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I have ten suboxones. I have been taking oxycontin for pain but want to try at home to w/d. I can't discuss this with my doctor as it will affect my insurance. This is a fact..in my case... Can someone on here tell me how to take my subs? I would appreciate any answers and no lectures. How many do I need to withdraw..Thanks so much.

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I am a herion addict and have been for about two years i shoot six bags three times a day my boyfirend does the same i have ten subs and am so confused about what me and him should do i was told to take 4mg at the start of my withdrawl and 2mg after that every four hours and on the las day space them out every eight hours i really want to do this i cant wait to have my life back but my problem iswaiting to be sick and will the subs help when i take them

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ive been on oxy for about a year been slowly going down and now they dont make them anymore i have 3 subs and i need to do this this is day 1 its been 24 hours since did an oxy so far not that bad did some subs a quarter at time still feel week and a little pain any suggestions pls

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Hi I been Doing Oxys for about a good 3 months straight, I got really hooked an it is very bad. I snore 30mg roxys every day at least about four of them. An Im very tired of seeing my life go bad i have been to rehab an meetings but real talk that s**t dont work. Now i bought these suboxones from my homeboy the N8 an I need to know how to use them. I only have 5 of them, is there anybody who can help me with this solution?

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Oh yeah, I forgot to say,when I went to the clinic, I was in w/d so bad, I felt like I was going to die! I was sweating, stomach in knots, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, body aches, and was scared really to take it bc I had heard some bad stuff about them. At the clinic where I go, they induce you, so she gave me one 8mg pill and Iet it dissolve, and then she came back in and gave me another. The first one helped me a lot but the second one took the w/d away totally and I can proudly say, that was the last day that I have felt the terrible pain of w/d!! I will help anyone that I can, so feel free to ask!!:)

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Hi, I'm read many topics..,and like i understand every body have different symptom of withdraw .I can tell about my expirense: I was born in Russia when I come over here i start use (heroin) tar...very long 16 yr,Subaxone work for me is best,i try every think for this period and how i do:I take 1/4 peel of 8mg about 2-3 hour before sickness come over,and take another 1/4 after 3-4 hour and I not fell any sickness,just if you fell not so well take 1/4 more and wait like 1-2 hour and you be okay believe me.And you can melted and do by rig...,but this is scary but work very good and fast.Good luck my dear NARKS..

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Roxanne,
I'm assuming they're the 8mg pills. First, wait til you get your withdrawal symptoms from your last oxy. Then, take 1/4 of the 8mg pill. You'll be amazed how much just a little bit of suboxone will stop your withdrawals. Use as little as possible. If you crush it into a powder, then under tongue, it actually works faster, and you don't need as much for some reason. But keep a couple Sub's around for insurance. It stays in your system for 3 days, and you may think you're out of the woods, but you may get a w/d surprise after your time off. If you can go 5 days without anything you're off !

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I have to say one thing I haven't heard anyone admit....SUBOXONE tastes awwwwwwfulllllll! Pill form, or film form----YUCK! lol Okay, I just had to get that out. Anyway....suboxone is a miracle drug and even though it tastes terrible, it is definitely worth it. I took my first 8mg tablet and I couldn't believe how fast it worked. I felt great, and didn't even think about trying to find some norco, which is what I would've spent my whole morning doing had it not been for the sub. Okay, I added my 2 cents----I hope and pray you all are doing well, and remember this: we are all addicts, its not something we enjoy being, its not something we want to proudly share....but we are human and make mistakes. So for those of you that do relapse occasionally, don't beat yourselves up about it----tomorrow is another day to start over. God bless all of you and take care---- Spice06

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I was taking 80 mg oxy per day and 4 oxcodone for breakthru pain..I decided to first do a taper and it has been working. At this time I take a 5 in the a.m. 20 in the afternoon and 5 at night. I have been told by people that truly want to detox with sub..that you must go 2 days off of all the oxy and they you have to put your sub under your tongue and let it melt...I found most of my help on a site called topix..you can start a thread right away and get good advise as most people on there are doing the same as you..www.topix.com...really they were a big help to me...most of them will tell you to wait two days...good luck..i wish you had some time to taper first..but if you don't go to topix..also I googled and got so much informatrion...google how to use suboxone just experiement..the answers are out there for you...good luck...

