I had my doubts about Suboxone but not anymore

[imahappyman]

I have been taking 20mg of methadone for about 1 1/2 years now and it was time for me to quit. A few people that I talked to told me about Suboxone. A friend of mine told me about it and said that it is awesome. (He was taking 3 wafers a day 120mg) So I gave it a try but I was told that even though the dosage I was taking wasn't that much, I still had to wait about 2-3 days before taking the Suboxone, so that I wouldn't go into immediate with drawls. I really didn't want to wait because I didn't want to start having with drawls at all. But I knew that if I took it to early I would pay the price. So I stuck it out for a little while. I took 10 mg of methadone on Thursday morning and waited until midday Saturday to take the Suboxone. That Saturday (before taking Suboxone) I wasn't really feeling horrible but my hands started sweating, eyes watering, chills up and down my legs and just plain discomfort. About 30 minutes later my eyes stopped watering and I just started feeling alot better every minute. I got off of the sofa and begin playing with my kids, talking and laughing with my family. I was ecstatic!! I couldn't believe how I felt. I know several people that have just done the same thing and they got the same results and almost all of them still have 1/2 of there prescription of Suboxone left and have stopped taken it. The guy that was taking 120 mg has been off of methadone for two weeks and he is still taking Suboxone and is doing just fine. He did tell me that he took Suboxone the very next day after taking 3 wafers and had instant with drawls for not waiting. But two days later he took it again and it worked perfect. He is doing wonderful and is spreading the word. I am not a doctor and am not suggesting what you should do I am just letting you know what I have done and witnessed. Talk to your doc and he will prescribe the appropriate detox plan for you. I am just thrilled that I am off of that horrible drug and as soon as I can get off of this I am going to do so. I hope this helps someone out because I was really scared and when I read on line I did notice that some people said that Suboxone didn't work so I just wanted to tell my story. I just thank the good lord for this medication and for helping get off of Methadone.

[hotdixie72]

I am the girlfriend of a subutex abuser. I am so glad to hear that you used the medication appropriately and are doing well. My boyfriend (about to be an exboyfriend) was prescribed subutex by his addictionologist to help him get off the narcotic pain meds and xanax and to deal with his chronic back pain. Granted, the man has pain--serious back injury with a broken titanium rod 1/4 inch from his spine. But, he always over took. I don't care what it was--he over did it! So, the lovely Dr. put him on Subutex supposedly so he couldn't abuse it. Yah right! He went through a 30 day supply in 8 days. He stayed completely Fu*ked up all the time. I hated it. I got so pissed the 1st month he did it because me and my kids got to deal with his withdrawals and hatred for the world and he knew he had done it to himself. But somehow, it was taken out on me and the kids. The next month, I warned him that it wasn't going to happen again. Well, he let me hold his meds for the first 2 days. Then he started a fight with me and I gave his ******************** to him. Needless to say, a few days later--it was all gone. Along with a month supply of Tranxene. So, I called his Dr and told him what he had done. They immediately discharged him. I felt bad at first. Now I am proud that I had the strength to show tough love. He jeopardized my kids, my home, my pets, myself, and himself by falling asleep with cigarettes in his mouth in bed. He caught himself on fire. He almost caught the bed on fire. While me and the kids slept. Thank GOD for looking out for us. Now, he blames me for his pain because the 10mg Percocets aren't quite enough for him. How much do you want to bet that he is abusing them too? That's ok, I am a strong independent woman who loves life too much to let a man who doesn't really want sobriety ruin our lives. He has until his disability check comes on Feb
3rd to get out of my house and our lives. I love him and wish him luck. I pray for him all the time. Until he loses everything, he will have no reason to want to be better. Anyhow, again--I commend you! You are great. Congrats to your family for having you back!

[michael4878]

im happy to hear someone else has been released from the world of pain killer addiction! i was so badly addicted to oxycontins, roxicodone, lortab, percocet..or any ********************ing opiate i could get my hands on. i never got into shooting them, but i snorted them almost every day if not every other day and could not function without them! it became to the point where i would count down the days every month until my doctors appt. because i had run out of my script early. first of all let me tell you how this started..a year and a half ago i was in a car accident as a passenger. i was not wearing a seatbelt and landed on the hood of the vehicle. my partner survived with no injury. and i as well refused medical attn. because i had no insurance and did not feel in immediate pain or like i had received an injury. three to four months later i started to get sudden sharp pains in my lower back all throughout the day and night. no later than a week i went to the ER and was given vicodin and a recommendation to pain mgt. started going there and got prescribed 120 10/325mg norcos per month (4x/day). i never took that many because they made me so dizzy and screwed up so i started selling them and making a considerable amount of money every month. then i got put on probation and im a pot head so i had to quit smoking it (which marijuana definitely helped relieve my pain and nerves, put some food in my tummy and put me to bed) but anyways i started taking them as prescribed and 2 months later i was taking 8-10 norco tens a day! so i told my doc and he gave me 120 percocet 10/325mg per month...well to put the story short, less than six months after starting the percocet i was jacked all the way up to 4 oxycontin 80mg's per day! and thats pretty much the most powerful narcotic pain medication treatment plan to be on..hell if u know another person that gets 120 oxy 80s per month for back pain please let me know. most people on this kind of medication are cancer patients with no other choice but to be hooked on these. so eventually i overdosed on oxy 80s..i blacked out the entire time but when i woke up out of an induced coma at the hospital two weeks later i was informed i had close to 1000 mg of oxycodone (the main ingriedient in oxycontin) in my system..which, according to the critical care physician, is enough to put down an elephant! i then and there decided to stop taking them because i was so close to being dead when i overdosed i was scared to death. i took inpatient treatment for two weeks after i was released from the hospital. i started attending AA meetings (probation requirement) and going to outpatient rehab the remainder of the time and as of now i have completed my 18 weeks of outpatient rehab and have stopped attending AA meetings and have now been sober for over six months!! i cant believe it i am so excited. it feels better than when i graduated from college. i dont even think about pills anymore. and if ur fimiliar with NA and AA i didn't even follow those 12 steps or whatever they call it. im living proof of a miracle, no strings attached! it takes LOTS of strength, but anyone can do it if they put their mind to it. now the only thing i have to live with now is nerve damage and numbness in my right arm and upper-right thigh from lying on the ground for six hours when i overdosed.

[ChrisNev]

Going on suboxone is trading one addiction for another, and choosing the lesser of two evils. Yes its definitely safer and more dignifying than taking street drugs or strong painkillers, but its still a narcotic opiate, and is just as hard to get off of than other painkillers.