hello there. I've been addicted to oxy for the last 4 months and now heroin. From what I hear, suboxone is my best bet with quitting. So my question is now what do I do. Look online for some doctors to prescribe it? How much am I looking at? Will there be confidentiality? If anyone has stories to tell me or suggestions please feel free to help!!!
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christine...27 Sep 2010
Hi there Karl. I hope you're ok? I will be back with an answer for you. I have to do something first. It may be a little while. I hope Subzero or Pattishan sees this question. They are experts on the subs. But if nothing else, I'll try to post a question to them to see if they can help. Be back sometime tonight... I promise.
chris
I<3theOcean27 Sep 2010
Yes, anyone with an opiate addiction is a candidate. Im currently on it and it works great. You will feel 100% totally normal and be able to act normal and not looked drugged out anymore. You will feel like you did before you ever used. Check the suboxone.com website for a list of drs in your area that can prescribe it. You just make your appointment and go in and they tell you all about it then you get your first dose at the office and you get a weeks prescription. Then you go back in a week and get a check up and a new prescription. You progressively go to 2 weeks then 3 then 4. I think from then on you have to stay at once a month. You have to give a urine sample at each check up to show you are taking the med and not taking anything else. For my dr its $125 for each visit which insurance wont cover but if you have it, it will cover the pills which is a big help. Its $45 for each prescription for me. Without insurance I think its like $10 a pill.
Anonymous 27 Sep 2010
Hey there ocean, thanks for the reply and help with my question first off. So let me get this straight... I find a doctor who can prescribe this for me and I set up an appointment. Then it's 125$ a visit and 45$ a prescription? How much in total has it costed you to do this program? I'm not sure but I havnt been addicted for very long so maybe I won't have to be on them for as long either. Thanks again I'm going to call tomorrow to check it out!
I<3theOcean
27 Sep 2010
My first appointment was $145 I think and then each additional one is $125. So at first it was costing me $165 a week because it was one week appointments. But now Im on one month appointments so its $165 a month which really isnt bad. If I wanted to buy oxys instead, I could spend 3 times that much in a day lol.
Good job on taking the next step. You will feel a huge weight lifted off your shoulders when you leave the dr office for the first time.
pattishan6127 Sep 2010
There are usually induction fees that range from $250 to $1,500, office visit fees, usually once a month from $100 to $266 and the pills can be around $8 per pill unless they prescribe the generic subutex which is $2.50 per pill. Hopefully you will call all the doctors in your area licensed to prescribe, call all of them and ask prices for induction, office visits, and requirements like mandatory counseling and urine tests. It does get rid of withdrawal within 20 to 45 minutes after the first dose, but you will have to be in withdrawal for at least 24 hours in order for it to work and not cause precipitated withdrawal ( withdrawal on steroids) and you can not take benzos or other sedating meds unless the risk of seizure outweighs the possible reactions with the suboxone. Please go to YouTube.com to check out SuboxDoc and Maple2609 videos on all aspects of suboxone. Very helpful. Subs will stop cravings but it is hard to get off of.
Anonymous 27 Sep 2010
Hey there, thanks so much for the information! But now I'm fearing the financial aspect of this because I don't have 500-1000 dollars to do this. I'll have to find a different option I guess
christineATU
27 Sep 2010
Karl, DON'T get discouraged. There are many options. I will write you tomorrow with some alternatives. But don't worry so much, it will only lead to depression, giving up, and saying F it. Please don't do that ok?
pattishan61
subzero5827 Sep 2010
morning karl,4months is not long enough to be put on suboxone.most doctors will only put people on sub after 2-3 years of being addicted.but the fact you moved from start to heroin in 4 months is really fast.why don't you try detox and inpatient rehab before you get involved with sub.if you want look at top of page it says "add to friend".ill talk about sub and anything you feel you may want to talk about.ill add to friend list also.just take it slow.im not sayin what you should do,just makin suggestions.im subzero58 hope to hear from you soon.
