I can barely even taste the pills dissolving, as they essentially get trapped by your tongue, and get absorbed by those big veins. I do agree that 15 minutes is just about the right amount to keep it there. Placing directly under the tongue makes it too hard to not swallow or drool. Use that little pocket, and you will be fine. Bupe has better bioavailability snorted BTW. I think a nasal spray is in the works a la Afrin style. Now that would be nice.
 
Thank you for your knowledgeable insight. Yes, I do put the tablet in the little pocket under my tongue. It has been absorbing just fine now. I pretty much got a good grip on how to take a medication sublingually effectively now.

I know snorting would be the best way to go, but these are Suboxone tablets not just Buprenorphine tablets. So wouldnt snorting enduce withdrawl? Make the Natrexlone active? Im not sure on this one?
 
Nope, snorting would just make it kick in faster and harder but also make the effects last a little shorter.
 
I see now. Thanks.
I think I will continue to use it properly, sublingually, despite the horrible taste, and nausea. I dont enjoy snorting stuff either. Bleh! Im getting sick just thinking of the two methods. ;-(o--o
 
I was wondering, maybe the nausea is because the dose of Buprenorphine is too high? Just a thought, but it is more likely the nausea is from the SNRI and SSRI withdrawal of the Tramadol, since it has weak properties of both. It sounds like things are going good otherwise, and keeping the use sublingual is a great idea, you don't want to venture into snorting and like it too much, you know?

As far as your past, I am glad to see you are apologizing and want to start new. Yes, you made quite a few mistakes in the past, and you were obviously having a rough time. I can also see where you are coming from with people always pointing you to search engine and such, as I very easily get upset when I perceive an insult or criticism.

It is to the point where I am delusional about it, and I have caused many problems for myself and others because of these perceived criticisms and such. I don't know if that is exactly what you were going through, but regardless, I'm happy you are doing better, and that you are ready to contribute to BL.
 
Ive never had a problem letting a pill(s) dissolve under my tongue, I usually do one 8mg pill at a time. I would put the pills right under my tounge and than with the tip of my tongue I would rub until dissolved (think wax on wax off...huh? Your probably saying but just use pressure and the pills disintegrate, besides those 2 big veins that run under your tongue is obviously are the best shot for a quick sublingual dosing. Grind that bupe into your blood stream.

If you do it right its like eating apiece of candy, pretty elementary. When I was taking 4 of the 8mgs each afternoon I would only take 1-2 in my mouth at once or else it was just to much saliva to deal with just hold it in as long as you want. I really never have noticed a different if I swollow the spit or let it build up and 'hope/think' I/you/he/she is getting better absorbtion rates for sitting with a mouth fully of orangey spit. Just agitate the pill with your tongue to greatly increase the time it takes to finish the pills. An 8mg pill lasts only 1-2 minutes for me.

If you are taking 32mgs (4 of the big orange) all at once at least only take 2 at a time than follow that up with another 2 pills. Also when a person is taking a higher dose 24-32+ mgs of Suboxone it is definitely not a bad idea to stager your doses thru out the day so you keep a steady, stable percentage of buprenorphine in your blood stream. I found that in the first beginning phases of starting the drug once and a while taking 24mgs when I woke up and than 1 more 8mg in the evening to keep me in the right direction all night.

I've grown to enjoy the taste of the nice mediciney, Vitamin C flavored, orange citrus bursting octagon better known as buprenorphine. I also used to love the taste of this one brand of pink methadone syrup. Unfortunate acquired tastes...



Grunenthal-

but these are Suboxone tablets not just Buprenorphine tablets. So wouldnt snorting enduce withdrawl? Make the Natrexlone active

Snorting doesnt matter these pills are designed to prevent IV/IM/SC (basically any kind of injection). The other 'active ingredient' in the Suboxone's is Naloxone, not Naltrexone (I assume thats what your were shooting for as Nalrexone is a different drug completely). Naloxone (Narcan) is not active orally nor by snorting (insufflating might increase its activity but it still would not be anything to worry about this). Read up a little bit more on this medicine so you know what you are putting in your body and how it works because this can be a tricky drug if not used properly. Read up about it, SAMSHA has some good information.

If you still want to steer clear of Naloxone (Narcan) in your pills you could just go with Subutex which is bupe with no Naloxone. Or Bupernex injectable amps.



mad hungarian-

Bupe has better bioavailability snorted BTW

Do you happen to have the bioavailability for bupe in all ways of administration (snorted, oral, sublingual, IM, IV injections, etc.)



swabs-

it is important to let it melt and not try and "aggravate" the suboxone with your tongue--let it melt its way completely

Where did you hear this, have you really noticed a difference? I actually think a quicker dissolving tablet would mean quicker absorbstion into your body, just babbling...
 
