Suboxone for Opioid Use Disorder User Reviews (Page 3)

• Chase
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 19, 2020

"I recall the beginning, when I foolishly became addicted to pain relievers-and I mean ignorantly. Don't get me wrong-I loved the feeling, I just didn't know that they were physically addicting. After about 8 months of pain relievers, I heard about Suboxone. It was great! Now, speed ahead 13 years later, it sucks. I imagine that since I've been on this for so long, it's likely I'll stay on it for life. God forbid I lose my insurance! But what I really want to say-what makes this really bad, is that now I'm on a generic version and it is GARBAGE! Made by 'Alvogen', it is NOTHING like the name brand Suboxone. I'm in pain, I feel lousy, sluggish, and it is making my life hell. My next appointment is in two weeks and I'm going to complain. Only thing is-I've heard Suboxone is off the market now. If so, I guess I'm screwed either way... :("

• Samson
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 7, 2019

"It's funny how people swear the Sandoz films are exactly the same thing as the regular strips, just in different packaging... smh. This is not true, as tons of people who have been on this medicine for 10 years or more are posting reviews telling you this. Do this... take one of each film, regular and generic (Sandoz), and put them in separate spoons of water and watch how fast the Sandoz film dissolves. Literally seconds vs the regular film will take minutes. Not to mention everyone will tell you they feel different taking them. They most definitely are NOT the same medicine. That is a fact. They might be made at the same place, but they are different, and it's obvious to the ones like me who have been on this garbage for 10 years or more."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 22, 2016

"I am not going to rate this yet, but let me tell you a story. 18 years, 14 days, and 3 hours ago my life changed DRASTICALLY! I had an on-the-job accident during the ice storm of 1998. Many of you may remember if you are from the area. After 10 days in the hospital, I was sent home in a body cast for 3 months as I had broken my back in 3 places. Fortunately, I was still able to walk, with some difficulty. To make a LONG story short, after years of seeking relief - opiates and EVERY other non-opiate related method (years of therapy, acupuncture, laser treatment, and thousands of dollars’ worth of gimmick items - everything you can think of and then some), I have seen top back specialists over the years, always the same, sorry we cannot help. Now, I have been on every, and I mean every, painkiller you can think of over those years, changing due to opioid tolerances several times. The latest was a whopping 800 mg of Statex per day, yes 800. I started on Suboxone this past Monday. Now it will be permanent for me as it is to control the pain as well as help me get off the high dose of opioids. I will tell you it was HELL for 20 hours when first starting, but saying that, I will let you know this is my 5th day and I do feel better than I did over the 18 years on painkillers. I am optimistic it will continue uphill, but will post a reply back here after 30 days and let you know how it goes. Please wish me luck and all the best. Regards."

• PROOF
• September 30, 2008

"I was addicted to pain medication for over 5 years. I was taking every pain pill I could get my hands on and had no problems getting doctors to give me more. I started taking Suboxone and I am now back to who I once was. It is a true lifesaver. It makes you feel normal and alive again. I have become the person that everyone missed. If you are skeptical like I was, this medication will change your mind. It does work. It does take the withdrawals away and you can function again. I get sick to my stomach just thinking about pain pills. Thank you to the creator and thank you to my family for never giving up on me. Never give up."

• User
• September 2, 2015

"After 20+ years of 'functional' opiate abuse, I finally got sick and tired of being sick and tired. At the advice of some NA friends, I found a kind and compassionate Suboxone doctor. Amazingly, I have not had a single relapse the whole time on Suboxone, and it's been nearly seven years. Not one! So now, with some time under my belt, I'm slowly tapering down, from 8mg/day to 4mg/day. I'm in no rush. Suboxone has saved my life, my marriage, and my family."

• Miser...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 9, 2021

"I have been on Suboxone for about 4 years. This past four years has been the worst of my life. I wake up ridiculously ill every single morning. My symptoms include: extreme cold chills, diarrhea 3-5 times each morning, decrease in motivation. My doctor has never successfully weaned a patient off. I am a single mother, and I need my weaning off to be comfortable so that I can take care of my child and go to work. My doctor has just recently begun weaning me off. And it is not working for me at all. I just want to be clean and feel normal again. I can no longer take being so dependent on this. I just feel like I am feeding the monster..."

• ImANe...
• July 3, 2008

"Out of money and out of sources, I was on the verge of losing it all because I could not function without opiates. I found a doctor on the Suboxone site, and with God on my side, the doctor answered the phone himself and agreed to accept my insurance because they usually only accept cash. I dragged myself into his office in full-blown withdrawal. He gave me a dose immediately, and within minutes my life was mine again. Started at 24mg/day, now 2mg/day and almost all done. No cravings ever. Please believe and try this."

• atxna...
• July 1, 2014

"I was addicted to all opiates for 17 years. The last 2 years I was spending about $4000 a month. Made $60,000 a year and couldn't even pay my bills. It got real bad! A friend of mine told me about Suboxone and the rest is history! It truly saved my life. For the first time in my life, I have money in a savings account. Suboxone works, as long as you want to quit."

