Mixing suboxone and opiates

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So I have a 30 year old son who says he wants to get off of opiates & he has some suboxone strips to help him, what if he takes suboxone & also takes opiates or takes too much suboxone? What do I need to know about this stuff. He has been to the er numerous times because of the opiates.

Be sure to use the doctor-finder sites at suboxone.com and at suboxone-directory.com; you can also post your info at www.suboxforum.com and see if anyone knows of a doc in that area. The directories show a number of docs within an hour or two of that area; I'm sure that many are full, but sit down with a phone and keep calling. You should also be trying your best to stay clean through the steps; I am suggesting 12 step programs because in your area, that is likely to be what is available.

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Now she wont be able take her ms contin while on suboxone, although I have heard of people still taking opiates while on subutex but I dont know if they helped or not. I really wish things work out for you, you could call the suboxone hotline and ask them some questions about what it does for pain relief. I know in Europe buprenorphine is can be used for pain relief by injections of Buprenex, Im not sure if the US has any different forms of bupe yet.

but unless you took over the 32 max dose of suboxone, then i really wouldnt worry, how long has it been? if it has been over an hour, maybe 2 hours...your fine...suboxone is about the safest opiate out there...i know you said it was a mistake, but just remember if you are already feeling ok...then taking more will not make you feel any better, it would essentially just be a waste of $$ and a pill,...so make sure you read the bottle closely and stick to recommended dose...ok?

If your long term goal is to be free of all opiates - suboxone may be a good tool to get you there. At least more so than the methadone. My doc was also heroin, and I finally went on the sub in april 07 - stayed away from dope since then. But I have to tell you, sub also has MANY bad attributes. I dunno if I'd say it's easier to kick either. I've been tapering for MONTHS and it's been a real monkey. There's also a stigma with taking the sub, alot of people don't consider that clean.

They have captive patients who are guaranteed to come back every month or even more often and there is zero motivation to ever get their patients off the addicting Suboxone. Suboxone was studied and FDA approved for a 21-day detox. As atthebeach explained, those 21 days are intended to stop the roller coaster of getting high and crashing and to allow the patient the stability to begin to put his emotional house in order.

on it, and overdose is pretty much impossible because it had Narcon in it. (opiate blocker) and in order for the suboxone to work, your ganna need to wait about a good day into withdrawls from the oc, or it will not do anything, because beprenorphine is a longer lasting opiate in the receptors of the brain.

and i have done suboxone a about 4 hrs after doing a doner or an oxy and many other things suboxone is an opiate blocker but if the opiate is already in your system it obviously cant block it and it can make you sick

If you get down to 10mg of hydro a day and stabalize, I think 8mg of subs would feel great, you'll be high like a mellow speed ball. I would just keep tapering the hydros and get to a 12 step meeting and/or counseling to deal with the adddiction. The withdrawal of subs is much longer than hydros. Think about this, 1mg of subs is similar to 40mg of morphine, so 8mg of subs is like 320mg of morphine. You would be going up in dosage rather than down. 10mg of hydro is like 15mg of morphine.

Some meds can have very dangerous interactions with cocaine-- MAOI's in particular would be a horrible mix, and would likely cause a stroke or fatal arrhythmia. The modern antidepressants are not as bad in combination with cocaine as are the older medications like nortriptyline. The problems are not so much the lack of feeling as they are related to potentiation of cocaine by meds that affect serotonin and norepinephrine-- namely the antidepressants.

When I got out of the hospital I was prescribed extra strength vicodin's , and I got hooked, that's how I ended up on the suboxone. Thank you for taking the time to read this, have a great week. Hopefully I'll be ok mixing the 3 Valium, suboxone, and Paxil? I only plan to take the Valium for a week maybe 2 weeks, until I feel the Paxil starting to work.

That would be a very very bad huge mistake. Suboxone contains an opiate blocker and taking it with norco or vicodin or any other opiate will throw you into precipitated withdrawal and you will become miserably sick and there will be no way to reverse it except time. Suboxone is part opiate, part opiate blocker. It should only be used when you are in full withdrawal from norco or vicodin or any other opiate and never in conjunction with. You would be very sorry to take it together.

I turned to suboxone after a decade or so of opiate abuse. My D'sOC are ultram and norco. I was taking about 100mg a day of the norco, or 15 ultram/day, or a combo of the 2 before starting the sub. I was worried about seizures w/the ultram and my liver w/the APAP in the norco.I cannot taper. I also have historically been unable to stick w/the CT approach with the exception of pregnancy. I started the sub @ a decent dose but the addict in me has again taken over.

I have been on Suboxone for 5 years now. I have started drinking about 2 days a week, and have about 3-4 drinks. I am wondering if mixing the 2 will cause any damages to my body, can anyone advise?

He did take a few zanax........ but thats not an opiate ...... They told me suboxone doesn't show up on an opiate test ....They drug test him in out patient rehab ....so on Monday I will go from there ...... Hes 25 ,,Hes not a child ......I just can't believe it was his idea & he showed up positive on this test ..........

The Buprenorphine (working ingredient) in suboxone is a strong bonding opiate antagonist which prevents other agonist opiates from bonding to receptors, preventing a person from getting high if they try take something to get high while on suboxone. Because of this, weaker opiate drugs are also wasted, because it has no receptors to bond to, it is just secreted out of the body as well. The Naloxone in Suboxone is there only to prevent abuse of the drug, and nothing else.

I am so glad to hear from several people they can kick the opiate drugs. My daughter is in rehab as we speak for the 4th time, this time she put herself there, before it was court ordered. I have always been told heroine is the hardest to kick. But some of you really make me feel better. I am proud of all of YOU, even though I don't know you I do know it takes alot to get to where you are.

First off take a breath and calm down, we are here for you. But firts things first, what medications are you exactly taking RIGHT NOW?? You cant be mixing all of this stuff right now. We have had plenty of pregnant women here using suboxone to help. I have known of plenty of women on Methadone as well.

So Sorry...

If you're having too much withdrawal symptoms, imo you're better off tapering more slowly and not adding another opiate into the mix. As others have said, you'll just be replacing one addiction with the next.

im on xanax, adderall, & suboxone... My pharmacist said I should try to avoid taking xanax & suboxone at the same time but its fine if there a couple hrs apart, & not to take them together at night time. Its hard on your heart/body when you take uppers & downers together.

to - BMac - yes I know all about benzos and opiates - Benzos mega intensify opiates and being a sick and twisted addict I used to like that - I'd take my evening klonopin dose (while I was on sub) and an hour later be nodding out with my face on my dinner plate. Fortunately I have no more sub and just want to get through whatever withdrawls and get back to normal.

If you are still in withdrawls from oxycontin the opiate is still in your system and it would be mixing the 3 drugs. I would be afraid to take it all together. Good luck, this is not an easy road. My prayers are with you.

Subutex is pure buprenorphine (opiate). Suboxone is buprenorphine (opiate) PLUS naloxone (opiate blocker). Its a mix of both. They use the naloxone to deter people from abusing buprenorphine. Hope this helps.

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