I actually think it is on the instructions/PI (to not aggravate) but even if it isn't, (and it may be wrong), I was told this by the prescribing doctor...I suppose that it reasons to believe that it will all somehow end up being used by your body, but when you really want to keep the WDs at bay, it almost seems like ritual to follow every direction. I will read the PI when I get home and answer with more authority.

swybs
 
blahblah: Thanks for clearing that up, I was quite confused with the tablets.

goldenbrown: Yeah, I think so as well, since I took that big 8mg dose yesterday afternoon I have felt the slightest nausea since. Even throughout eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I cant bare the thought of the taste of these tablets but Ill deal with it. Do you have any idea how long this SSRI withdrawl will occur? Also what does SSRI stand for?

Thanks for your kind words. Im truly here to start over, no more nonsense.
 
naturalone sent me this private message...

Re: I apologize for bothering you but...

listen, you immature little fuckwit. i asked you not to PM me. i've asked you that twice, yet you still do. DO NOT FUCKING PM ME.

as for blaming me every time you get your hand slapped; i'm getting sick and fucking tired of it. i'm personal friends with a couple of mods, and several members. nobody has one good fucking thing to say about you, and that has NOTHING to do with me. you are too fucking immature to engage in the types of conversations that this board is meant for. you are a bitch ass baby.

i was gonna let you live up to your little apology/promise in that thread, and you failed. you are exactly the type of person that you originally presented yourself to be. that's why i waited to say anything about it.

if it was my site, you would be banned. even with multiple IP addys, blind proxy servers, or whatever, you would have such a hard fucking time getting into the site you would eventually give up. since i don't own the site, i'm going to try and ignore you. i recommend that you make it easy on me, and stay the fuck out of my way. if you start talking shit, breaking the rules or crying in any thread that i am engaged in, i will fucking ruin you. if i think that you are monopolizing OD with pointless threads, again, i will call you out.

you need to act like somebody that belongs here, or leave, as far as i'm concerned.

don't reply to this, because i will deny receipt, and never read it. i'm not one of those people who likes to have little pussy discussions filled with excuses and shit. you think i've flamed you? you haven't seen anything yet.

now you know where i stand. there is no ambiguity.



Grunenthal wrote on 01-06-2004 17:03:
Hello,

Hope your having a fun day. Anyhow, I wanted to make sure you read my post in the thread "Buprenorphine Trouble!" There are two offtopic posts there I really feel you should read. If you choose not to. I understand. Just wanted to put it all out there. Everything I said is sincere.

Take care,
Anthony




Cant I report this? Isnt this flaming or assult?
 
I would recommend keeping your personal business like Pm's, well, personal. It's generally frowned upon to post about or an actual copy of someone's PM to you. I am not saying you have broken any rule, but from my own experiences, it is just better not to bring this stuff to the board.

Otherwise, I am sorry you are having such a tough time. I do realize you haven't been the best particpant here on Bluelight in the past, though, so some people may never like you because of this. That is simply a fact of life, we cannot get along with anyone.

I would suggest to both you and naturalone, put eachother on your "ignore" lists. Once you do this, you won't have to see his posts anywhere on the board, and he won't have to see your posts anywhere on the board. It sounds like a mutually beneficial plan to me, because this relationship seems doomed to never working out.

Once again, I am sorry you are getting insulted and such, but I cannot take sides and support you in your actions or words, because I simply don't know all sides to the story. I do hope you can work things out, because when you follow the rules here, you do seem to have lots of contribute. Just do your best to make things work for you here, and ignore those who dislike you.
 
Thanks, I will take this advice. However, I cant see naturalone doing so. Im done with all the drama. Thanks again Golden. BTW: You wanted that PM message info right? Well, your PM box is full and I cant send a PM to you. You dont allow email through this board so clean it up than PM me I will send you the PM you want.

Yeah I just wanted everyone to see what this guy sends me everyday, like two-three times a day. Not sure why he's so infatuated? But its done now. Move on.
 
Grunenthal said:


Yeah I just wanted everyone to see what this guy sends me everyday, like two-three times a day. Not sure why he's so infatuated? But its done now. Move on.

if ANYONE believes this, i will be shocked. it was i who was CLEARLY asking you to STOP PM'ing me. it's this exact kind of shit behavior that has gotten you banned, what, four times already?

i'm done with you. you are too immature for me to waste my time with. i do hope that you get permanently banned one day.
 
i follow this thread with interest.the buprenorphine i use comes as temgesic sub/ling 0.2 mgs doses.its probably old stuff,its only described as a painkiller,perhaps b4 it was used in addiction treatment.
its difficult to talk while using the sublingual route-which maybe isnt a bad thing......... but it can be strange.
 
it only takes 10 min for it to dissolve so unless youre talking nonstop all day it shouldnt be a problem to dose...
 
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