• Earl
• June 27, 2019

"Suboxone is a crazy drug. I raced pro motocross and got introduced to pills because of being in the hospital a lot. Lol, anyway, I was taking around ten 30 mg percs a day for a little over a year. Well, I got on Suboxone from a doc. He told me I'd be on it for the rest of my life. (Don't do that.) The transition from pills to Suboxone was a breeze. Slept a lot for three days, and then I felt like I had my life back. (Wrong.) Four years on Suboxone. All I did was sleep those four years and couldn't keep any relationships. I was taking anywhere from 8 to 16 mg of Suboxone a day. I cold turkeyed off 8 to 16 mg of the strips because I was tired of sleeping all day. Luckily I am self-employed because I would have lost my job. I'm on day 26 and am still having diarrhea, very little energy, but I feel like I have my head back finally. Not saying there's no depression or anxiety, but I already feel better in my mind. The first three weeks were the worst and still are. Suboxone should only be used for two weeks to get off pills."

• scully
• January 19, 2009

"I know people keep saying how bad the Suboxone withdrawal is, but it really isn't that bad in comparison to the harder opioids. Over my years of experience with this, I have noticed that withdrawal symptoms are largely all in the head. I know people who have never had withdrawal symptoms simply by not thinking about it. I myself have been slowly tapering off of Suboxone for about 8 months. I try to take it later and later in the day. Push yourself to wait another hour. Take a smaller amount and stay busy! Boredom will make you relapse! Exercise, take vitamins, eat healthy. It is a good idea to start doing these things before attempting to stop the Suboxone."

• Cosette
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 18, 2013

"I spiraled out of control on pain pills about six years ago and it will be two years on this medication July 24, 2010. It is taking me a little longer to wean off because I did have a relapse due to financial problems. This medicine is the best thing that can be out there for addicts. I hid it from my husband, mother, everyone that came around me. They had a slight idea that something was wrong, but since I was so mean and hateful they were all afraid to say anything to me about it in fear of what I would do. The first week of being on the medicine, my husband said that he could see a complete reversal of me and my personality. He says that he finally got his baby back."

• lostman
• June 18, 2015

"I started using oxys after a car crash. After my doctor cut me off, I switched to heroin. My wife was ready to leave, and I could not believe that 5 years prior, I was happy and in perfect health. Now, I was shooting dope just to stay well. I went on methadone for 14 months, starting with 120mg per day, tapered down to 20mgs, and went through a week of hell. Then, I was put on an 8mg strip of Suboxone. It immediately helped, I felt great. After 4 months of Suboxone therapy, I asked my doctor to taper me off drugs completely. While Suboxone works, it's just another opiate if we are truthful. Long story short, a month after quitting Suboxone, I ended up in a psychiatric ward with suicidal thoughts and major depression. So, I'm back on Subs again. Truth is, I lost myself somewhere between my first oxy and Sub."

• Jamie...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 18, 2015

"I was medically addicted to oxycodone for several years. I had 5 c-sections to deliver my 5 wonderful children. I developed a hernia and was on oxycodone for several years. My doctor left, and I was a mess. I turned to buying on the street. Working 40 hrs a week, full-time college, training my daughter's majorette squad, and caring for my mother (seeing as she had 5 hip surgeries in her 70s). All of this and 5 kids ages 10, 5, 4, 1, and newborn. I lost everything. Trying to stay 'well' every day was my only goal. Then I found a Suboxone program. Life-changing!!! With a doctor, group, therapy, the Suboxone gave my mind time to slow down and reflect on my life. No withdrawals and a clear mind. It's amazing. You can be successful with Suboxone and therapy!"

• daisy
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 15, 2014

"I was a heroin addict for about 5 years and have used methadone and Suboxone maintenance. I have been on Suboxone for five months and like methadone, it is working well to keep me off heroin. But I do want to comment on side effects of both medications that are not mentioned often enough. As far as methadone went, my boyfriend and I had no sex drive. And on Suboxone, I have a great sex drive, but have a very difficult time climaxing. My boyfriend is also experiencing sexual side effects from Suboxone. He has no sex drive and has a difficult time getting an erection and even harder time climaxing. I think these are side effects people need to be aware of while deciding on a method of treatment."

• Amdawn
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 26, 2014

"I am 39 years old and I was addicted to pain medication for almost 20 years. I have chronic back pain, and I was prescribed everything from 80 mg of OxyContin, 40 mg of Opana, 30 mg of Oxycodone, to 150 micrograms of Fentanyl. I would go to the hospital for IV Dilaudid. I was a mess. No matter how many pills I was prescribed, I never ever made them last, so I would spend tons of money buying them on the street. I finally had enough, and now I am taking 16 mg of Suboxone a day, and I feel great! Today I am 6 months sober."

