kick me out out the suboxone please!

[divewithme]

been on the hydrocodone ride for about a year and a half. i basically capped out at about 5-6 750mg vicodin a day. tried a few times to wean off but was unsuccessful. a friend of mine introduced me to a morphine pill (dont know the name) and i ended up taking these for about a month. after running out of these, and expecting to go back on the vics, i realized my tolerance had been shot sky high. the vicodin did NOTHING to quell the withdrawals from this change. 2 weeks prior to running out of these devils i had made a suboxone appointment cuz i was sick of this rollercoaster ride and felt this behavior was starting to affect my life. so after 2 days of withdrawals i had my appt and got my sub prescrip.
after 1 8 mg pill i felt great. doc started me on 24 mgs and over 2 weeks i have tapered to 6 mgs (he doesnt know this - he wanted me on 32 mgs a day). i have felt fine the whole time till now as i try to go to 4 mgs. not too bad, but i feel it.
this whole experience has really freaked me out. the fact of having to even get on sub has really motivated me to not be dependent on addictive substances and ive been trying to be persistent on my getting off. is going from 6 to 0 gonna kick my toosh? what can i do to make this as smooth a transition as possible? i run a business sometimes 6 days a week and have enought sub to do any taper i might need to. any help would be soooo appreciated. thanks in advance!

[mpvt]

I wouldn't jump off like that my friend or your going to go into horrible withdrawls.You have to remember that buprenorphene is an opiate agonist/antagonist and is about 40 times stronger than morphine.You need to come down to .25mgs a day and then .25 mgs every otherday if you want to avoid withdrawls.Your lucky as you haven't been addicted that long so your brain hasn't likey gone through any chemical changes.Come down slowly and you won't have any troubles.Good luck and let us know how you make out......Dave

[divewithme]

thanks mpvt for your response.... that sounds like a plan. hopefully the doc will give me the lower dose pills cuz the smallest i can get these 8 mg hex's down to is 1 mg. any smaller than that and poof....into dust. anyone know if the 2 mg version is much easier to cut and get to the .25-.5 range? how long should i take to go from 5 mgs to .25? (considering ive been on for 2 weeks and obviously want to find the balance of the fast taper vs. withdrawal attack)

[Jonesing]

The 2 mil tabs can be split into .5 fairly easy. I'm not sure about .25 .

J.

[mpvt]

Even down to .5mgs every other day for a couple weeks then try .5mgs every third day until you feel ready to stop.Let us know how it goes.....Dave