Background: My loved one is an addict. From what I have gathered he snorted percs for a year daily (he said one blue pill could last him a week - just enough to get him through the day). Then he discovered heroin and was snorting it daily. He then started shooting daily for the next year. He came home from work early this past July and told me all this after he had gotten in trouble earlier that day (He got high that morning and got caught stealing from Walmart). Since then he has been self medicating with suboxone strips. He buys 8 mg strips off the street and takes 2mg a day.
Things still aren't right and I am suspicious. Especially after last night. I licked his drivers license and could tell there were drugs on the edges. It was a bitter taste and my mouth became extremely dry and my heart started racing. The feeling didn't last long but I was upset.
Has anyone simultaneously used suboxone and heroin? How were your moods? Does it seem like a 3 year (possibly longer) opiate addict can effectively treat himself with 2mg of suboxone a day? Could he being using such a low dose so that it wears off quicker so he can use heroin? I stopped keeping track of his suboxone strips to make sure he takes it every day because I am tired of his addiction.
Most importantly, is there any reason to believe that this concoction or the flip-flop of these drugs is lethal?
Thanks for any insight.

Things still aren't right and I am suspicious. Especially after last night. I licked his drivers license and could tell there were drugs on the edges. It was a bitter taste and my mouth became extremely dry and my heart started racing. The feeling didn't last long but I was upset.
Has anyone simultaneously used suboxone and heroin? How were your moods? Does it seem like a 3 year (possibly longer) opiate addict can effectively treat himself with 2mg of suboxone a day? Could he being using such a low dose so that it wears off quicker so he can use heroin? I stopped keeping track of his suboxone strips to make sure he takes it every day because I am tired of his addiction.
Most importantly, is there any reason to believe that this concoction or the flip-flop of these drugs is lethal?
Thanks for any insight.
