[jwomiller]

Hi can one please tell me if they are suffered from horrible headache once off Suboxone. i really need some answers thank you. on was on Suboxone only for three months. Again please if anyone has let me know. Thank you so much

[mpvt]

This is quite common with suboxone.Some people are sensitive to the naloaxone in the suboxone.Subuex is what you need to take as it's strait buprenorphene...Good luck......Dave

[jwomiller]

thanks for the emai i have alot of threads on Suboxone. I know only to well of this drug. I have not been on it for months so why the headaches and they are bad. I do not i was in a horrible car accident with a fracture skull and the had out on Suboxone said let dr know of head inury i did and he did say it is o.k. The head injury was long time ago 1994 can you still give me input thanks so much.

[rxqueen]

I just ditched sub 5 days ago and I've had horrible head-aches. It's part of your body's fury not having something it wants, commonly known as withdrawals. I feel your pain Try Motrin or Advil. I made my boyfriend give me a head-massage!

[mel1337]

hey jwomiller!
i have been on subs for several different periods of time to try to stop my drug use. and everytime i have ever taken them, after about the second or third day i will start getting BAD headaches, almost like a "brain freeze". i can definately relate to how you're feeling, but i'm sorry i don't have an answer of why it happens

[no_more_tram]

Yes suffered a major headache on and coming off the Suboxone!!

[musicman48]

Originally Posted by jwomiller

Hi can one please tell me if they are suffered from horrible headache once off Suboxone. i really need some answers thank you. on was on Suboxone only for three months. Again please if anyone has let me know. Thank you so much

Headaches are common with suboxone therapy.Asprin helped me out.

[Robert_325]

Lots of people get headaches from the naloxone that is part of suboxone. It's more common with suboxone than subutex. If possible try to use the subutex.

[sisterwin2]

I am 32 days post sub and I still get daily headaches. I had my vision checked out at Hopkins Wilmer eye clinic and found that I have a nasty Nystagmus in one eye. I wear a patch over the good eye most of the day to help strengthen the weak eye. I also found that my near and far vision has worsen from the eye exam I had 2.5 months ago. I now have a temp. pair of glasses to cover that. Wilmer eye clinic suggest I have my vision checked every two weeks for changes in my vision hoping for improvement till I hit the 3 month post suboxone mark. By this time any changes/improvement/worsening should be final from the suboxone. I do take motrin for the headaches and that works well, unless I am extremely tired.

Be patient...... get your vision checked out as this seems to be common among suboxone users. I would suggest to wait until the 3 month mark before you invest in glasses. I am lucky that Wilmer gives me the glasses though they are the ugly Military frames....... I sorta like them though.

Good luck,
Sister

[donewdone]

Can someone help. A doc told me to get into mild to moderate w/ds and take 14mg.Then down to 7 the next day. Does that sound right. Any help is very appreciated.

[sisterwin2]

Originally Posted by donewdone

Can someone help. A doc told me to get into mild to moderate w/ds and take 14mg.Then down to 7 the next day. Does that sound right. Any help is very appreciated.

Just have to love these sub doc's.

Be sure your in mod wd before you dose... if you dose too soon you will be thrown into the worse wd... Look at the COWS protocal and that will assist you.

What drug are you detoxing from? Makes a difference on how long before you began the wean.

I would start off with 2mg and wait at least a full hour... if you began to feel worse then wait 12 hours before you take anymore. If you began to feel better then take 4mg more and wait one hour. IF you feel "normal" stop there. If your still in wd then go 2mg more. Dont look for a "high" ..even though Sub is a strong opiate, your not looking for a sedative high. Your looking to feel just normal. There is no reason to go further then 10 to 12 mg and I have met some that get by with 8mg for the first three days before they began weaning. Less is more. The less you induct at the easier it will be for you to wean off without problems.

The half life of suboxone is pretty long.... this also depends on what drug your detoxing from on how quickly you want to reduce your dose. Can you post more information?

Sister

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by donewdone

Can someone help. A doc told me to get into mild to moderate w/ds and take 14mg.Then down to 7 the next day. Does that sound right. Any help is very appreciated.

