Suboxone to methadone ?

I don't know anything about methadone, but, I am on suboxone and was in group with quite a few people who were on it also. I am not a doctor either, but, it sounds like you may need a dose adjustment. All of the people I went to group with attained lasting relief with it. Can you at least call the Doctor and talk to him/her about it and let them know you feel like you are still in withdrawal. There is a test called the COWS test and my doctor made me stay at his office and keep taking it to make sure I was completely comfortable. COWS stands for Clinical Opoid Withdrawal, something or other and it is somewhere on this site as well. It ranks your symptoms from 0 to 4 and if you reach 26 on the test, you usually need more suboxone. I am hoping your doctor gave you this test, if he/she did, keep retaking it and figure out how fast you are reaching 26 again. That will help them figure out what to do. Best of Luck and hoping you will get some relief somehow. Congrats on Making the best change for life.

hi chris79 how are you? not to good hey. i will agree with the other comments left. i was on suboxone for 12mths up until 3 weeks ago and then was put on a low dose of methadone. that was a very bad choice by my g.p. as i'm back to square one again. what i'm trying to say is talk to your doc and tell him/her what your feeling and they can increase the dose if required. i know you dont want to increase but if you dont do what your body is telling you to do, you may fail. please be very patient with the subs programme. take care and let me know how it all works out for you. bevck41.... :)))))

Dear Chris..I see from your post it has been 2 weeks now and I hope and pray the suboxone is working better and your dose is adjusted. Please please stay away from methadone clinics! They are there to keep you comming back. Remember if you do not come back every day and pay you $14 $15 or whatever those people do not have a job. How can you ever have a decent life spending over $400 a month on methadone? With the sub you will wean off one day and the doctors normally have your best interest at heart. I hope the past 2 weeks have given you time to get your dos right & your head a lit'l better honey if not please talk to someone, if you got a little weak and went to the meth clinic please find a better doc for the sob and try again, there is a light at the end of the tunnel with that, only thousands of dollars and years of standing in line hooked w/methadone clinics. Now dont get me wrong..I would rather see u at a meth clinic than on the street looking for heroine or oxy's but the furture for a real cure I believe is thru the subs & all the help you can get from friends family and if you believe (I DO) GOD. I will pray for all of you. Just DO NOT GIVE UP. DREAM ...YOU ARE SO WORTH A FUTURE!

Hi Man,My name is John and had been on methadone for 10 years until i detoxed off it in May and needless to say i was back on a rig within a week.I just started suboxone 3 days ago after a run on dilaudid,10 8,s a day.If i was in your situation i would get the suboxone incresed until you feel better.Unfortunatley there are no quick fixe,s for addiction so give it some time.Going on methadone you will probaly feel the same way until you get at the right dose which from all i have read and heard would probably be 120mg,s.It,s youre choice but try and get all the info you can so you can make an informed dcecision.Good Luck

Suboxone, Methadone, the same...
Two things:
Suboxone poses a longer withdrawal than any other opiate known. This is because of of the blocking agent than locks in the opiate. Once dissolved, the Buprenorphine) is immediately absorbed and the powerful opiate (almost 3 times stronger than Morphine) attached to your receptors (opiate/endorphin). Then, the Naloxone (blocking agent) 'coats' your receptors, locking in the opiate but blocking any opiate that may come in, hence why you will get very sick if you were to take any other opiate, or too much Suboxone. It is because of this mechanism of action that makes it incredibly difficult to withdrawal from. The withdrawal from Suboxone is reported to be significantly worse than almost any other opiate, except Methadone.
Methadone is another nightmare. The withdrawal may not be as long as Suboxone, but it is much worse in severity. Either way, you're just trading one addiction/dependency for another.
Also, think about drug companies, big pharma. They want you hooked-in essence their just like the tobacco industry. Once they get you, they've got your for life, or at least that's how it seems. Most patient attending a methadone clinic are told that they won't get off it, or now's not the time, or they're scared into believing that they'll 'relapse' if they do come down or off. This is not fair... They want you there for you money, you pay their bills. That's it. I've spoken to so many patients who just want to be free from the 'liquid handcuffs' but are told they can;t do it or won't make it. It's this sort of belittling and undermining that they use to 'counsel' their patients. I'm sure some people are happy to be on Methadone and maybe it did save their life, but there comes a times when the patient has a right to be off of it and not live life tied to a clinic.
So, in conclusion, don't buy into everything your sold and please look into using a doctor's help in treating you symptomatically through the withdrawal. There's a whole world of medications out there that can relieve some of your symptoms with out the risk of cross-addiction. Talk to a primary care physician or a psychiatrist in your area and make sure to be clear that you do not want exchange one addiction for another and that your ready, you just need a little help. Remember, you pay them, don't feel intimidated by them. You are the boss. I wish you the best of luck...
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