Opioids Suboxone Films Torn/Detoriated Looking Inside Wrapper.

[ktx49]

Hello-
First of all, i'm not sure if this is in the right forum....<snip>
So knowing that, hopefully a few of u can let me know your experiences with this.

Ive been taking subxone for over a year now and like everyone else, switched to the films when they became available. I much prefer them, they work better and dissolve quicker....i get more meds from the same 8mg film its about 10-12mg of suboxone pill.
However, the last two times i have picked up my subs ive noticed that the films inside are not looking too hot....they are thin, worn out looking and 90% of them are torn sometimes into multiple pieces. they still seem to work, but lately ive been experiencing a boatload of SWEATING....something i was glad to leave behind when i switched from methadone to suboxone and i'm not sure if its just the timing(coinciding with a muggy summer) or that i'm slightly WDing from poor quality films since one of my biggest WD symptoms has always been sweating/flashes.

Has anyone else experienced or seen this? I'd say the last two months of meds ive picked up....95% of them have been in this poor condition. I have not contacted the pharmacy or the manufacture as of yet....

Opinions and comments welcome!

thanks

 

[Puppy Dogs]

yeah i actually noticed a few of my last films were torn and looked thin/dried out/cracked also. this really pissed me off, actually. as im OCD and like everything to be nice and neat looking and perfect. so i tried to sell the torn ones. anyway. i havent noticed much of a potency decrease although we SHOULD contact the manufacturer and im sure we will get more of this EXPENSIVE medication shipped for free. something ive noticed about suboxone, i can take a quarter of a strip, and get a good buzz, or i take 1/16th of a strip, and it keeps me out of withdrawals and i still even get a buzz. i guess what im trying to say is, i dont notice a difference between 1/2mg of suboxone (active ingredient buprenorphine) and 2mg of suboxone. i have also taken up to 8mg in one day and same, i dont notice much of a difference. what i DO definitely notice is a duration of action. if i take a quarter of a strip (apporox. 2mg) i can be good for almost 2 days maybe 2 1/2. but if i take 1/16th of a strip which would be 1/2 a mg i am only good for 12-18 hours MAYBE a full day because i am not a pussy i can stand to be in slight withdrawal for extended periods of time. as long as im able to just lounge around and/or lay in bed the whole time lol. now if i gotta work i cant stand being in withdrawal. cant STAND it. i feel miserable and want to leave immediately. even if i am in slight withdrawal i notice my work productivity going WAY down and my quality of work greatly diminishes. i already have anxiety problems and the anxiety that withdrawal, even slight withdrawal, causes makes my anxiety go up so high i almost cant function. i just feel like i cant handle anything that's going on around me and i feel like i just want to fall down in a fetal position and start crying lol.

anyway. we should write reckitt benckiser and i bet they will send us free strips. we both know how expensive these suckers are at the pharmacy! 7-8$ a piece!! its worth a try. im going to contact them asap, next time i think about it during regular business hours.

oh and btw, THANK GOODNESS FOR SUBOXONE, BEEN A LIFESAVER TIME AND TIME AGAIN!!!!!

 

[ktx49]

ya it pisses me off, its expensive even with the current $45 discount or something and im like you, i prefer everything to be the way it should and little things like this do bother me but the point is that i'm legit concerned that something may be wrong with it due to whatever reason, bad storage, bad batch, bad packaging, who knows....all i know is i feel like ive been WDing a bit this last month and sweating like crazy from it...could it be from subpar/damaged meds?? not sure

 

[comatoserct]

this happens to mine when I let them sit in a hot area, or open them for a day or so. they seem to get dried out and crack, or melt and reform. it seems like I'm getting the same amount of suboxone, but you would think they would formulate them better

I also sweat a ton on suboxone. it would be due to a genetic condition, as my dad sweats more than the average person, but I believe that the subs raise my body temperature because when I walk outside in the summer I'm drenched after 10 minutes. Also when I sleep I feel normal but when I wake up my pillow is covered in sweat.

Hate that