I started
suboxone treatment yesterday, PRIOR to reading on this forum. I previously was on 75mc of
Fentanyl patches /48 hours and 3 7.5
hydrocodone for breakthrough pain for 4 years.
I wanted off the patch and doc said this was the way to go. So here I am.
Starting dosage was 8mg every 8 hours. I actually took that yesterday and have cut that by half today and am doing fine.
The thing is I want off this ASAP and within one month, two max.
BUT, personally I do not know if I can tolerate the WDs again. It was so much more intense than I could have ever imagined. My legs, OMG my legs. I could not sit or lay down and paced my own home for almost 19 hours prior to going to the doc's office and beginning suboxone. I seriously doubt I could relive that horror.
So, I am seeking a cut down dose that isn't too painful or at least less painful that what I just experienced.
Thank you for being here and having so much information available. I was naive. If I would have known what getting off of the pain meds would have been like, I would have never put on the first patch...NEVER! I still have a chronic back pain issue, but I'll live with that before ever using another long-acting prescription pain med again.
Thanks again,
Typical