How To Take Suboxone At Home
UpdatedI have ten suboxones. I have been taking oxycontin for pain but want to try at home to w/d. I can't discuss this with my doctor as it will affect my insurance. This is a fact..in my case... Can someone on here tell me how to take my subs? I would appreciate any answers and no lectures. How many do I need to withdraw..Thanks so much.
You have to be off the oxycontin long enough to start feeling the withdrawals, THEN, and only then, you take the suboxone. I was on a high dose of hydrocodone, and just 2mg calmed me down. Make what you have last. Start with 2mg, if that doesn't help, take another 2mg. Just a little - it goes a long way.
Suboxone contains a powerful opiate Buprenoprhine, with the agonist Naloxone. So, it can also put opiate users into withdrawals if it is not used carefully.
It should also only be used under a doctor's supervision.
Normally Suboxone is started at a dosage near what the person was taking in other opiates, this helps prevent the severe withdrawal symptoms, then it is slowly tapered, until the person can stop taking it all together, with minimal effects and end up drug free.
You can read more about it here:
https://rxchat.com/wiki/Suboxone/
Do you have any other questions?
Thank you for the information without a lecture..I appreciate it. I have a script for my pain meds and have been tapering. It's not easy because I am now feeling the pain..but I feel as if I have to try and live with it. The oxy is messing up my life. Thanks once again.
Hi Sandra,
I'm wondering if you can tell me what your experience was with the 10 suboxones and your try and home detox. I am in the exact same situation. I have been taking about 150mg of oxy for about a year and have a long history of opiate abuse - I suffere withdrawals after about 4 hours. Anyway, I have taken a week off work starting this Saturday and have 10 suboxones to help me get through it. I want to make sure I do this right. I have attempted to get in to doctors in the local area but no doctors here are accepting new patients so I have to do this myself. I have been reading about suboxones for weeks and want to know what your experience was with the 10 that you had. I have 9 days off work and my goal is to be off of both the oxys and the subs by the time I go back. I would really appreciate any advice you give me on your experience and how best to utilize the subs and still taper off those at the same time. Anything you could tell me would be great. thanks.
I was taking 80 mg oxy per day and 4 oxcodone for breakthru pain..I decided to first do a taper and it has been working. At this time I take a 5 in the a.m. 20 in the afternoon and 5 at night. I have been told by people that truly want to detox with sub..that you must go 2 days off of all the oxy and they you have to put your sub under your tongue and let it melt...I found most of my help on a site called topix..you can start a thread right away and get good advise as most people on there are doing the same as you..www.topix.com...really they were a big help to me...most of them will tell you to wait two days...good luck..i wish you had some time to taper first..but if you don't go to topix..also I googled and got so much informatrion...google how to use suboxone just experiement..the answers are out there for you...good luck...
Roxanne,
I'm assuming they're the 8mg pills. First, wait til you get your withdrawal symptoms from your last oxy. Then, take 1/4 of the 8mg pill. You'll be amazed how much just a little bit of suboxone will stop your withdrawals. Use as little as possible. If you crush it into a powder, then under tongue, it actually works faster, and you don't need as much for some reason. But keep a couple Sub's around for insurance. It stays in your system for 3 days, and you may think you're out of the woods, but you may get a w/d surprise after your time off. If you can go 5 days without anything you're off !
I will be on vacation for a week and will answer all of my mail when I get back. Hope all of you have a very pain free week....
so I am also trying to withdraw with subs i was prescribed 3 a day and only needed to take 1 but then was suddenly cut off the subs so i was doing pills (OXY) for a week or so when i decided it was time to just detox all together, I went 2 days with out anything then I broke down and ate 1/4 of a sub will this just start me back at square one or will it just float me through the rough patch (crossing fingers) I too have taken a week off work to do this I have 3 days left...
