Opioids Starting Suboxone to kick roxi

[Mr.Scagnattie]

Yeah. It is kind of the same difference as a pain clinic, really.

$200 a visit $300 prescription fill (I'm not trying to do price discussion, just making a reference because I have only a vague idea of the actual cost).

Yeah, no problem.

Unfortunately... there's a lot of shit out there that completely takes advantage of drug addicts. It's sad and aggravating but, this is the world we live in.

Still, there's some doctors out there that still claim that sub has no withdrawals...

Yeah, the amount of misinformation that was spread in the beginning of it becoming popualr and still is being spread to this day by the bloody doctors, is amazing.

 

[oxie]

I just think these days people are so quick to say 'I NEED suboxone'. No, you WANT suboxone to help make it easier.

Be strong OP, you'll make it somehow.

Well truth be told, if you have been abusing whatever opiate for a amount of time, a person may not exactly be strong willed, so why not make it more easy

 

[mahi]

Like others have said, a quick Sub taper using the lowest possible amount and taper over 5-10 days will be the easiest landing. It is hard to believe now but it is really easy, the hardest part will be afterwards. It will take willpower. If you don't change some things while tapering you have a high, real high chance of relapse. drop the drug buddies, change your number, hangout with non-users, get a way if you can for a week or two. Keeping the same routine after detox is the quickest way to relapse city.

 

[ladianios]

I kicked a very similar habit...exact mgs actually with one 8mg strip and the wd's were laughable, I was actually kinda bummed cuz I was mentally prepared to kick it's Ass this time and it just never came...

I am clean now but the cravings are all day every day and if I don't stay busy it's all I think about...hah! Just go in like a beast mentally and don't be a bitch about it and it will be fine....your biggest tool will be your mindset

 

[mahi]

People make the mistake of taking Subs and nothing else in their live, that is relapse city. those who do make changes would no longer be your friend or even hanging out with you if you use. those who do get clean and move on do that, they leave it behind and find new interests, friends, lifestyle. people who are trying to stop and hangout with old users are in relapse city.

 

[Hopefully_Helpful]

I was on perc 10's for 7 years and decided hell with these pills. Having a strong mind set helps alot. I wasn't taking near as much as you, I was only taking 80 mg to 90mg per day. I have been through withdrawls before and they suck so I decided to try something on my own. I went from what I was taking to half only 40mg a day for 4 days. I then dropped to 10 mg for the next 4 days and then 5 mg the next 4 then none all together. By doing this I didn't have the jitters nor was I sick. Now the following day I hurt I think even the hair on my head hurt but I got out and worked in the yard to pass time and not watch the clock hour by hour. I have had no trouble sleeping and none of the diarehha associated. Today is day 3 with a total of 85 hours down and I am at about 90%. I was a little sluggish on day 2 but no pain or hurting. I also had them mind set I was kicking this stuff. I have had no cravingsor anything so far so good. If what I done by tapering can help anyone I wish them the best because it can be very hard. Oh yes by tapering I didn't have anyone to hold my pills and after I got to where I felt like ok here we go lets face the music, I flushed them so there would be no temptations. Good luck and I wish you the best in your endevor!!

 

[bigzip44]

Look... I just told someone else asking the same essential question, if they should switch up from oxycodone to buprenorphine (suboxone, subutex, whatever formulation) and I told them this: do not get on subs for any kind of maintenance or withdrawal regimen longer than a week if you don't want to be on buprenorphine for the rest of your life. This isn't conjecture, it is the life that I live and I am certain many will disagree but there is one, singular fact about this: once on buprenorphine long term you aren't going to be off buprenorphine long term - at least not without going through the bowels of hell, and trust me, I've tried manymanymanymanymany times. So, again, to be clear, I'm not addressing whether or not bupe will keep you sober, if it's a better option than X Y or Z but I am saying one thing and that thing is that buprenorphine, suboxone, it's very much a lifelong commitment, at least it has been to me and the people I know. Best of luck.

 

[uno22]

How ive always detoxed off Roxie's: 5 day suboxone kick. 2mg day 1, 1mg day 2, 1mg day 3, .5mg day 4, .5mg day 5, then jump completely off

Suboxone (bupe) is roughly 30 times as powerful as morphine mg for mg, and with a 36 hour half life, you should be somewhat comfortable when you wake up on the fifth or sixth day. The rest will be mental, which often fails, and that's why a lot of docs want u on that shit long term. But if ur gonna be on bupe, why not be on oxy? I mean really, other than the difference in price, is it damaging your body any more? No, it isn't. So make your choice to get clean, take the subs at low doseage to get passed the acute withdrawals, and then get on with ur life. If you relapse right away, chances are you aren't really ready to quit anyway.

 

[Hopefully_Helpful]

Well today has been a full week and I am back to 110%, actually have more energy and feeling great. No cravings and I am truly shocked by how well this has gone so far. Now as for my pain that I was these for...... My leg is killing me but I am getting relief with Aleve, Not a total relief but enough from keeping me from getting ill with folks. I am hoping to stay away from the perc but doctors say that with the nerve damage I have I won't be able to fight the pain for long on OTC meds, but I am trying hard. I hope with the way I tapered down will be of some benefit to someone else who decides to come off of them. I wish you all the best of luck!!