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I'm going to tell you all my personal experience with being addicted to pain pills and going to a clinic and being given Suboxone 4xday. I was addicted to pain pills very bad, and I wanted my life back so I went to a clinic, and they drug tested me, I told them that I could take anywhere from 10 or more lorcets 10mg or stronger or weaker stuff just w/e was available. You do have to be 12 hours in w/d or it will make you sick. I was told to take the 4 how ever I wanted them( at the same time, one pill 4x) and I have always taken one in the morning, mid day, and so on. I have been clean of pain pills for over a year now and am slowly tapering off the suboxone when I feel ready to go down. You do dissolve them under your tounge, I was told to break one in half, and put each peice on both sides under your tounge. The Suboxone are great, and have given me my life back! I hope you all Get your life back too!!!

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pazzo, if your taking a 1/4 at a time and still not feeling better, up your dosage, 3 subs are def. NOT enough to detox...sorry \/\/

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I was addicted to Oxy,, myself taken 5-6 80mg a day...Here is my story,, My husband left me and I was about to loss my 3kids and I despertly wanted to change my life cause I knew if I didnt I was going to end up in prison or DIE..I started taken Suboxone 3-8mg a day,,That was a year ago...Now i take 10mg a day and I HAVE MY LIFE BACK (not my husband :(..) My kids have more now then i could ever give them before, I'm in school becoming a Surgical Tech. and I'm happy, my kids are happy... Suboxone dose work and you cant just assume that in a week u will be off the suboxone cause it dosnt work that way, you didnt become an addicite in a week and u cant get clean in a week but I do promise u this,, If u are truly wanting to get ur life back and u really really want sobrity then suboxone can help u make that a reality...I have been on it for a year and slowly coming off the suboxone,I have heard of people having w/d from it but I have went 4days without it and didnt have any but not eveyone is the same...Facts about suboxone,, YOU HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 24HOURS AFTER UR LAST PILL TO TAKE UR FIRST SUBOXONE,, OR YOU WILL GO INTO GOD AWFUL W/D..I know it happen to me,,it was worse then w/d off Oxy...A little dose go along way,,the less u start off with the faster you will get of Suboxone...It makes u hungry,, very very hungry...So ladys bewear u may gain a lil weight. And last but not least...GOOD LUCK,, I know the strugles u are about to go through but It will get easier.
And another lil fact for those that have to take some time off work to start this,, dont excpect to be off anything in a week,,but just have comfort in knowing that in a week whn u go back to work u will feel like a new person on the Suboxone,, Good luck to all,, U are in my prays...WV

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Hey,

I know it's long but please read if you want to use subs to kick opiates! Iv been taking about 40-50 norocs a day too, somedays more...I think I killed a bottle of 240 in a freaking weekend! I took orally only but i would chew them sometimes for faster results and iv taking them for a long long time...and yes it scary and horrible. Some days i was fighting sleep so hard because i was scared that i might just stop breathing and not wake up! (Iv read stories about how easy it can happen no matter the tolerance level) i even written a letter once in my phone to my fiancée (who has no idea the degree of my addiction) apologizing if that day came... Subs help A LOT! I have gotten off norcos lots of times! Iv felt the feeling of normal emotions and happiness after...