• Mcfly
• March 3, 2019

"I took Suboxone for a period of 4 and 3-year periods. I found that at 8 mg I felt the most normal in my entire life. I'm 40. I didn't have the urge to catch any kind of buzz at all. Like a normal person who's never used drugs before. The problem I had and ultimately drove me to stop was the second-class treatment by doctors and pharmacists in accessing it. Constant piss testing and segregated room to take it at pharmacy. They freely prescribe the opiates to damn near anyone, but if you want the cure, you're treated like an outcast. I don't know what's worse, the addiction-related problems or this segregation treatment."

• Nogoo...
• May 16, 2016

"I have been on Subs for 7 years and have been very successful with my family and career! Two weeks ago I decided I don't want to depend on anything but myself, well I thought... I have been taking just a quarter strip for one year now and if I skip a day, I can barely function. I called my doctor and he told me there's no withdrawal... Bullshit! It's been two weeks, I haven't taken it, and I still can't sleep at night, my back feels like it's on fire, and I just got done puking my guts out! This has been the hardest thing I have EVER had to overcome! If you're serious about getting clean, DO NOT take this for a long period of time! Yes, it helps with the cravings but not your addiction!"

• Steve
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 26, 2019

"Tried both Suboxone generics, the Dr. Reddy and Sandoz generic film. They both worked fine. Dr. Reddy’s seemed to have a different texture but still worked fine. Sandoz brand worked even better. Felt exactly like the name brand, and the film looks the same. Just found out Sandoz are name brand (authorized generic). They are manufactured by Indivior (makers of name brand Suboxone) then re-marketed by Sandoz. I noticed someone complained on here about the Sandoz brand. I don’t understand how they didn’t work, being they are EXACTLY the SAME as the name brand. Could this be psychological?"

• Dupped
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 7, 2019

"I was put on Suboxone so I could get off prescription oxycodone. I was told it would be an easier, gentler way to detox, with no withdrawal effects. The doctor said it would take a couple of months, then six months, then he said most people take 2 to 3 years to taper off this medication. The withdrawal from decreasing my dosage 2 milligrams from 16 milligrams was worse than the full-blown opioid withdrawal I got when I tried cold turkey off the oxycodone. I went to see an addictions counselor, and he said I made a big mistake going on this medication and that less than one percent of people ever get off it. I was lied to by the prescribing doctor who has many patients on it for 10 years plus. I wish I had known."

• Steve
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 15, 2019

"I was on Suboxone for over 12 years. No one is in a hurry to get you off of them unless you're the one pushing the issue. Just like opiates, I got tired of paying cash visits to line the pockets of the legalized drug dealers. November will be one year Suboxone-free. Withdrawal the first couple of weeks is tough, but it comes and goes. At 11 months, I’m about 95% back to where I should be. Ensure you are in a drug-free environment, and with the commitment to stopping, you can do it. Clonidine from my family doctor helped me quit without weaning and jumping off 2 mg. 4-6 Clonidine a day and something for sleep, and you can certainly do it!! Guaranteed."

• Tj79
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• April 27, 2020

"To everyone who was forcibly made to take generic Suboxone, depending on what insurance you have, there is or could be what's called a tier reduction. If you have that, your doctor can write that you can't take generics because (insert your symptoms here) and submit it. They (insurance) will review it, and if you get approved, you will be able to get name brand again. I warn you, you will have to jump through many hoops, for example, I had to take two other generics first to prove I couldn't be on anything else but name brand, but it's worth it as the alternative for me would have been back to using because all the generics I tried were not doing anything but making me sick and wanting to use (after six years of not). Again, it depends on your insurance company, but I hope this gives you some kind of hope and knowledge that you might not be stuck with generic forever."

• Big...
• May 31, 2013

"I had 19 procedures on my lower back and four procedures on my neck. I was taking very high doses of OxyContin and Oxycodone for ten years. I wanted to quit taking pain medicines, but they got a hold of me. Now I'm on Suboxone 16 mg a day, and I'm very pleased with the results so far. I'm also taking Suboxone for pain management. I have more pain than I care to have, but I take Motrin for breakthrough pain. When you decide to take control of your life again, then get on the Suboxone, you will not regret it. No withdrawal, no urges, and no worries! Good luck and remember you can now have your life back."

• Anonymous
• March 2, 2008

"I had a 7-year addiction to Norco (Vicodin) following extensive surgery in 2001. I bit the bullet and took Suboxone at the end of December last. It worked like a miracle. I quit the Norco. But little did I know that it is also addictive, and now I am hooked on the Suboxone. My doc, who had no qualms about giving me Norco, now won't renew my Suboxone scrip. I have about 2 weeks of pills left. I only take one pill a day. I am attempting to wean myself off this drug, but it is very hard."

• Trey...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 9, 2014

"If you have an opiate addiction, this medicine is the way to go! I tried rehabs, meetings, everything! Suboxone is the only thing that kept me clean. It takes away the desire to use, which is a miracle. I have no regrets by choosing the Suboxone program. It saved my life."

• THE...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 24, 2014

"Take my 2, 8mg Suboxone when I wake up. It keeps me from any signs of withdrawal and also keeps my mind off of wanting to use. Best thing I could have ever come across, probably would have been dead. I feel like a million bucks, no more chasing, stealing, or feeling like garbage. Thanks to this miracle."