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is it true they are changing suboxone to a strip-like form in the US??

I just wanted to correct something K'd Out said about psych doctors not being able to prescribe Suboxone.I get mine from my psychiatrist.All he had to do was take a class and the drug reps make that easy as hell.The only thing I worry about is that I already get Xanax from him and Adderal,if he dies or retires,I think I'll have a lot of trouble getting the amount of pills from another doctor.
 
all the doctors have to do is take like a 5 hour course online about suboxone in order to be approved to prescribe it lol. My psychiatrist can script suboxone.
 
i just cant believe this is actually gonna happen, yes i do agree that it would be easier to portion but id rather not have to put a strip in my mouth to take my medication

this just sucksss
 
I cant wait for the strips....the tabs taste like shit and take forever to dissolve.....but i havent tried snorting them
 
adicabrady said:
I just wanted to correct something K'd Out said about psych doctors not being able to prescribe Suboxone.I get mine from my psychiatrist.All he had to do was take a class and the drug reps make that easy as hell.The only thing I worry about is that I already get Xanax from him and Adderal,if he dies or retires,I think I'll have a lot of trouble getting the amount of pills from another doctor.
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ya i think i would have the same prob id be hard to find a shrink to gimme all my pills also..
 
I can identify with what Slowpoke is saying.I'm in my fifties and am too tired to run around trying to get money for dope and copping.If Suboxone was available when I was in my twenties or thirties,I wouldn't have taken it because it blocks other opiates.I have to say after decades of serving the heroin monster,I am grateful not to have to get wake up sick every day.There are times though,when the urge to get a slamming nod really hits hard.Addiction is such a tricky thing.I sometimes wonder how my life would have went if my mind was not controlled by drugs.
 
Proggy said:
I cant wait for the strips....the tabs taste like shit and take forever to dissolve.....but i havent tried snorting them
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Ditto for me. Someone said it was orange flavor. I never knew this as I thought it was formulated to resemble pure shit.:)

Strips sound promising.
 
BIGsherm7272 said:
all the doctors have to do is take like a 5 hour course online about suboxone in order to be approved to prescribe it lol. My psychiatrist can script suboxone.
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Wow, something that I wasn't aware of. I wouldn't ever ask my psychiatrist to prescribe me Bupe, as he is not aware of my addiction and I have no desire to tell him. He has no idea that I see another doctor that prescribes me Suboxone. When I've told my past psychiatrists about my past they look at me differently and become hesitant to prescribe nearly anything. Even if its in my best interest, health wise.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Wow, something that I wasn't aware of. I wouldn't ever ask my psychiatrist to prescribe me Bupe, as he is not aware of my addiction and I have no desire to tell him. He has no idea that I see another doctor that prescribes me Suboxone. When I've told my past psychiatrists about my past they look at me differently and become hesitant to prescribe nearly anything. Even if its in my best interest, health wise.
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somehow not telling a psychiatrist about something as relevant as addiction seems like a bad idea to me. How can he treat you if he doesnt know whats wrong? None of my business, I just dont see the logic.....my addiction colors EVERY aspect of my life, ESPECIALLY the psych dept.
 
k'd-out-in-az said:
bupe doctor = simply doctor that prescribes me suboxone (buprenorphine). No shrink can script suboxone.
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actually if a shrink takes the classes and gets his suboxone
license they can prescribe suboxone. My dr. Is proof!!!
 
Slowpoke.........Ive been trying to quit opiates seriously for about 6 months (I too understand being on the fence, where you want to quit but dont want to at the same time) and thank god for suboxone. Dude, I cant say enough good things about it. I am astounded at how well I feel. My biggest "didnt want to quit" was I didnt want to feel like shit for 8 weeks while I tried to put my life back together. Slowpoke, not only do I not feel like shit, I feel fuckin great. Im not high, I just feel human...which is a huge improvement over how I felt last week without opiates. Dude, Ive been clean for 8 days now. 8 fuckin days with no oxy at all, no methadone, no dope, nothing but suboxone. Ive been talking to my family, working, even showering. I shoulda got on this program years ago.
 
