Suboxone Forum: Buprenorphine and Other Addiction Medications

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Here is one aspect you may not have considered. Taking the med that close to bed would be very likely to cause disruption of sleep. SO it is possible that after a few days of this you feel the crash. There is no amount of coffee that could erase all that lost (quality) sleep.

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I am currently on suboxone, but I still crave n’ cave around twice a week What doses of sub have you tried and how many per day? I have found it to be even stronger subjectively than methadone was at doses of 4 to 8 mg dosed .5 to 2mg at a time. And Sub is just as good for my pain as methadone was ...

I'd say AA it doesn't matter. NA on the other hand have a paper dedicated to their opinion on drug replacement, stating that people on replacement aren't truly abstinent, and passing as such doesn't go with the traditions of the program. That being said, ultimately it's up to you. https://na.org/?I...

I thought most opiates had a stabilizing effect on mood. It is only being forced into WD which is sure to cause extreme symptoms.
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Everyone's taking about raising dose to like 16 or 20 mg. Maybe that's a good idea, but in my experience Sub can only offer a certain amount of distraction/satiation no matter what dose. Sure you get a good feeling for a week or two, but doesn't it just even out to the same thing eventually? Please ...

Your boss is an asshole! I don't suppose you could arrange an insurrection? Amy I think my boss falls somewhere on the narcissistic spectrum. What do you think? I'll give an example... Incessant talking in the office about himself when we are all trying to do paperwork, or relax on a lunch break. I...

Thanks guys I will try it in the spot you described, just to the left or right of the front teeth and see how it goes. I know I haven't been getting aS much bupe in my system with these new 4 mg strips. I have been all ever this forum lately trying to figure out the best way to go about this. One f...

raudy1975 wrote:This is a marathon not a sprint.

Totally.
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I’d recommend staying at 6 mg for 2 full weeks, then drop to 4 mg. I know you probably could drop usually no problem, but don’t incur any cravings / WDs this early quitting kratom. Just my 2 pesos. I agree :) I am just happy to have bounced to 6 right quick. 4 will come in time. It's so cool how wh...

An update on this thread. A couple weeks ago I started to taper back down. I had bumped up to 8mg/day to assist with quitting kratom. Well that is good n done! So I am at 6mg/day, and will prob go to 4. My experience at 8 was that although it was more sedating for a week and a half or so, eventually...

"Some SMART Recovery participants choose to attend other meetings when they cannot attend a SMART Recovery meeting, as they construct their own paths to recovery." Amy I suppose they aren't pushing AA on anyone ;) Anyways, I got the go ahead to do a meeting for addiction professionals only. The ide...

Boss at treatment center said no counselor can facilitate a SMART recovery meeting because of the dual relationship concept. Basically, for those who are not in the substance abuse field, he was saying that clients from my work could attend the SMART group, and that would violate a dual-relationship...

My .02, No matter what dose I have tried, after a coupe weeks I adjust and it seems that sub just has a certain feeling that doesn't change much no matter what dose I take. I tried lower doses like 4, even 3 mg for a few weeks and got depressed at times. I tried 8 mg/day for the last 5 weeks, and ag...

Hello everyone. Ive found a new group that has the makings of something really big and missing in our brand of recovery. Till now the only thing out there for people on MAT is Smart recovery, thank god its there. But what if I told you that A newer type of group has popped up over the country? An i...

I have been doing 2mg 4X day sublingual, and for me the analgesic effects just build as the day goes on, but I never really suffer anymore, even in the mornings it is enough. I agree w/ doc2 that when you do it 6 times a day, it becomes a bit obsessive. Whatever works though. No one can know your pa...

Whenever I see a taper schedule, I guess the 25% reduction begins at 2mg? Does this mean that if I'm simply dropping fown from 4mg to 2mg, there's no need to step down to 3mg for about a week first? If this is the case, could someone explain to me what is significant about the 2mg level of buprenor...

rule62 wrote: Much better absorption and you can talk w/o worrying about it.

It seems like studies indicate that sublingual is better for absorption, but I can see how cheek/gum could be better. It certainly offers a nice slow release, which is nice for pain patients.
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I really don’t know exactly how fast it absorbs but I start feeling better (because I wake up feeling awful in the morning) about 20-30 min from the time I put the medicine under my tongue. Maybe one of the doctors would know more about that question because I’d like to know too. I knew a poster wh...

On the one hand, maxing your absorption will increase effects. On the other hand, you are raising your tolerance, so in the long run it is easiest to just live your life, drink coffee before a dose whatever, because these less absorption methods will keep your tolerance lower, which also increases e...

For the last 8.5 years I've been taking 24mg of Subutex a day and I've finally decided to start tapering and work toward getting off Sub completely. Yay! Sadly I have practically always snorted my Sub, mostly because of the awful taste, but I realized recently that doing so also likely has a higher...