Hi I been Doing Oxys for about a good 3 months straight, I got really hooked an it is very bad. I snore 30mg roxys every day at least about four of them. An Im very tired of seeing my life go bad i have been to rehab an meetings but real talk that s**t dont work. Now i bought these suboxones from my homeboy the N8 an I need to know how to use them. I only have 5 of them, is there anybody who can help me with this solution?
i too am trying to detox from oxy. i was doing about 30-40 mg a day and tried to taper down to about 15-20 mg in the last week. i went 48 hours and relapsed with about 10mg oxy :(... so the next day i was just as messed up again and on day one. that night i couldnt take it and took half of a 10/325 norco (5 mg hydrocodone) to fall asleep. now im about 16 hours from my last relapse and it was only a very small amount. i have a N8 suboxone pill and was told to break it into 4 peices and it will help... is this true? will i just have the same symptoms that i do right now when i quit taking the suboxone? plz help i dont know why but my withdrawals are very very painful for some reason. i need a good honest answer, thank you.
I am a herion addict and have been for about two years i shoot six bags three times a day my boyfirend does the same i have ten subs and am so confused about what me and him should do i was told to take 4mg at the start of my withdrawl and 2mg after that every four hours and on the las day space them out every eight hours i really want to do this i cant wait to have my life back but my problem iswaiting to be sick and will the subs help when i take them
I am currently on 30-40 norcos a day & really need to get off these, will subs really help someone as bad as me? I've been addicted for about 5 yrs not this many gradually been going up, & I feel a lot of mine is mental more then anything, PLZ no lecturing because I already no I'm an idiot for being this bad, but now it is time to stop. I can't tell my Dr. how many I actually take I'm afraid he would kick me right out.
I'm going to tell you all my personal experience with being addicted to pain pills and going to a clinic and being given Suboxone 4xday. I was addicted to pain pills very bad, and I wanted my life back so I went to a clinic, and they drug tested me, I told them that I could take anywhere from 10 or more lorcets 10mg or stronger or weaker stuff just w/e was available. You do have to be 12 hours in w/d or it will make you sick. I was told to take the 4 how ever I wanted them( at the same time, one pill 4x) and I have always taken one in the morning, mid day, and so on. I have been clean of pain pills for over a year now and am slowly tapering off the suboxone when I feel ready to go down. You do dissolve them under your tounge, I was told to break one in half, and put each peice on both sides under your tounge. The Suboxone are great, and have given me my life back! I hope you all Get your life back too!!!
Oh yeah, I forgot to say,when I went to the clinic, I was in w/d so bad, I felt like I was going to die! I was sweating, stomach in knots, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, body aches, and was scared really to take it bc I had heard some bad stuff about them. At the clinic where I go, they induce you, so she gave me one 8mg pill and Iet it dissolve, and then she came back in and gave me another. The first one helped me a lot but the second one took the w/d away totally and I can proudly say, that was the last day that I have felt the terrible pain of w/d!! I will help anyone that I can, so feel free to ask!!:)
ive been on oxy for about a year been slowly going down and now they dont make them anymore i have 3 subs and i need to do this this is day 1 its been 24 hours since did an oxy so far not that bad did some subs a quarter at time still feel week and a little pain any suggestions pls
pazzo, if your taking a 1/4 at a time and still not feeling better, up your dosage, 3 subs are def. NOT enough to detox...sorry \/\/
Anyone on this site...seriously wanting to make a life change, you just have to have the proper landing gear (subs) and at least 10-15 some people have to stay on subs for a month depending on how much u were using...hope my info helped someone \/\/
Hi, I'm read many topics..,and like i understand every body have different symptom of withdraw .I can tell about my expirense: I was born in Russia when I come over here i start use (heroin) tar...very long 16 yr,Subaxone work for me is best,i try every think for this period and how i do:I take 1/4 peel of 8mg about 2-3 hour before sickness come over,and take another 1/4 after 3-4 hour and I not fell any sickness,just if you fell not so well take 1/4 more and wait like 1-2 hour and you be okay believe me.And you can melted and do by rig...,but this is scary but work very good and fast.Good luck my dear NARKS..
I am now on suboxones I has addicted to pain pills for about 2 1/2 yrs mayb 3 OMG if you try suboxones it's like a miracle pill for w/d from pain pills I LOVE them so much I feel normal again my body dnt depend on pills or want them IT's AWSOME!!!!!!!
Suboxone works GREAT. for those of you that only have a few pills, PLEASE go to a clinic - they will be able to give you more. PLEASE TRUST ME: It is absolutely worth it to get your life back.
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How long after a suboxone sublingual (orange pill - 54 375) is dissolved can you drink and eat? Are there any other things I should know about administration and how to get the full effect? Is there anything that interferes with it?
