Does anyone have experience using Suboxone as a way to stop a Tramadol addiction? Would you recommend it? Thanks!

i have taken suboxone and tramadol. suboxone is close to 40 times stronger than tramadol so if you choose to do suboxone i would do it on a strict 4 day taper. hope this helps

Tramodol has not only the addictive qualities, but can cause seizures if stopped suddenly. Do not go this route. You will need to be tapered off of tramadol to prevent the possibility of seizure. I am giving you a website to read. Please skip down to the contradictions part or read the whole thing if you like., but be sure to read the contrdictions! Good luck to you...

I agree with kittycat that its stronger but a 4 day taper will not even be close to handling your tramadol withdrawal. I am getting on suboxone on the 11th for tramadol addiction. They just put you on a way smaller amount of suboxone and only once a day then they taper you with the hopes to be fully off and withdrawal free by the 3rd week. A month total is the recovery time from whqt my dr said. I can let you know how the suboxone is once I get it :)

Btw, I took suboxone for addiction before and it helped so much. It took away the "craving" I had to get to high and total withdrawals. I never once got high on it either.

Have been on Subs since November for a 40 pill/day Tramadol addiction. I am on 16mgs/day which is what I had to taper up to to help stop the w/ds. Feeling better finally but looking to start to taper soon b/c I have terrible insomnia and get the nods pretty bad during the day. I could never have tapered the Tramadol on my own. This is not my first go round with Tramadol, I was clean for 3 full yrs then started back like a dumb ass!! Stay on the subs as long as u need to. I also needed to be started on an antidepressant after stopping Tramadol. Went into a deep depression b/c of my serotonin levels being out of whack. Tramadol w/d is just as bad if not worse than OC W/d. Did that too, u would think I had learned my lesson but the drugs were stronger than my willpower to stay clean. I folded when times got tough for my husband and I and from the stressors of a high powered professional career. Have now changed jobs and went to counseling with the hubs. I live for one day at a time right now and stay clean for my two young boys and for my sanity. Because the road I had been on was INSANE.

Suboxone to help stop Tramadol?

waitingforsomelight 12 Jan 2012

Hey I had a question for you. I see a sub dr tomorrow and how long did you have to be off tramadol before being able to take suboxone? Also how long did it take for tramadol withdrawls to go away? I took suboxone years ago for a week for heroin withdrawls and it helped but I don't know how it is for tramadol. Any info on how the first visit goes would be great.

Dml2 12 Jan 2012

Truthfully, my last pills of Tramadol I took was at 7 am and my first 8mg dose of Suboxone was at 7 pm that night. I never went into any precipitated withdrawals and the suboxone worked right away. I never had any real w/d after I started the subs, I just tapered up to 16mg from 8mg a day(I take 8mg twice a day). I tapered up more for the psychological withdrawal, I really had no physical w/d. I am very comfortable now, the antidepressant helped alot and I truly couldn't feel any better today. I am very happy to be on the road to recovery and subs is the only way that I have been successful thus far. Best of luck to u my friend! Just be open and honest with your MD and u will be fine. Let me know if and when u need or want to talk and I will be here. U are not alone!!! Please let me know how your induction goes and if u have any more questions. If I may ask, how many pills were u taking a day and for how long? Good luck and take good care of yourself!

waitingforsomelight 13 Jan 2012

Wow. See the thing is I am now on suboxone. I was using 8 to 10 (50mg) tramadols a day. My dr put me on 8mg a day of suboxone. But halfs. So 4mg in the morning and 4mg at night. But yesterday was my frst time and 4mg was way too much! I felt high as hell! But not a good high.like I threw up and everything. This morning I took 2mg (a half of a half) and I still got high but not that intense. So I think I won't even take my other 2mg tonight. I think 2mg a day broken in half (I know those are basically crumbs lol) would be perfect for me. Because I do not want to get high at all. Just wanna feel normal. So basically ill start taking 1mg twice a day. Which is beneficial for me because I hear suboxone is hard to get off of especially tapering under 4mg. I'm only on suboxone for a two week detox. So far I'm happy. I mean I'm even more happy that I only need to take 1mg to get withdrawal relief. Hope everything worked out!

