He informed my husband that the ambien cr could be taken with the suboxone. I was still a bit nervous so of course my husband slept beautifully with me watching each breath to make sure he didn't suffer respiratory distress...I believe that suboxone reaction depends on the individual and your best bet would be to open up more to your doctor because he knows more about you than anyone here could.
My son has been on this for a year, his doctor finally weaned him off, with flexeril & something else. But he is experiencing withdrawal and he's only been off it a few days. I didn't realize how bad this stuff was until now. My question is when will the discomfort of this start to subside? He is starting a very important internship in 2 weeks & he's very worried about controlling this withdrawal . I think the doctor had him on it too damn long. Thanks for your response.
You should be OK on those things but I would not start at the full doses of L-Tyrosine. Build up 500mg at a time and see how you do. You shouldn't need the valium with the Flexeril. Neurontin sometimes has helped with w/ds so that should actually benefit you.
I've tried both Soma and Flexeril (not at same time!) for muscle relaxers (I have fibromyalgia, lupus, severe arthritis). Really the only side effect I've experienced with the Flexeril is that it makes me VERY sleepy, but when I'm hurting and having trouble getting the rest that I need, that actually is a good thing!
I just seen that you posted. Sorry so long to get back with you. The flexeril never helped me. It did not even make me sleepy. Why don't you call the posion control hotline and believe it or not they can help you. If not they can give you a number to call. If you don't want to do that call your local er and let them know what's going on for him.
I have been on Suboxone since Jan 4-8 mg a day my doctors instructions at first was to take 8 mags but that was too much for me so he had me take 4 MSG and that worked for me. I played around with it, taking more when I felt I needed more and less when I wanted to start a taper. 30 films lasted me about 2 months. A couple days ago I went back to the doc and asked for 4mg strips instead if 8 mg figuring this will help me along my taper.
Before getting pregnant i was taking tramadol and flexeril to take the edge off if my jaw started locking up. Now my ob just has me on the lowest dose of flexeril but it seems to do nothing for it. Just 10 more weeks though i think i can make it if i've gotten this far.
I've been on suboxone a lil over 2years. I was addicted to Laura tabs and opanas for about a year and a half. I wanted to try and get clean but the withdrawals was too much seeing I worked 40+ hours around the clock so my buddy hooked me up with a couple of subs saying they would help me get off opiates which they did but I slowly started to get addicted to the suboxone. Next thing I know I'm buying them every week off the street.
My boyfriend was addicted to vicodin for about a year after he was going thru a break up and going thru depression. He then turned to suboxone and has been taking that for about 3 years. He's planning to withdrawl In about 7 weeks and be done and turnover a new chapter. He's tampering down 1 mg a week right now he's on 7mg. So next week will be 6mg. And so on.. He really is determined to do it now that I know and he has all the support.
My question is what should I expect?
Yes, absolutely. Suboxone is an opiate and is extremely addictive. People find it just as difficult to taper and quit. One of the patients in our clinic, who we had to detox from Suboxone, was so addicted, that no matter how far down she titrated this drug she could not get off. At one point she was literally just licking the 1 mg strip, but she could not give it up. I find that most have the same problem with both of these drugs.
I have been on Suboxone now for a year and have had great sucees with it and not using other drugs. But as with any drug your tolerence increases so does your dose need to. Well when I see him I am afraid to tell him that for the past three months I've run out a week in advance and make up reasons as to come see him early which is not being honest with him. I dont feel Im abusing it , its just my current dose is 1.5 8mg. Strips a day.
m not a doctor but I too have been battling addiction for about 4 years off an on. Suboxone is a type if opiate. You can get addicted to suboxone if taken for long periods of time. If you take it for a few days like you say you are it just takes the cravings and the sickness away for the amount of time that your on it but once it wears off you will go back into withdrawal. There's no cure for dopesickness other than to suck it up and get through it. Trust me I know it can be brutal.
I am so glad that you quit Methadone, but you are absolutely correct, switching to Suboxone is just going from one devil to another. People find it just as difficult to taper and quit. One of the patients in our clinic, who we had to detox from Suboxone, was so addicted, that no matter how far down she titrated this drug she could not get off. At one point she was literally just licking the 1 mg strip, but she could not give it up.
In your question it is unclear to me as to whether you are ready to quit taking Suboxone or want advise on how to get you doctor to give you more. Suboxone was approved as a substitution treatment for opioid addiction specifically because the patient was not suppose to develop a tolerance to it and need a higher dose. Obviously, this fails to be the case in many instances.
Most people find it difficult to come of Suboxone. One of the patients in our clinic, who we had to detox from Suboxone, was so addicted, that no matter how far down she titrated this drug she could not get off. At one point she was literally just licking the 1 mg strip, but she could not give it up. I find that most Suboxone prescribers tend to leave their patients on this drug as a form of maintenance and are either unwilling or unable to taper them off.
And sorry to hear about your experience with Flexeril. I have not heard of any dependency issues of that drug before. It does make sense that your body can become accustom to any medication.
Have you discussed this with your PCP? As Sandee said I don't know how many you are taking per day not the dose. I think I would just gradually reduce this medication. Are you sure the migraines are related to the discontinuation of the medication....or could their be another factor going on?
I'm on Subutex because I was taking oxycontin and smoking heroin, I thought suboxone didn't give withdrawals but it does, very bad ones, I took 2 weeks vacation from work to try going cold turkey from the Subutex and have been in so much pain, I only made it 4 days then had to take half a subutex, then 3 days and had to take half a subutex and now 2 days and again took Subutex but only a quarter, obviously I can't handle withdrawals, is tapering a successful method or are they any ti
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