Getting clean........again

[knothing]

Hi everybody

Ive been smoking heroin for over a year now, ive quit before with suboxone only to relapse as soon as a ran outta subs. then i was forced to quit cold turkey for a week (my parents caught me.....again) about 3 - 4 months ago. being the total idiot i am i started smoking.....again. I have three 8mg subs right now and planning on quitting again tomrrow. I know its not much but it should help a little.

I was wondering how i should go about tapering off these 3 pills. should i start with half a pill a day and taper from that? or a whole pill the first day then half the next day and so on?

any advice would help. i know its not gonna be painless, ive done suboxone before. but i think i real short taper should be better than being on it for months

 

[frogboy]

I don't have any advice on suboxone sorry. I only wanted to say I hope you find a path to getting clean and away from this hellish drug that does not care who it kills. Good luck be strong and you can beat this.

 

[CypressGroveBlues]

Hey I know how you feel mate, but about your question. I had a pretty large H problem myself and I went to a detox center in Fla that tapered you with sub's. The taper was for a week and the dose's when like this:

Day 1: 2mg no more than 4 times in a 24 hour period and separated by at least 2 hours.
Day 2: 2mg no more than three times a day and separated by at least 4 hours.
Day 3: same as above.
Day 4: 2mg no more than twice for the whole day.
Day 5: same deal
Day 6: 2mg for the whole day. (can be split)
Day 7: none

This method worked really well for me and many others who went through the same detox. There will be a lot of people saying that this will not work because many need to taper down to tiny bits of a milligram before you drop...which is true but only if you take it for a prolonged period of time. If you just use it to detox and not as a maintenance program you should be fine with the rather small amount of Suboxone you have in your possession. You will most likely have some mild physical withdrawal symptoms but nothing compared to a full out agonist's withdrawals. The psychological symptoms will be the same as every other time you quit. I need H bad....5 min later...Shit I need my drugs...just keep at it and do your best. Nothing seems more rewarding than opiates when you are just getting off opiates.