Coupon clipping for junkies

check out this link they will pay your copay for you up to $75 a month

(but only on the strips)

http://www.suboxone.com/patients/here_to_help/savings.aspx?cid=ebpf

I cant wait..I get the strips tomorrow. The savings card paid for my first copay (tabs) because the CVS didnt have the strips in stock, even tho my doc scripted them, and the pharm had to give me pills instead of strips. They have the strips now tho and I get my scrip tomorrow. I'll post about how they taste. cant possibly be worse
 
Apparently they are already out, that or my friends are lying to me, ... I keep getting phonecalls that go something like "hey man you want to buy some suboxone, they're strips now and they're better...."

So I've heard they are out and being used but I haven't seen them. I don't have a problem with the orange ones, I'll take a little orange flavoring over opiate withdrawal anytime. I can see how the strips would be easier to taper with theoretically.

I would buy a couple just to try them out if the friend I'm referring to wasn't always trying to scam everyone so he can get his fix everyday. Actually since I've gotten on subs I haven't hung out with this "friend". God bless subs.
 
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new strips

hey all, I just got back from my suboxone doctor today, I've been on Suboxone for 5 years now. She is prescribed me the new 8mg strips, she said eventually they are going to completely stop making the pill form. The new strips have a bar code type deal on the individual packages, and eventually they will be able to trace that bar code to the original person who got the script, if they busted somebody on the street without a prescription and they had one in their pocket. This is a method to stop people from selling their Suboxone, and to stop snorting them. She said the DEA stepped in and made this happen, and if people don't stop abusing/selling them, it'll bupe treatment will end up like the methadone clinic. She said it's already happened in the UK, no more suboxone doctor visits, only clinics, due to selling and abuse. Hope this helps, I'll post sometime tommorow after I take a strip and let you guys know how it is. She says they dissolve compeltely within 60 seconds, and will probably be a little stronger.
 
I can see that they might feel stronger if they dissolve faster, but in an individual who takes it as intended for a maintenance medicine I don't see there being any perceivable difference.
 
wendy.bourgault said:
Ive been on subs for about one year, and its done wonders for me :) i love my sub Dr. he is the best.. I was at a methadone clinic for 5 years. the worst 5 years of my life... now that im on subs ive never felt so good..I have got like 10 of my friends off hard drugs and now on subs... I thank god everyday for this med... it saved my life and my family....I still have a hard time with the weed but my Dr. is mad cool about it.... thanks to the makers of this med... now if i did not spend $700 a month on it that would be great./....<3<3
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My sub doc is great, too, and after I was on the meds for about 8 months, I could not afford it any longer. He wanted me to stay in the program, so he let me in on a little secret. There is help available to those who are committed to the program. You just have to ask for it. The makers of the drug have a patient care assistance program available to those who qualify for it....you have to be in the program a while, and you have to show W-2's that prove you are basically indigent, but if you have been an addict, it is likely you have less money now than you did before your addiction began, anyway. Well, unless you're lucky enough to be a millionaire junkie that DIDN'T blow all their money on drugs, but that's rarely the case. As a patient in the program, I'm not even supposed to bring it up, but I know what it's like to want to be clean, and not be able to afford the meds that help you STAY clean. $700 a month is crazy...I was spending almost that much, between my doc visit and the meds....$250 for monthly doctor visit, and $400 for meds. It's nice being in the program for over a year, because all I pay now is $200 a month for the doc, and I get my meds for free. I am slowly tapering down, but hopefully the strips will be much easier to taper off of if I can cut them. I just got my information brochure about the new strips from my doc yesterday, so I've got my fingers crossed! My new RX I just filled came back all pills still, but maybe next month I'll have the strips. The doc said they should already be here by now. I guess they just have to get rid of all the tablets first!
 
I recently acquired some of the suboxone strips and they work really well actually. I know they aren't actually stronger but they seem to dissolve quicker and more easily. Maybe they're just absorbed more efficiently or something because I've noticed that 2mgs feels closer to 3mgs with the strips. They're also alot easier to cut into smaller doses. After using them for a few days I think I prefer them to the pills because they seem to be more efficient and it's easier for me to use less with the strips.
 
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