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Originally Posted by JanetP440  OK I think I'm getting a little confused. Since it's been 11 days since I've had any hydros shouldn't my w/ds be gone from the hydros? Why exactly are we taking the Suboxone? I thought that was just to get us thru the w/ds of the hydros. If time enough has passed for the w/ds of the hydros what purpose does the Suboxone serve? Why do we continue taking it? Understand what I'm asking? Thanks for your posts. |
You are asking a good question. Didn't mean to confuse you. Suboxone is really meant for people who are long term chronic abusers of opiates and can't stop without relapsing. And people who can't handle or don't want to go through W/Ds from opiates ( these people should stop Suboxone as soon as the hydro W/D pass ). In my case, after taking opiates like Hydros and
Oxycontin for so many years, and having failed in the past at stopping from using, the Suboxone takes away our craving for the opiates and allows us to go about our business. My dr says I should stay on the Sub indefinitely so I don't relapse. This is why so many people continue taking it. I disagree however and agree with you. I don't want to take any drug if I don't have to have it.
The bad thing about Suboxone is that it also makes us go through W/Ds when we stop too, or so they say. Almost makes me wonder why I even started taking it in the first place if I am still going to go through W/Ds. It actually made me mad when I found out what I was taking and that I would still go through W/Ds. But the people who you read about here on this forum that are going through bad W/Ds from the Suboxone are mostly people who have taken it for an extended period of time. That is why I said you might be better served to get off it now, while you haven't taken it for very long and likely won't have to experience the bad W/Ds if you stop.
You will not go through any W/Ds now from the hydros. It has been long enough that they are out of your system. If you have any W/Ds at all, they will be from the Suboxone. I can't imagine them being bad though after only a couple weeks on Suboxone. You are like me in that you haven't taken this medication very long. I have had basically no to little W/Ds from the Suboxone and I doubt you would either. So I think you would be fine stopping the Suboxone. Hope that answers your question.