Suboxone vs oxycodone

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Avatar m tn I Know we're not comparing apples to apples but can someone get close???
Avatar f tn Ask your doctor to refer you to a pain management specialist. They can perscribe either suboxone/naloxone OR subtex. Suboxone comes in sublingual strips that don't taste as bad and dissolve instantly under your tongue. You cannot take regular opiate pain medication however while taking either because this medication is specifically designed to help people withdrawal from heroin/ and synthetic heroin aka any opioid pain meds.
Avatar f tn I have been on oxycodone 15mg. Four times a day for four years. I am in such a horrible trap. I thought by switching to Belbuca I could manage the pain with less side effects, as this is what I have been told. Any comments/insight on the differences in Belbuca and Oxycodone, I would love to hear from you.
Avatar f tn I am trying to manage pain but not abuse my prescription. I had thought about going on Suboxone. My doctor told me about Belbuca which is a class 3 narcotic vs a class 2 and not the ugly side effects of oxycodone. I am hooked bad but also in pain. Can I have both a pain reliever and not abuse these strips I wonder? I’m so depressed over my use and how it has gotten worse over the years. I sometimes wish a genie would pop out of a lantern and grant me one wish.
Avatar f tn I have been taking Oxycodone 30mg for almost 3 years. Started on 5mg and my dr increased over the years. I have two hernitated discs in my back & my pain at time was so awful. I finally received a epidural and starting to feel better. Saw my dr today and he stopped my oxycodone and put me on Butrans patch 20mg. It has not been 24 hrs yet and I am starting to get ill. Will this get better? He told me I would be fine, but I feel super sick.
Avatar f tn Suboxone contains buprenorphine, an opiate that is a partial agonist at the receptor and that has been around for over 30 years. If you read any 'goodman and gilman' (the bible of pharmacology) you will read that 'buprenorphine is less addictive than other opiates because of the partial agonist effects'. But for anyone addicted to opiates, even codeine is very addictive!
Avatar f tn set at a level equal to about 50 mg of oxycodone per 24 hours. If you were on a dose of oxycodone or other opiates equivalent to significantly more than that, there will be an adjustment period for your tolerance to come down to that level. Sometimes it can be hard to tell whether a person is in withdrawal vs 'narcotized' (the opposite of withdrawal). The easiest way to tell is to look at the pupils in a dimly-lit room.
Avatar f tn Without getting into the pros/cons and good vs. evil debate regarding suboxone and its use--this seems to be a topic that is extremely heated with many people with many different experiences and opinions on each side of the argument. I think one thing we can all agree on is its usefulness and how it can be such a useful tool in the recovery process for many. So on to my question - could you please tell me about withdrawal from suboxone.
364605 tn?1200704975 Hey...would love to hear from some of you who have been on suboxone maintenance & your thoughts & feelings about it. I am currently on it for a oxycodone addiction. It is really helping me, but I sometimes feel as though I am replacing one drug for another, although I feel I can function in the world without constantly thinking about pills, swallowing them, worrying when I'm going to run out & how to get my next stash. What are some of your experiences good or bad on suboxone?
Avatar n tn Suboxone definitely takes away the pain from withdrawal. When I withdraw cold turkey I feel like hell for3 or 4 days and just yucky for about a week. I don't plan to stay on the suboxone long. It is also expensive!
179856 tn?1333547362 Substitution treatment with buprenorphine was associated with both higher adherence rates (27.3% vs 8.1%, P = .04) and higher sustained viral response rates (83.3% vs 48.9%, P = .002), compared with methadone use. In multivariate analyses, adherence to treatment (P < .0001) and buprenorphine use (P = .007) were independently associated with a greater chance of sustained virologic response. Buprenorphine may be a more effective treatment for opioid withdrawal, Dr.
Avatar f tn I've been addicted to oxycodone for a few years and today started on suboxone. I took my last 15mg of oxycodone and then waited until I was in withdrawal (about 8 hrs) to take the suboxone (2mg) I felt like it helped the w/d symptoms for a while, but started feeling bad again after 3 or 4 hours so I took another 1mg sub ( half a strip). I still don't feel that great and I don't know what to do.
994981 tn?1249564028 Hi Summer, While Suboxone truly is a 'wonder-drug', there are some very important things you should consider before making the decision to go on it. When you start it, you need to be in withdrawals already - otherwise you can go into what is known as "precipitated withdrawals". I've done this once, and believe me you do not want to go through this. Your best bet is to have the Doctor guide you on when you're in withdrawals enough to start using Suboxone.