waitingforsomelight 13 Jan 2012

Also, why are you tapering up? I get confused because for one I see that a lot on here that ppl taper up. And my drs directions are 4mg for the next two days. Twice a day. Then 4mg three times a day for the remainder of the two week program. So he was tapering me up too. BUT he verbally told me if I can do without that amount then that's great and wonderful. He said if 2mg works for me then that's great! Then I said "yeah because I was told its hard to taper down on suboxone after 4mg" and he said "yes that's correct so if you can stay at a low dose then that's amazing" so I don't even understand why the directions were to taper up but its so "awsome" if I taper down lol

yes90125 6 Feb 2012

Hi. I'm going to see a Doctor this Wednesday to discuss treatment options. For those of you on Suboxone right now, how is it going? Any recommendations/warnings?

waitingforsomelight 6 Feb 2012

It worked for me :) todays my first day off everything including suboxone. So far so good. Don't rely on suboxone though. It takes agreat amount of strengt within to get clean. Suboxone just helps along the way.

yes90125 7 Feb 2012

Could i ask how the process works with the doctor and Suboxone. How many do you get at one time? Thanks. I'm seeing the suboxone doctor on Wednesday and your posts have given me hope.

waitingforsomelight 7 Feb 2012

Hello :) well let me start by sayingthat every sub. Dr is different since I've heard a few stories and they weren't the same but my story goes like this; I have no insurance so I payed 200 for my frst visit, they told me to stay off tramadol for 12 hrs before the first vist. I came and the dr asked me all sorts of weird questions and family history and of course the quantity of my drug use. He calculated the doses I should take and wrote me a 2week prescription. I was suppose to take 4 mg three times a day so (20) pills which was 180 bucks ( I know, ouch!) He then asked me if I wanted to do the rapid two week detox or maintenance. I told him I wanted to get off suboxone asap. (You should too since they are extremely hard to get off of once you take them for a long period of time) so anyway he told me my dose was for two weeks and to try and take less then prescribed but that amount (the 4mg 3x a day)was the max.

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yes90125 13 Feb 2012

Waiting (and all), Well, I have the Suboxone in my hands (the heavy duty 8mg/2mg kind). Honestly I'm freaked out to try it. I'm 19 hours from my last dose of Tramadol (and was taking between 8-12 50mg a day). I appreciate the information and am going to try a tiny piece of it and see what happens. Stay tuned...

waitingforsomelight 13 Feb 2012

Hey I took my first 4mg (which for me was wayyyyy too much) 12 hrs after my tramadol and I was fine.didn't get sick from withdrawals. You should be fine. Keep us updated

yes90125 13 Feb 2012

I took a fourth of an 8mg strip @ 2pm. By 3pm I didn't notice all that much so I took another fourth (total of 4mg between the two doses). Now I'm noticing it! I'm laying down but feeling that jittery feeling like when u take too much Sudafed or caffeine. Waiting, u mentioned that feeling on your first dose. I know exactly what u are talking about. How long before u got sick? Glad to say 4mg is too much at one time. Damn this stuff is strong. It has gotten rid of w/d symptoms however. More to come...

yes90125 14 Feb 2012

8pm. Didn't get sick. Definitely have a buzz though. Not sure that's a good thing. I'm not in tramadol w/d though. That is good. Will be interested to see how well I sleep.

yes90125 15 Feb 2012

Today started out ok. Took 4mg this Morning and seemed ok. Took 2mg at lunch and started to get nausea as the day progressed. It feels like too much suboxone. This is where I get confused. Am I not taking enough or is it too much? I'm going to try to not take anymore today and instead take 3mg in morn and 3mg at night. Maybe. Not sure so any feedback is appreciated.

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