CALIGIRL1983: Yes, the Subutex/Suboxone tablets go under your tongue, just like the strips.
I am prescribed suboxone 8mg strips, but I received an 8mg pill. Do I let that dissolve under my tongue as well?
Hi to everyone who has been on pain medicine yes suboxone will work and I only have to take 4mg a day also Gabapentin 300mg a day really helps it is for withdrawals it's a non narcotic but works good also Methocarbonol goes with it really good for muscle cramps also non narcotic but good. Hope this helps Have a blessed day
STORM: Why on EARTH would you think that one dose of Bupe would keep a legit opioid addict from being in withdrawal for THREE DAYS? That is completely ludicrous. And it isn't the Naloxone that will throw someone into withdrawal, it is the Bupe itself. The Naloxone is only in there to keep people from taking the Suboxone intravenously. And why do you think replacing one opioid with another opioid, and then STOPPING, would keep someone from going into withdrawal? That makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, if you are addicted to heroin, and replace the heroin with oxys, then STOP the oxys, you are going to go into withdrawals. Coming off of Subs produces withdrawals, just like coming off of any other opioid. Your information is a bit....OFF.
Suboxone has a three day grace period, a delayed effect if you will. Take half of your first film sublingually & pop the other half back into the packet. Be sure to use dry hands (don't get the film wet, wait 5 hours and if you still feel awful suck the other half but don't swallow it for five to ten minutes. Swirl it around in your mouth so you get the full effect for as long as you can bare, chase down with a hot coffee (gets rid of the bitterness instantly & activates the drug faster) do not eat grapefruit in any form. The secret to breaking addiction is to disrupt it without causing too much pain to yourself. After you have your first suboxone film it will hold you from opiate/codeine phos' withdrawal for 3 days! If you find your feeling awful or crampy etc during those three days have another half of the next film, rinse & repeat & before you know it you'll be off opioids & well and truly feeling much better & you'll probably have some films left over to help someone else! It shouldn't take more than five or six days for the withdrawal to pass. Don't get addicted to suboxone & especially do not inj. Opium based products or the suboxone itself because the naloxone will make you very very sorry you did.
Subutex and Suboxone are the same thing. They are both Buprenorphine. Yes one has Naloxone and one doesn't, but it is the Bupe itself that is the active ingredient, the "blocker" to simplify it. The Naloxone is only in there to keep people from injecting the Bupe. The bioavailability of Naloxone when taken sublingually is less than 10%, maybe even less than 5%. So it doesn't matter which one you use in the "first days of withdrawal", the results are the same.
For Sandra and any others that are standing up and doing an amazing thing by taking a big step with accepting the problem but also cannot get ANY help for attempting to do one of the hardest things ever and are having the exact issues my husband had (no doctors available, doing it in your own) as well as maintaining which is difficult as well. Not every person reacts the same to the naloxene (this ingredient is not in Subutex, used in the beginning days of withdrawal, which only contains the buprenorphine). This is not the ONLY thing that is "believed to be the truth" concerning Suboxone. In saying no person reacts the same, this also pertains to dosage, need of amount and how often, availability.
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BIG AL: I don't know what kind of habit you had, as far as the amount, but 2mgs of Bupe wouldn't even TOUCH me. I think telling someone that they "won't have any withdrawals" because that is YOUR experience with taking only 2mgs at a time is very short sighted. When I was on Bupe, I had to get to at LEAST 8 to 10 mgs to get any relief whatsoever, and was taking over 20 mgs a day.
I have done this process 100 times. Been on dope and oxies for 14 years. Wait until the morning time, so that u have had 8-12 hours w no drugs. Then, take 2 mgs of the subs. If its a pill, cut it into 2mg chunks, if its an 8mg strip, cut it in quarters. Put the strip or chunk under ur tongue amd let it dissolve. Do not spit. Swalow all of the medicine. U will have some cravings, but no withdrawls. This will last 24-36 hours, trust me. The next morning, do the same thing. Maybe even try less. U want to get off and done with the suboxone as quick as possible, or u will get hooked on it. After 4-5 days, dont take anything. See how u feel. Remember, a craving isnt a wd, although it can feel like it. Dont drink booze! I know you think it will take the edge off, it wony. It will make ur cravings go thru the roof.
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