Bupe What is an *actual* good dose for daily suboxone maintenance if I still want to get an occasional buzz?

[tranqwilliamsjr]

Hey BL,

After many years of playing around with opiates I finally ended up on a bupe prescription. What I'd like is to be able to take a low dose every day, enough to be comfortable, but little enough that I can take a larger dose on the weekend to catch a buzz. At 24mg scripted a day I should be able to live like that for years and stockpile an absurd amount of the stuff. Now everyone says less is more with this stuff, but just how little? I haven't been able to find a good answer. What's a dose that would keep me out of wd, but low enough that I could still keep my tolerance in its place? Shoot for 2mg/day? 1mg? Is it realistic to expect that with that dose I could catch a nod off of 4mg? Appreciate any advice or relevant experiences you wanna share. thx

 

[marsnd]

I think for most people it's 2mg (1/4 strip). As far as my experience goes with this it's much higher. I had friends who used 2mg-4mg and seemed to not use, drink, or struggle with Withdrawals. Personally, I been taking 2 and a half strips for almost 2 decades now. Never tried to lower my daily amount, I'm happy with the way it is, but I would suggest trying half a strip, and than you have your "Weekend night" where you can take a full strip for a buzz, or you can cut down to a 1/4 strip and see how that goes. You have enough to play around, and adjust the MG.