Ok so Ive had this issue for a few years and was in pain management for a few years very long story straight I took things to a whole new level and was addicted to dilaudid iv I went on suboxone 2 years ago and things have been amazing only the pain ended up worse and I found out I needed surgery in January, but I had already begun to taper because I knew I needed it I just never had insurance, anyways ended up in the er March 5th and turns out from the testing it was so bad I had to stay well they had given me morphine and dilaudid by this point and I had been on such low doses I felt it ALL, we'll the brought me upstairs and kept me on a steady stream of dilaudid 2mg every 4 hours till surgery on Wed the 8th then upped me to a pain pump for 2 days and then put me on percocet 5 mg for the last like 12 hours ( it was major stomach surgery and although I DID tell my doctor and anasteologist I was on suboxone I really think he didn't know what it was and it happened so fast) so now here I sit of course the day I was released i was really hitting withdrawal hard but I couldn't go back on my subs yet ( I ended up having my gallbladder removed and a piece of stomach that was diseased then repair of my bypass, I'm 19 years post op) so obviously all I had was the perks I begged my husband ( a strict non user) and got a few dilaudid from a friend so I spaced those out trying to taper like I did with suboxone but that didn't go well now ive decided going back is not an option but I want to go back on my suboxone ( I use small amounts for maintenance) but I'm so scared of precipitated withdrawal I have some perks left but I'm having to take them every few hours and it's hard with an altered stomach I guess my question is with percocet by mouth how long should I wait? I've always gone from iv to subs so I know about how long but these I'm taking by mouth, I just want to get back on my suboxone so I can heal I'm afraid if I continue this path my husband won't put up with it at all