I have been coming off suboxone film for the last 3 months, I've gotten down from 16mg to 1/4 of an 8mg strip a day. So basically 2mg. Which is going about as well as one could expect, withdraws suck eventually I cave and take my dose but slowly I'm getting there. Only problem is since I'm cutting up my strips now there is no way to tell exactly how much I'm taking, since the way the strips are made is the dose is powdered and spread throughout the orange film, because of this some parts are slightly more concentrated than others and I feel the only way I can take exact doses, is if I broke it down into water, or some kind of solution, so I would know exactly how much I am putting in my mouth every day, which I feel would make it easier for me to make gradual steps from here. I have seen forums on breaking down the pills but I just wanted to know if the same principles apply to the film. If I can just put it in a specific amount of water stirring occasionally and then measure out my dose every day. I also wanted to know if there is a limit to how long the suboxone can stay in the water before its chemical structure begins to break down. Since I know that many opiates can only spend so much time in water before their structure changes I want to avoid essentially throwing away my strips. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'd also like to make a note that I have no way of getting onto smaller strips, my clinic wanted me to come in 4 days a week just as I was starting a full time job and they also wanted me to stay on 16mg for 6 months before they even considered tapering me down, so they could make more money off of me I assume, so I said screw that stock piled my next few prescriptions as I started weening myself off and I've been running on that. Thanks for taking the time to read this I really appreciate the support.
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Bupe Help with dissolving suboxone film for more exact doses?
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Mr.Scagnattie
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Where did you hear that the active ingredient is not spread out evenly through the strip? That is not the case. The buprenorphone is homogenized throughout the strip. It is also that way with the pills.
So, cutting the strip into equal parts, as small as you want, is a completely fine way to accurately dose.
Where did you hear that the active ingredient is not spread out evenly through the strip? That is not the case. The buprenorphone is homogenized throughout the strip. It is also that way with the pills.
So, cutting the strip into equal parts, as small as you want, is a completely fine way to accurately dose.
It was just a hunch since if you stare closely at the sub you can see small white dots all throughout it some larger than others, but I guess that's the naloxone, anyways thanks for the info that's good to know, but I've heard of people successfully tapering down to micrograms by dissolving subs into water, and I figured it would be easier to do so since with the proper math I could be taking 1.95mg tomorrow and 1.9 the next day and where it would take a while, I feel like it would be a much easier ride down, and there is no way for me to really accurately cut strips at such small measurements, but I guess I can keep cutting things in half until I reach small enough units to make the exact dose I want. I also feel it's easier to keep the mental side down because I could be taking basically the same amount of water/sub every day and there's no way I could really tell, where with the strips I can tell they are smaller and the mental anxiety is a huge problem I have with tapering down, I just felt like this would be an easier solution so if anyone has any experience on the subject please let me know.
Mr.Scagnattie
Bluelighter
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You can easily cut the strips into micrograms. Cut 8mg strips into 1/4ths, 1/8ths, 1/16ths (that would be .5mg's), 1/32nd's (.25mg's), etc. I've even cut them down into 64ths which is .125mg's. The strips make it very easy to cut, so I don't see how your having a problem.
They also make smaller strips like 2mg's which are even easier to cut down since there is already so much less bupe in it.
You can easily cut the strips into micrograms. Cut 8mg strips into 1/4ths, 1/8ths, 1/16ths (that would be .5mg's), 1/32nd's (.25mg's), etc. I've even cut them down into 64ths which is .125mg's. The strips make it very easy to cut, so I don't see how your having a problem.
They also make smaller strips like 2mg's which are even easier to cut down since there is already so much less bupe in it.
Crashing
Bluelighter
As mentioned, the suboxone film is quite possibly the easiest preparation of any solid medication to split into accurate dosages due to the fact that it is homogenous and a rectangular piece of brittle paper.. However you could dissolve the strip into 8 parts of water, but it is unnecessary and very well may degrade.