Anonymous 27 Sep 2010
Subzero you are oh so right, as usual. I hope Karl takes your advice. Considering his short duration, it would literally be a crime to put him on suboxone. It doesn't sound like he has developed a major psychological addiction either. If he did I don't think he'd be asking if he was a candidate. Unlike another person I recently gave my advice about suboxone treatment too. Also, financially Karl would really struggle which will only add additional stress which we all know will trigger his desire to use again.
Thank God you are on here for us all. You probably can't comprehend the impact you have had on peoples lives. Please don't ever leave us. I remember you were one of the first persons to help me and address my issues. God Bless and Take Care. Sable
subzero58
27 Sep 2010
thank you so very much sable.belive me when I say everyone on this site are here to help eachother.without our little family here @ drugs.com i would be lonely and in trouble.i log on and just read the love and careing most of the people extend to strangers at no benefit to themselves. this is what the whole principle behind AA/NA are all about. 1 person helping another person is all about. forget for a moment we came here looking for help. here you don't have to be an addict, in pain,or looking for someone to talk to.here the the only thing you have to be is a human being.let today be about helping another human to feel part of... peter
misled28 Sep 2010
very intelligent question,Im impressed.Taken any kind of maintenence for opiate addiction should be throughly considered before deciding.It could very well be jumping out of the pan in the fire for you,because youve only been on them four months herion or not thats a very short time indeed to think about taking Suboxone.Subzero just gave you the best advice anyone could possibly give you n your situation,with the short withdrawl period your looking at. I agree totally with him you should go to impatient treatment to ween off and run just as hard as you can in the other direction away from opiates. If you only knew," its SEEMS so hard for you" I am sure because I was in your shoes once to and I made the wrong decision.I didnt have anyone to tell me any different!! OH!! had I only knew, to look here and meet the people on this site and discuss my situation.
tsull2008
29 Sep 2010
misled, very good advice... Now I have a guestion please: I started suboxone and relapsed the next day and took 240mgs of morphine and today 60mg of roxicodone..When can I use the suboxne again and mean it Im like you had open heart surgery 6mos ago and have very ill for 2yrs which I was on maintain suboxone for the 2yrs and done good, everysince I had this surgery Ive bonced from sub to painpills..The surgery has really done its deal on my mind... Im starting counseling next week earliest I can get in and see doc tomorrow was in is office today and he walked out on me with an emergency, and left me with 4 15mg roxie's so I took them all at once... I am already starting withdrawal I think because I still have sub iin my system..can you help?
Anonymous 29 Sep 2010
Misled, thank you so much for your feedback!
Its been a tough trying to deal with this and go to school, but just like you said it can get 100 times worse. I know that im only prolonging my addiction by taking suboxone when im not even a year into it. I will let you know how it goes, thanks again
misled
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Sorry I forgot about Ocean too. There's actually a lot of members familiar with suboxone. Did you look it up in the "Drugs A to Z" portion at the top of this page? I'm so happy to hear you really want some help. It's not going to be easy but, if you really want to get clean (and stay clean) you can do this! The thing with subs is you have to have no (or very little) opiates in your system before you start induction. They work miracles for some people with the cravings and wd's. The main purpose of subs is to kick addiction, not control pain, although it does have an opioid in them. The goal is to make it easier to get off the oxy and H. It will take some time because you have to slowly increase to the right dose and slowly taper down until you are good to go. Check your local area for doctors licensed to prescribe this medication. You can probably find that info on the net. You are young, strong, and healthy.
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It can be expensive as Ocean said, but hopefully you can somehow work this out. I wish you all the best. Please let us know what you decide to do. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Chris
Hey Chris. Thanks for the quick reply and help with this (again). I'm happy for myself because I've realized this is the best option for me. I looked subs up and found a couple doctors to call in the morning. Unfortunately I'm dead broke right now, like most addicts ha, but I'm thinking about selling my laptop and finally being able to help myself out here. Thanks again and I'll let you know what the doctors say!
Hopefully you have a regular PC for your homework! It would suck having to use the school library. Anyway, please be safe and keep us posted. I would really love to hear a success story here.
Your friend,
chris