Low dose Buprenorphine > Hydrocodone, anyday! For me anyways. I love the feeling of bupe at low doses and unless I have strong opioids like oxy or heroin sitting in my hands, ready to be prepped up and slammed or sniffed or whatever the fuck, I don't care to waste my time with anything else, and don't go out of my way to use opioids anymore at all really, even the strong ones. I have really grown to like the feeling of bupe when done at low doses IV(although I don't suggest anyone going anyfurther than plugging it) 1-2mg maximum at a time. It gives me a wayyy stronger feeling than some weak ass full agonist opiate like hydrocodone or codeine for example. Shit sometimes bupe feels something akin to oxycodone to me if I wait long enough in between dosing, IME. And I completely understand why it would, because both oxycodone and buprenorphine are derived from the same thing, thebaine. Even though bupe is a partial agonist it can still pack a nice little punch when it wants to, and has that same kind of almost energetic but also sedative unexplainable feeling as oxy does from time to time, maybe not quite as much euphoria or analgesia as oxy gives, but similar feeling in a lot of ways to me. Sometimes I barely feel the bupe if I take my shots too close together, but when I wait like all day to do to more after my regular morning ~2mg dose and start going into withdrawl, since bupe only lasts a little while when injected compared to other ROAs, I really feel its full effects! I will even catch a nod a lot of the time believe it or not! Its one of those fickle drugs that has a wide array of different effects from person to person.