recovery123
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I was told by my mtd clinic that I would be safe to transition from Methadone to Subutex once I reached 40mg. I have been working on tapering down for years, trying to maintain a work schedule so once I hit 40mg a couple weeks ago I was ready to go. My clinic referred me back to my health plan provider to go through them since they offer Subutex.
The provider made it sound like it would be a seamless transition and I could continue to work during the process and acted like I was silly for taking the week off. Good thing I insisted though. The taper schedule follows:
Day one: take 1/4 2mg bup every 3 hours for a total of 4mgs. Continue full opioid agonist (40mg methadone.)
Day two: take 1/2mg bup every 3 hours for a total of 8mgs. Continue full opioid agonist
Day three: take 3 2mg bup once in the morning and 3 2mg bup once in the evening. Stop taking full opioid agonist.
I went into p wd on day one. Have been feeling terrible ever since with some breakthrough moments of feeling tolerable, partly due to clonidine and gabapentin that were prescribed.
I am currently at 16mg daily as of today, technically day 3 without methadone. When will I feel better? I feel like I was mislead into thinking this would be a seamless transition, I was not at all prepared for this and need to return to work in 4 days. I cannot sleep.
Any advice on when I will start to feel better?
The provider made it sound like it would be a seamless transition and I could continue to work during the process and acted like I was silly for taking the week off. Good thing I insisted though. The taper schedule follows:
Day one: take 1/4 2mg bup every 3 hours for a total of 4mgs. Continue full opioid agonist (40mg methadone.)
Day two: take 1/2mg bup every 3 hours for a total of 8mgs. Continue full opioid agonist
Day three: take 3 2mg bup once in the morning and 3 2mg bup once in the evening. Stop taking full opioid agonist.
I went into p wd on day one. Have been feeling terrible ever since with some breakthrough moments of feeling tolerable, partly due to clonidine and gabapentin that were prescribed.
I am currently at 16mg daily as of today, technically day 3 without methadone. When will I feel better? I feel like I was mislead into thinking this would be a seamless transition, I was not at all prepared for this and need to return to work in 4 days. I cannot sleep.
Any advice on when I will start to feel better?
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