Suboxone and taking narcs on top

[Degendisc]

Has anyone had the experience or answer to my qusestion. I ran out of oxy's so I started on subozxone again x 1 day. Will it hurt to take Lortab on top of suboxone....been thru major withdrawels the other way around, but I have heard of Dr.'s prescribing narcs on top of suboxone for breakthrough pain...any experience or stories out there to help?? Thanks, Degendisc..

 

[Degendisc]

anybody before is just do it anyway?

 

[GABAking]

you'll be wasting your lortab. if you're taking suboxone/subutex, any opiate you take while on it will not bind to the receptors, thus you won't get high.

If you just took a single dose of suboxone (I'm assuming 8 mg), you should be good to go in like 3 days to take other narcotics (half life is 36 hrs)

You're probably thinking of doctors prescribing breakthrough pain medication on top of BUTRANS (buprenorphine transdermal). That works b/c it's such a low dose of buprenorphine that BT meds will actually have receptors to bind to. NOT subutex/suboxone.

 

[Pjkt2501]

Buprenorphine has a MUCH higher binding affinity to opioid receptors than most any other option, so you're not going to get any effect from opiates for around a day, and lessened effects for about 2 days (yes, 24-48 hours). I've personally wasted more oxycodone than I'd prefer to think about due to this.