after being with my MD for some 2 years, 7 months (clean) and on his Suboxine regimin, I was thrown off the program for a Positive Marajuana blood test. DR refused to taper me off this dependence drug even with a limitted perscription to avoid great discomfort that I experenced. I ended up in the emergency room. Please advise.
Is Suboxine a dependance drug that needs to be tapered off prior to an administrative discherge?
- Asked
- 23 May 2012 by joe1496
- Updated
- 19 Jan 2013
- Topics
- blood disorders, muscular dystrophy
Responses (3)
No. They can throw you out for illicit drug use. Opioid withdrawals wont kill you, you just feel like you are going to die. A person can get pretty dehydrated though and that can be dangerous. There is no law that say they cant refuse to treat you. They have the right to refuse treatment unless it is a life and death emergency then they are bound to stabilize you until you can be sent elsewhere for treatment. Now that may change a bit from state to state but I'm pretty sure for substance abuse they can refuse treatment especially if you violate terms of treatment and illicit drugs would do that. You can file a complaint with the State Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX) against the doc but that doesnt mean that anything will come of it. Google your State Board of Medical Examiners and you may find your states policies and you can file a complaint while there if you wish.
Suboxone is considered long acting opiate replacement, for opiate dependency recovery and it can be a maintenance med. If I read the post correctly, you had a drug test and came up positive for pot at your suboxone drs office and were discharged as a patient. You very probably signed paperwork when you first went on suboxone, that said you were aware you could be drug tested and that you agreed somewhere on thqt paperwork, NOT to use any illicit drugs. Personally, I don't judge people for pot use, but if you read the paperwork you likely signed at the drs office, it is going to say you could be discharged abruptly for any violation on the drug test, so, you may not have any kind of complaint against the dr. And Dzoo is right, opiate withdrawal will not kill you, just make you pray for death.

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