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wow, suboxone (buprenorphine duration and effects question)

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i was in w.d for about 6hr, i had 1 soboxone strip took it and in 40min i feel great. know with that said i only had the one. my ? IS WHATS GOING TO HAPPIN KNOW, how long will i feel good? and so on. thanks
 
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I would say when you wake up the next day you will feel a bit shitty, but really, in my experiences Suboxone lasts decently long (especially if you took a whole 8 mg strip, which it seems like you did). so maybe a day and a half?

what you REALLY should have done is have taken half of that strip the first day, and then cut it up in tiny pieces the following days. would have made everything so much more easy. one can really get a lot of out of suboxone
 
thanks axl, i go on the 4 to a sobox d.r so just 5 or 6 more bags till then and hopefully i can but this life behind me. god i hope so. thanks.

thanks n.t

when can i do dope and feel it? 24hr 36hr after soboxone?
 
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yea I asked this same question not long ago. I was using weaker opiates but suboxone will block opiate effects for at least 36 hours without question, even if its your first dose. Its a miracle drug in my opinion if you really wanna quit heroin or any opiate. I tried it first back in 2007, worked really well on keeping me off sick but I wasnt ready to quit and the opiate blocker was too much for me. it caused me more stress. Anyway if you really wanna quit, do it and good luck.
 
It sounds like the dose 'took' well. Some people have a transitional phase which can be 1-7 days depending hwo severe your dependency is wheny ou switch over and how long you wait to dose the bupe. But since it 'took' well you can expect to be STILL feeling good in 24 hours..and probably get rhoguh 48 hours on just that dose (sinc eit sounds like you took a large dose like 8mg right?)
 
Thats right 8mg, its know been 17hr and i feel as good as when i took it, my dependency is low 2,3, bags a day. But the w.d are wicked, as most of us know. Thanks for getting back. I will post 24hr mark.
 
19hr, still feel good, i know the paws by now would be real bad, and i mean bad. but i have no and i mean 0 D-PRESION. I WILL POST AT HR24.
 
suboxone - a wonder drug that helped me and countless others w/d without pain.
wonder why i was never told how addictive the Suboxone would be???
Guess the Dr and Addiction Specialists had more important things to do.8(
 
Because the 4 hour certification bullshit probably online course you have to take to become a Suboxone doctor teaches you to prescribe massive doses like 8mg 3x daily and to discontinue use whenever no taper necessary...no withdrawal, virtually dependence free. Then they think it's psychological or you are 'drug seeking' when really you are in fucking hellish withdrawal from not tapering off properly to avoid the SEVERE withdrawals and just deal with moderate ones.

It blows my mind though that so many doctors are just clueless fucking people over. They are like hey you are addicted to tramadol and 15mg hydrocone daily? We need to get you on 24mg suboxone immediately..no less.
 
Second day of sub for me. Took 3 mg yesterday but today felt a lot worse so I took 4. Does not seem to last not even full 24 hrs for me. Hoping tomorrow I can get away with only 2. Yes, be careful very addictive and don't ever redose until you feel bad. Hoping by day 4 or 5 I don't have to take any. From what I read if you go beyond day 5 you are in suboxone hell. The wd from it is weeks or months long vs few days from regular opiates well except methadone which is I hear just as drawn out. Wish I didn't take the sub but have a job to uphold. Good luck to you. Anything that is in your system past 13 days your body develops an addiction to. Since sub has a huge half life an 8 mg will take quite a while to metabolize.
 
On soboxone now for 9 days, 16mg a day, i feel great, dr will lower me down to 12mg on thurs, sould i start lowering dose my self? Or leave it to the dr?
 
I would definitely leave any dose adjustment up to the doctor..
 
Suboxone can definitely cause physical withdrawal symptoms in some people.

