Hi All, I'm new to the site, just came off a 1.5 year h/opiate?? binge (Who really knows what's in it - fentanyl, w-18, morphine, if you're lucky some heroin lol??
Started suboxone almost a week ago, waited over 48 from last use before induction with 8 mg and even waiting way longer than every website says, but I still had a few hours of relatively "mild" PW (if there is such a thing as mild precipitated withdrawal).
I think I'm good on the 16 mg per day I don't think I have any withdrawals but I have bouts of nausea, no appetite and literally no sleep since in last 5 days.
Anyone experience this with subs?? Dr thinks I need dose increase but I don't know. I don't feel dope sick, I know what that is. Yes I have no energy and nausea and insomnia which I realize are classic symptoms of opiate withdrawal but this doesn't feel like withdrawal, it's something else.
Regarding dose, it's CRAZY how diverse the opinions are regarding how much bupe you really need. I talked to my pharmacist and he told me that NO ONE is on less than 16 mg and most are 24-32 and they have over 1000 customers. But what you read online is that you can be induced at levels of 2-8. I saw a YouTube video which I think was the main researcher for Suboxone and he was saying that you never need more than 8 mg of bupe because anything more is pointless - however he may have been literally meaning 8 mg in your system so if you dose 16 maybe 50% actually gets absorbed? I'm not actually sure about the bioavailability.
Any insights, advice, would be great!
Thanks.
Started suboxone almost a week ago, waited over 48 from last use before induction with 8 mg and even waiting way longer than every website says, but I still had a few hours of relatively "mild" PW (if there is such a thing as mild precipitated withdrawal).
I think I'm good on the 16 mg per day I don't think I have any withdrawals but I have bouts of nausea, no appetite and literally no sleep since in last 5 days.
Anyone experience this with subs?? Dr thinks I need dose increase but I don't know. I don't feel dope sick, I know what that is. Yes I have no energy and nausea and insomnia which I realize are classic symptoms of opiate withdrawal but this doesn't feel like withdrawal, it's something else.
Regarding dose, it's CRAZY how diverse the opinions are regarding how much bupe you really need. I talked to my pharmacist and he told me that NO ONE is on less than 16 mg and most are 24-32 and they have over 1000 customers. But what you read online is that you can be induced at levels of 2-8. I saw a YouTube video which I think was the main researcher for Suboxone and he was saying that you never need more than 8 mg of bupe because anything more is pointless - however he may have been literally meaning 8 mg in your system so if you dose 16 maybe 50% actually gets absorbed? I'm not actually sure about the bioavailability.
Any insights, advice, would be great!
Thanks.