Sister gave you pretty good instructions for being inducted. I've seen some people recently stabilize at induction with only 6mg. There is no set amount. Just depends on you as an individual. That's why we always say here that this is an individual thing and drs are wrong to pass out any one-size-fits-all instructions. Thats why we continue to give individual suggestions rather than automatically saying the same exact thing for everyone. I posted to your other post about subs too. We need to know more about you. Look at the other post too. God bless.

[Crazeegrl1020]

I am taking suboxone right now.... i ususally only take 4 mg a day but sometimes i take 8 mg. i should be taking 8 mg but i am trying to stay as low as i can for when the time comes i want 2 get off completely and have kids and all that. I was just wondering if this has ever happened to you or if you have ever heard of this..ever since i been taking this medicine i occasionally- id say like at least once a week i get a terrible terrible headache to the point i cant even do anything except lay in bed wanting to cry along with horrible nausea and anything i eat i throw it up. its the worst feeling in the world. the head ache sort of feels like an extreme sinus headache. I told my doctor this and he said its just migraine headaches. but i haven't had migraines since i was a little girl and even then the migraines i remember having did not feel how this feeling feels. Ive heard from some people that suboxone creates headaches in some people and their doctors switch them to subutex. i dont know what the hell this is that is happening to me maybe my body just doesn't agree with something in the medicine. this medication is so new there isn't nearly as much research on it as i wish there was. id def rather be taking this med everyday than what i was doing i just hate having to miss things like school, events, etc. because of this sickness I get out of nowhere. if anyone has any info please e-mail me. THANK YOU
-RoseAnn

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by Crazeegrl1020

I am taking suboxone right now.... i ususally only take 4 mg a day but sometimes i take 8 mg. i should be taking 8 mg but i am trying to stay as low as i can for when the time comes i want 2 get off completely and have kids and all that. I was just wondering if this has ever happened to you or if you have ever heard of this..ever since i been taking this medicine i occasionally- id say like at least once a week i get a terrible terrible headache to the point i cant even do anything except lay in bed wanting to cry along with horrible nausea and anything i eat i throw it up. its the worst feeling in the world. the head ache sort of feels like an extreme sinus headache. I told my doctor this and he said its just migraine headaches. but i haven't had migraines since i was a little girl and even then the migraines i remember having did not feel how this feeling feels. Ive heard from some people that suboxone creates headaches in some people and their doctors switch them to subutex. i dont know what the hell this is that is happening to me maybe my body just doesn't agree with something in the medicine. this medication is so new there isn't nearly as much research on it as i wish there was. id def rather be taking this med everyday than what i was doing i just hate having to miss things like school, events, etc. because of this sickness I get out of nowhere. if anyone has any info please e-mail me. THANK YOU
-RoseAnn

RoseAnn .... this medicine has been around plenty long for drs to know that some people have a reaction to the naloxone that is in the suboxone, but not the subutex. Lots of sub drs have NOT been trained on this medication properly except for a little 8 hour class that I could pass with flying colors. I've been preaching this for a long time here. I also have to ask why are you jumping back and forth between 4mg and 8mg? That is LOTS of difference and not the way you take this medication. The higher dose of suboxone could also be contributing as it also has twice as much naloxone as the 4mg just as common sense would tell you. But you should be on a stable dose rather than jumping around on different amounts.

Lots of drs automatically RX suboxone rather than subutex because the suboxone has the naloxone. All it does is make you get sick if you inject it or snort it. That's the bottom line. Other than that the naloxone is worthless and it DOES have side effects. I could give you a list of them.

You sound like you need to insist that your dr RX you the subutex over the suboxone. Subutex is pure buprenorphine and no naloxone. If you shoot drugs that is one thing, but if you don't shoot drugs why should you be taking a medication that is to prevent IV drug abuse but also makes you sick? That makes no sense. I would talk to the dr immediately. And by the way ... if the dr tells you I'm crazy and the naloxone has no side effects then the dr is incorrect. I know what I'm telling you is correct. I talk to people all day long here every day about this. Naloxone has side effects ... PERIOD. God bless.