Suboxone versus methadone
Common Questions and Answers about Suboxone versus methadone
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Another positive aspect with suboxone versus methadone (speaking only for myself) is that I know the suboxone will not give me any high as the methadone would and if you take more sboxone it will not make you get high because of the antagonist in it and the ceiling effect.
I am not sure how much I could help, I will keep you and everyone else in my thoughts. In my first post here today, I mentioned about what I have went through last PM (total hell) and even today for the most part.
After putting alot of thought into it, I decided to stick with my taper plan & just deal with what comes my way, I was really leaning towards going onto sub yesterday but after a nomal nights sleep I came to the conclusion that it,s just not gonna happen, I do believe that sub is a much safer & better choice versus methadone, but I am so, so, close to wrapping this thing up, I mean geez, Im at 1mg & so close to having my life back that I dont want to ever put my body thru even the sl
If you took some Methadone after taking Suboxone...that's why you feel so sick. Now that you've taken Suboxone, the Methadone will not work.
Never take opiates when you're taking Suboxone,okay?
If you are having such a hard time of it on the Suboxone then going back on the Methadone may be the best choice for you. Im curious why you transitioned from Methadone to Suboxone in the first place.
You wont go into precipitated withdrawals going from Suboxone to Methadone. That only happens going the other way.
Are you saying you are considering getting on Methadone to get off of Suboxone?? Using Methadone for almost any addiction, except possibly Heroin, is really jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Methadone has a place for very hard core Heroin addicts but almost every other drugs can be stopped with far less drastic measures. Check out Sadinmichigan journal and see what others have gone through when trying to come off of Methadone. Wishing you all the best.
I too was a 20 year methadone patient. I have tried numerous times to switch to suboxone. On suboxone I cannot sleep, I have extremem anxiety, and I have no energy. I am not sick but I do not feel normal. I have been told by the manufacturer that this is a common complaint from long term methadone maintenance patients. I suggest you return to methadone. Follow your own bodies advice and ignore the rest. Only you know how your body functions and reacts to medication.
I heard from multiple people that Methadone is better for pain than Suboxone, and so I brought it up to my doctor. My Dr. agreed to switch me to Methadone, but not without a few caveats:
1) I will need to quit Amitriptyline because it interacts with Methadone.
2) He will only give me a maximum of 30 mg Methadone a day.
I tried quitting Amitriptyline, but I started tingling and burning all throughout my body so badly that I had to go back on it.
I have worked my way down to 25mg of methadone. Alot of people have told me that suboxone is the way to go. Some people told me you have to be down to at least 30-40mg of methadone to get on suboxone so you won't go thru any withdrawls, and some have told me that you can not take any methadone for 48 hours before taking the suboxone, cause it will make you sick. Do you have an answer?
You're already on methadone and you really can't begin SUBOXONE until you're down to at least 30mg per day of methadone; last I knew.
When you see the doctor tomorrow, tell him you prefer to taper the methadone...if that's what you truly want. But as I said, you need to taper down to 30 mg anyway and that's well documented.
Im not sure how long its been since your dose of suboxone, but it always took me about 1hr before I would feel its effects. I was on methadone before going to sub, tapered down from 140mgs-30mgs, then started at 8mgs/suboxone. Im not really sure how methadone compares to morphine milligram wise, but if it doesnt help then talk to your doctor about adjusting your dose. You cant expect to feel great, but it should hold off the w/d's and cravings.
What's your current dose of methadone? How long is this "detox" supposed to last? I'm not very knowledgable about suboxone being used as a detox agent as opposed to long term opiate replacement therapy. I'm going to do some reading about the current thinking on using suboxone short term to detox. Suboxone is very addictive and you're not going to hear much good about it here. That doesn't necessarily mean it can't work for short term detox.
Ok I am on suboxone now and was once on methadone and also I am pregnant. I mean it's best to be on nothing while pregnant but some just can't do that without being extremely sick. From what I've read methadone has been studied for years and has been proven to have no danger to a baby accept that your baby will likely go through withdrawl and you might even have to give it morphine when it comes home.
Can any MD in the state of Florida prescribe Methadone? I have been on Suboxone since 2009 and it helped me get of a high dose of Roxicodone thank god. I am on 8mgs a day and have herniated, buldging, degenitive discs with a sever reverse curve in my neck. My C4.C5. C6. C7 are all whacked and some days it kills me!!
I use to get sealed bottles of 100 40mg diskettes of methadone ten years ago with ease from a General Practioner.
I just wanted to respond to feohmans comment about doctors/anyone advising people to switch from methadone to suboxone in order to detox off of methadone. I think most informed medical proffesionals do this is because short suboxone detox's have been shown to mitigate the severity of methadone withdrawals considerably.
I know from my own experience that as i tapered down off of my methadone dose i had periods of extreme discomfort.
Hey all. I've been on 35mg methadone for 2 years and have to switch to suboxone for insurance reasons. The suboxone doctor just told me to skip one days worth of dose and come in "withdrawaling"... I'm scared that one day won't be enough and I'll go into precip withdrawals, but I don't want to go into full fledged withdrawal because I know I'll get high to alleviate the feeling and end up losing my job (I've been clean for the entire 2 years). Any tips?
I had to go to the emergency room but eventually started getting better, started taking methadone again because I was to afraid to take the suboxone again. My question is , if you take the suboxone and go through withdrawels , does that mean you are then free of the addiction? Does that mean you no longer need to take methadone and have become totally free?
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