firahs75
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Howdy,
I've currently been on subutex for about a year after a nasty oxy and dillie habit that resulted from having cancer in '07 (thank God I'm good now, although still have pain issues). I am down to 2mg's of subutex a day and sometimes like to take oxy vacations on the weekends (however, no matter how much oxy or hydro I take, I can't get any euphoria unless I combine with ETOH. Man, I miss the good old days when 2 percs put me on cloud nine
)
At any rate, my plan is to get down to 0.5 mg's of subutex a day and once I am stable there, start skipping days, before finally stepping off once I get to five days between doses. I was able to get 100 mg's of liquid methadone from a buddy of mine and the plan was to take some as needed in order to take the edge off the sub withdrawals. I read somewhere that if you taper down to a really low dose of sub, stop sub, and then take ~20 mg methadone a day for no more than 5 days, you will be over the worst of any sub withdrawals and be good to go.
My questions are:
1. Will this strategy work or is a prolonging/worsening of the sub withdrawal a possibility?
2. What dose of methadone should I start with (and hopefully catch some kind of buzz)?
3. Will I ever be able to feel euphoria from just oxy or hydro again?
I've currently been on subutex for about a year after a nasty oxy and dillie habit that resulted from having cancer in '07 (thank God I'm good now, although still have pain issues). I am down to 2mg's of subutex a day and sometimes like to take oxy vacations on the weekends (however, no matter how much oxy or hydro I take, I can't get any euphoria unless I combine with ETOH. Man, I miss the good old days when 2 percs put me on cloud nine
)At any rate, my plan is to get down to 0.5 mg's of subutex a day and once I am stable there, start skipping days, before finally stepping off once I get to five days between doses. I was able to get 100 mg's of liquid methadone from a buddy of mine and the plan was to take some as needed in order to take the edge off the sub withdrawals. I read somewhere that if you taper down to a really low dose of sub, stop sub, and then take ~20 mg methadone a day for no more than 5 days, you will be over the worst of any sub withdrawals and be good to go.
My questions are:
1. Will this strategy work or is a prolonging/worsening of the sub withdrawal a possibility?
2. What dose of methadone should I start with (and hopefully catch some kind of buzz)?
3. Will I ever be able to feel euphoria from just oxy or hydro again?
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