Avatar f tn in my opinion is certain criteria for one considering suboxone..first of all suboxone stays in your system alot longer than hydros..are you considering suboxone..your friend..
Avatar n tn Day 2 and I feel sick...If I take suboxone during my 5 day sickness then stop all pills after 5th day will I have to go through this again?
Avatar m tn The test showed positive for oxycodone. I have not taken oxycodone. Can the buprenorphine-naloxone cause a false positive for oxycodone? I have seen that is can on an urine test but what about a hair test? If so, any recommendations on how to work through it to get it cleared? Thanks.
Avatar m tn One more question, do you think telling my doctor that I no longer want to take oxycodone is a good idea and whether suggesting methadone/suboxone is a good/bad idea? I guess I'm afraid that if I ever NEED opioid pain medications again (aka if I contracted cancer - lets hope not), he/she would be more hesitant to provide them.
Avatar n tn I was also put on suboxone but from oxycodone use instead, suboxone is no better or worse that oxycodone or heroin or morphine, the withdrawals are just as bad, I went 5 days without and suboxone after taking one 8mg a day and those 5 days were hell and I'm still sick, I've tried vitamins, orange juice, hot showers ,Tylenol, ibuprofien ,exercise, sleeping pills, sitting in a corner rocking back and forth, anything and everything I can think of and what others have suggested in other foru
Avatar f tn I have been prescribed oxycodone HCL 15mg 3x's a day for the past 4 yrs, on top of that Zanax 1 mg 2x's a day. I am not the person I once was. I have to stop. I just read the Thomas Recipe, and am going to try that I think. I was just about to contact a Dr in my area who specializes in Suboxone Therapy, but after reading the addictive properties of that, I dont think that is the ticket for me. I called MDS rapid detox this am. and was told they do not take insurance.
Avatar n tn t the first person on Suboxone that has had a false positive for oxycodone! Theoretically, Suboxone should definitely not cause a positive for oxycodone on a panel test... so there is no official recognition that this is possible. Chemically, Suboxone contains two opiates that chemically differ from most of the other opiates as being semi-synthetically derived from thebaine (a minor chemical constituent of opium).
Avatar m tn m taking 3 or 4 mg of Suboxone everyday on my 14th day, can I stop the suboxone all together and will I feel okay? Is 2 weeks of low doses 2-3 times a day of subs, long enough to get rid of withdrawal? Should I continue for one more week with subs? I don't want to be dependent on subs though. I want to take ZERO pain meds.
Avatar f tn Just do your research if you are thinking about suboxone. If you hope to ever come off it, the withdrawals last much longer than oxycodone withdrawals. As far as using suboxone for pain management, there are some doctors that use it, but it is not commonly used for pain management. It needs to be taken at a much higher dose and it hasn't been used often enough or long enough to know if it's good for long-time use. There are lots of non-narcotic ways to manage your pain.
Avatar m tn I was taking oxycodone for back pain and when I was done months later I withdrawaled from it and got right on suboxone. now if I was told I would withdrawal from the oxycodone I would have never taken it in the first place but I went to suboxone and wasn't told about withdrawal from that either actually I was told that because of wening I would not go though that. But I quit subs cold turkey and my mind is not completely normal but then again how do I know what normal is.
Avatar m tn I titrated down from 6 x 8mg Suboxone and took my last single dose of 8mg yesterday how long before it is completely out of my system? does anyone know when I can start back on oxycodone?
Avatar n tn After 8 years of taking different pain medication for chronic back pain, I detoxed by myself from 160 mg of oxycodone. I had suboxone and started taking .2 mg of suboxone. After 6-1/2 months, I gradually tapered off it and since mid-January I have been off it completely. I went through all the typical withdrawals of "kicking" legs, nausea, and flu-like symptons. It has been 7 weeks and I still feel lousy.
Avatar m tn Ive tried multiple times to get off of them, and i really want to. I have a friend that gave me some suboxone to get me off of the oxycodone by doing a short detox with two 8mg strips. I cut the strips into mostly 8ths but also 2 4ths to start the first two days off. I felt fine the whole time while on suboxone (2 weeks) but a day or two after i came off of them i started feeling the oxycodone withdrawal again.
Avatar f tn t have my fix I felt like hiding and curling up in a ball crying all day. I went through hell. A friend of mine told me about suboxone, and I got my hands on some...not knowing the whole story about it. To make a long story short, I've been addicted to subutex/suboxone for 8 months (at 16 mg) now. I have a stressful job at a gourmet restaurant that requires me to be on my A game at all times, not to mention to be able to put on a happy face and be bubbly around high maintenence people.