Opioids Transitioned to sublocade from 20mg a day and withdrawing at day 15

[Juicewrldfan]

Any suggestions? Going on the shot was a bad idea for me. I feel like im withdrawing pretty badly.

I know on paper I shouldn't but not experience amd the injection site isnt hard anymore except a little pebble size. That doesn't mean the depot is practically gone does it?

Im really tempted tp get some street opioids at this point bc my prescriber insists I shouldn't be withdrawing and its not from the sublocade but I know what withdrawing feels like.

I really don't want to do fentanyl amd javent all year but idk what else I can get my hands on. I thought she would give me some films as I wantwd to just go back to that amd never got into trouble with films so idk.

I transitioned to sibl8cade bc I wanted off subs and on paper it looked the easiest.

I thought warm compress or pressure would make a difference but read that can cause necrotizing flesh the way sublocade is made. Any truth to that? Any suggestions on alternatives?

 

[agoraphobe]

Can you take a small amount of kratom?

 

[Juicewrldfan]

Can you take a small amount of kratom?

Im pretty sure its still legal im ohio. I havent had it in a long time but now that I think about it, I did still feel it on suboxone...not 7OH but I did feel powder. That might work actually. Idk why I didnt think about that lol

 

[4DQSAR]

I thought warm compress or pressure would make a difference but read that can cause necrotizing flesh the way sublocade is made.

That's due to the depot just being put within the skin rather than into body fat.

One one hand, lots of people stating application of pressure and heat on the site of injection is strongly contraindicated but a more direct example was someone who pointed out they had a bath but not a shower... so the clinician just told the patient to avoid hot baths for 48 hours.

I'm almost sure someone else posted about this and their clinician gave them suplemental sublingual buprenorphine. I suppose if the dose isn't sufficient, a ratttle won't kill so any clinician will go for the lower dose on the basis that AWS isn't fatal whereas an OD could be.

But from what I read, their doctor almost expected at least some patients to have this issue.

It's crazy because the bioavailability of sublingual buprenorphine ranges from 30-55% so any conversion-table is nonsense.