Suboxone and blood pressure
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I have heard of clonodine being taken with suboxone when someone has been tapering and are down to a low dose. But since clonodine drops your blood pressure you really need to be monitored by a doctor while taking it. I was prescribed clonodine in the past for withdrawals and my doctor had me come in twice a week to get my blood pressure checked. It may also be helpful to call a pharmacist. Don't trust information from strangers on the net when it comes to your health.
The doctor told me to continue on the clonidine and we would taper down on that once I was on a stable dose of suboxone. He said there are no harmful interactions between the two. But whenever I take the clonidine it feels like it is kicking me into withdrawal again. severe agitation anxiety racing heart dizziness and double vision. Whats going on please?
Recently my doctor put me on clonidine for anxiety and high blood pressure( constantly 140/100 being calm. Now to my problem, it all started 6 months ago one night after drinking a couple red bulls, smoking some cigarettes, and watching a funny film with some friends. Then my friend offered me a shot of cheap vodka and I drank it. I felt weird 5 minutes afterwards. Something funny came on the TV and I laughed which triggered a massive shock through my body.
Hi,
I believe you gave me some advice about suboxone this morning(thanks for that) and my husband is currently on clonidine for his blood pressure. I am on blood pressure medicine also (but unfortunately its not clonidine cuz I really like the way that made me feel) so I do know a bit about hypertension. The comment about blood pressure and metabolism being related is completely false. Everyone knows the more you exercise, eat healthy etc.- you lower your blood pressure.
When I stopped taking suboxone, it was like kicking heroin- I always felt like I couldn't breathe. Chances are that your blood pressure is a little higher than usual and it's giving you that sensation. Your doc may be able to give you clonidine(sp?) or something to help with that.
s for a long time but have a heart condition and have high blood pressure and wore the blood [ressure cuff for a day and doc said it was really high but don't do n e drug's but smoke ciggaret's and take suboxen's so my question is are saboxen's bad for high blood pressure cuz wanna live till at least 60 i'm 24 now Thanx....
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For the weekend he gave me tranquilizers, Muscle relaxers, blood pressure medication and aspirin. I tried it for 2 days and all it did was make me sleepy. ONLY problem with that is I'm in the car business and I have to be awake and alert. When monday came I asked the new Dr about Suboxone. She said to wait and gave me more tranquilizers, Muscle relaxers, blood pressure medication and aspirin. The withdraws got so bad I went back to vics.
But I do have high blood pressure and cholesterol. I was giving Ipitol. The next day I was home and my chest hurt so bad my lower back hurt and my upper back and most of all the back of my neck hurts all the time. My abdomen started to hurt and I got pressure in my head. My ears keep popping and I cannot focus. Im constantly checking my temperature and always on the internet trying to diagnose myself. Before all this started I had under my tongue swell and under my left jaw.
they will help you detox and that will help tremedously in all aspects, i would ttry and get a few drugs to help two most important prescribed drugs is clonidine and a benzodiazepine like valiumn, ativan, or xanax. the clonidine helps a lot with the sweats, chills, and blood pressure fluctuations, the benzos are extremely helpful in stopping the insane anxiety, insomnia, muscle cramping and spasms, and restlessness.
Then after three long and horrid days I saw the suboxone doctor and i was put on 8 mgs a day and then by the end of month one I was on 32 mgs a day. I stayed clean for almsot 9 months and then broke my wrist and started up my addiction up again it sucked. i am now on 60 mgs a day of methadone and it works much much better for me than sub did.
I've been prescribed and taking Suboxone for approximately 30 days and have noticed a significant increase in my blood glucose level. I've asked my pharmacist for her opinion but she knows very little about the topic. I haven't asked my shrink yet but will at my next appointment. In the meantime, this has me spooked. Anyone know???
urs I'm 72 hours off suboxone and feeling horrible thought after 3 days I would be feeling better, ok now when the Dr gave me suboxone she also gave me clonidine I haven't taken any my question is can I take one just to get some kind of rest?? Will it harm my baby if I take just one?? If I'm feeling this bad what is my baby going through?? I'm scared, confused, nervous! I don't know what to do should I go back on suboxone??
I would go on the suboxone or methadone-- a friend's son had great success with this and he was really in a bad way. Go to your doc first, or the clinic, whichever you have used in the past. Go to NA meetings! Look in your phone directory or google them on your computer to find one near you. You need the support right now, truly. Good luck and God bless.
It's too late for subs in my opinion, and why do you want to trade one thing for another? I know your prob telling me I just don't know, I don't get it...yes I do..I still remember ugh ....you've came too far baby...look at you...five days clean...anxiety comes from two reasons, our blood pressure goes crazy. Do you have any colidine? I'm spelling way wrong...not kolonopin but clonipine for blood pressure? Most doctors will prescribe... We're anxious for several reasons.
seizures. Clonidine is actually a blood pressure medication and if you are taking it, make sure you are monitoring you blood pressure regularly. I didn't w/d off benzos. My doc was opiates. but, clonidine worked well for my anxiety, restlessness, and heart palpitations when I was detoxing. I took 0.1mg every 8-12 hours (depending on severity of my symptoms). I only needed it the first 3 days. Benzos take longer to detox though.
Please at least let your doctor know what you are doing.
Clonidine will help with the restlessness associated with withdrawal - that helped me a lot when I went off the suboxone. Stay on 8mg for a few days, then try and cut that in half and go for maybe a week, then start to cut that in half and so on - you should be able to drop off in a couple weeks without much of a problem. Anything longer than 21 days or so will result in some dependency.
20-25 per day can easily cause permanent liver damage and a simple blood test can determine if and how much damage has occurred. Taking 50 tylenol at once can kill the liver (which is what kills someone who commits suicide by tylenol overdose). You can imagine that taking 50 over two days also does damage.
Suboxone is a very different opiate known as an agonist/antagonist which acts on the same opiate receptors in the brain but blocks euphoria while preventing withdrawal symptoms.
Perhaps your doctor can start you off on a lower dose or frequency and titrate up, though that may be not possible in your case. Alternatively, you can get an automatic blood pressure monitor to check your blood pressure and heart rate yourself to make sure they do not drop too low after starting any new medications.
A person snorting small pieces of a Suboxone tablet is NOT at that ceiling level, and is not getting the benefit of Suboxone-- he might as well be snorting oxycodone.
I recommend that he find an addiction doc who can treat him properly, and advocate for his job if necessary. It is a fool's errand to taper off one opioid after another, each time thinking that THIS time will be different. I know-- I've been there!
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