I envy people that don't experience withdrawals from buprenorphine. I know there are ALOT of factors involved in whether one will become physically dependent on the substance or not i.e length of treatment or mainentance, individual biochemistry, dose used and how frequently and the list goes on. Point is I was not fortunate enough to discontinue suboxone without undergoing agonizing withdrawals. For the record I am in no way demeaning the drug suboxone it has potential to do incredibly things and improve quality of life for those of us who are opiate dependent. I was first introduced to buprenorphine in a subcutaneous form during a clinical trial conducted by Reckitt Benckiser (sp? the manufacturer). It worked extremely well I didnt crave oxycodone, heroin, dilaudid or any other hard narcotic. Unfortunately, once the trial was complete 32 days later I was transitioned to methadone 60 mgs per day plus take homes on the weekend. Being the irresponsible jerk I am when it comes to opioids I would dose 150 mgs every friday. This continued for approximately two months. Fortunately Reckitt Benkiser switched us trial patients back to suboxone and provided a free year supply. I remained stable on it for ten months before I grew to despise the stuff. Irrationally, I discarded my remaining strips and prepared for the withdrawal. Jesus H. Christ the withdrawals were so brutal I felt like Renton from Trainspotting (delirium and hallucinations). No amount of xanax and I mean none, could calm me down. Fortunately, this was 44 days ago and I have not used any form of opia/oid since then. I still do not feel 100% my sleep cycle is utterly demented and the m whalaise is still present but I actually managed to quit all forms of opiates (I drink alcohol occasionally; cut me some slack I'm a college student). For those of you who have more sense than I do please, please taper as low as humanly possible and try not to use it for Opioid Replacement Therapy unless your doctor deems it necessary otherwise you may be on it for good. A previous post mentioned that one should use it for a short term taper detox. That is wonderful advice. High dose tablets of buprenorphine are fairly new on the market (not buprenorphine itself, I believe it was synthesized in the early 80s) so there hasn't been extensive research into the long term effects of using high doses of partial opioid agonists for extended periods of time. I wish everyone the best of luck whether you use it long term or do a brief taper it is truly a lifesaving drug, I just wish doctors were more knowledgable about addiction. I know people with massive heroin problems who feel completely fine after one 8mg strip.
 
I'd much rather withdrawal from a partial agonist that saturates the opioid receptors so that I can't relapse than any other full agonist, even methadone. Methadone wds are awful IME
 
I havebeen on the strips for a while now and i am wondering if this happens to anyone...I am perscribed 2 and 1/4 8mg subs per day. I had to cut down on my own to sometimes 4mg in a.m. and another 4 in p.m and get nice energy etc. from it. The next day I can do same dose and feel nothing. So I do 8 in a.m. and maybe a 4 or 8 at night. I am wondering WHY one day I can feel something and the next feel nothing. There is no consistancy and it's frustrating. This has started to happen over last 6 months. I even thought that maybe I was getting bad strips cuz sometimes they are all brital and shit. I also let them melt slowly and if i do not hold spit for half hour or more then I feel nothing. I just want to feel the energy that it gives me and there has to be a better way to do it. what am I doing wrong and what can I do to ensure a energy kick every time. I lowered dose, raised dose as of late and sometimes do 2 bupes at a time and nothing. I know it didn't get all of it in my system because for one, felt no ummph and also was able to go to bathroom later on that day. If i get a good kick, i need to take something to help me go...I have analyzed this from all angles and am having more days w/ no effect than days w/ effect. That's why I am on here.....HELP.PLEASE
 
Its been 20 days today, im down to 12mg aday, i feel great, no depsession, go down to 8mg in 8 days,remember i started at 24mg aday, i dont want to say to much but my life as i know it has turned 360 for the best, i will post in a few days or so, greenmile, take 8mg 2hr before you get out of bed in the a.m if you get up at 6a.m put 8mg under your thung at 4a.m and go back to sleep, this works for me thanks all......... P.S GREENMILE LET ME KNOW IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU. THANKS
 
Methadone wd r very mentally unsatisfying for me the make me very mad and aggravated, been experiencing with sob strips and I'm so use to iv but I've never done these like that. Can someone plz help :/
 
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