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Bupe Is it easy to find a Suboxone doctor?

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iluvbuckethead

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Hey guys. Ive been addicted to heroin for a while now and have also used suboxone for about half of the time as a maintainence thing, but now have just stuck with sub and have been slowly tapering for a month or so now. It hasnt been easy to find sub where I live (San Diego, CA) so I'm looking for some help in finding a doctor who would show some sympathy and understand my situation. Id like to get myself a short term suboxone/subutex prescription so I can get off this devil drug eventually (or just stay on sub for maintainence, havent decided). Suboxone is a wonder drug for me since I can use it and I feel like "myself" and dont get high. I dont have any cravings or desires to use anything else, so it works for me.
Does anyone know where I can start looking for a suboxone doc? Anyone know one to recommend me (over pm)? I have insurance under my father and cant let him know what im going to be taking, so I would be able to pay for the doc but pay the script w/o insurance I guess. Any ideas for me?
 
I disagee. Suboxone can be really helpful for some people. I was on it for a while and now I'm totally clean off opiates (suboxone included). You will have withdrawals coming off of it, however you won't be really addicted to it like you are to heroin (or other opiates) because it doesn't give you a high. This lets you focus on the mental aspect of addiction while eliminating physical withdrawals. Then, when you believe you are ready to get off the suboxone, you can taper yourself down and the withdrawals won't be as bad as coming streight off your DOC.

And I hate to break it to you but if you take Kratom long enough it will give you a physical dependence and withdrawal. There's no such thing as a non-addicting opiate as much as I wish that were true.

The one thing I'd advise you is keep your doses as low as possible. My doctor had me on 24mg a day which is way too much for anyone. I wasn't taking that much at all. 4-8mg is usually enough for a HEAVY user and the thing is once you've found your optimum dose, taking more really does nothing for you. So you could be taking way more than you need, think it's the right amount, then have really bad withdrawals when you come off it.

Also, after the first couple days on it, your body will fully adjust to it and you can lower your dose and stabalize yourself. Again, just take as low of a dose as possible and (this is one thing my doctor was right on about) you can keep dosing through out the day... like take 1mg 4 times a day for example as needed. You'll know you're doing it right when you actually feel like you need another dose.

Towards the end of my maintaince period on suboxone I was taking less than 1mg a day so a very low dose is doable.
 
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