Iv been able to completely beat the withdrawals but... my problem is I keep relapsing...ill be feeling so good normally and iv beaten the withdrawals so many times that I start thinking...ehh ill just sub it when I am out of pills... I have officially made up my mind that I will not take any more norcos ever! This is what I did every time to get off and it WORKS! Over and over and over. Mind you my withdrawals are sooooooo bad cold turkey...i couldn't function, didn't want to see or talk nor listen to anyone, it was the flu on steroids...Before you read the process please understand that it takes 30 min or sometimes 45-hour for the "feelings" to go away...and you CANT TAKE OPIATES WITH SUBS! you will honestly have the worse stomach ache in the world! Plus throwing up and feeling like the world ending is a better solution... it's just all bad...understand when you take subs you will not have the urge to take the pills so make sure you do not have any pills around...it will ruin your day...horribly. I would purchase 8mg sub strips (orange strips that dissolve in your mouth) and what I found works perfectly is splitting them by folding it in half evenly (like folding paper to make a paper airplane) and splitting it through the crease. I explain the process on a day to day basis, understand if the withdrawals are worse than what I explain you can double your days up with the dosage (not double the dosage! i mean repeat the same day again with the SAME dose!) i recommend that you don't want to be on the subs for more than 7-10 days but hey one time it took me 20 days to completely kick it...and if your kicking H it might be different, but the idea behind it is the same. if you're a first time sub user, the day-to-day as described should def. help! Here it goes!

Day 1: When you wake up (you should already feel the withdrawals) tear the strip in half, drink some water so your mouth isn't dry and put the half strip under your tongue on either the right side or left, keep it under there for as long as it takes (sometimes 30 min!) don't swallow the strip or chew it...don't swallow the spit! Keep it in your mouth underneath the tongue! If you take 40 norcos a day it might give you alittle relief after 30 min of complete dissolve but not all the way relief so then I suggest you put the second half of the strip under the other side of the tongue (only if you truly feel like you need it) I suggest switching side of placement under the tongue from the side you used first every time you take another dose.. Your day should feel amazing! No withdrawals...no shakes, no sweats...normal! By the mid or end of the day you may or may not feel some withdrawals coming back...I suggest taking one more HALF strip at night or late late afternoon and call it a day.

Day 2: You should feel a little better but the withdrawals will start again...I suggest taking a half strip now and just try to move forward with the day until the afternoon...(only if the withdrawals are non existing, which my multiple experience Showed) then when you start to feel them take the second half of the strip (try to wait as long as you can) maybe when the sun sets. If the second day the withdrawal is unbearable then just follow the first day routine one more time. Make sure your splitting them and not taking the whole thing! Subs are strong and they are made for people who abuse H and unfortunately they ARE addicting...so don't take full strips at a time!

Day 3: On your third day (or fourth depending on the second day) you should feel fine until later in the morning/noon...take a half strip and see if you can go all the way until night fall to take another half. (You can even split second half to 2/3 and take it. (Making it a quarter of the full strip)

Day 4: Next day go through your day and you should be feeling much better! (Remember it's all about how you feel, sometimes it takes longer to get off completely...(I have no idea why but there's times I went from one strip to half in 2 days) Take half a strip when needed. ..you should be able to go through the day with that alone... Now the tricky part is at night now...your mind is going to "want" to take the second half just out of habit...if you don't feel withdrawals...don't...but if you really want to...split a half to half...so your taking a quarter of a strip at night now. Now you'v been pill free for 3-4 days (maybe more if your withdrawals are much worse and again my experience is with me taking 40-50 norcos minimum A DAY for months at a time...next step now is to get off the subs Without withdrawing...

Day 5: Next day go through your day drink caffeine for energy, hot bath, workout, Or do nothing...whatever you want just make sure you wait to take the half strip as long as you can! (Nighttime) Once you take it you should be good for the rest of the day! if for any reason (be honest with yourself) you feel like your feeling physical withdrawals take half of the quarter strip again.

Day 6: now your going to take quarter of strip when you start to feel the minor minor withdrawals, goal is to go through the day without anymore but realistically you are going to take another quarter at the end of the day.

Day 7: take quarter of a strip as late as possible...if you feel like you need some more split the second quarter dose in half! So half of the quarter strip which is pretty small by now but trust me, it's potent, that should make you feel normal for the rest of the day...if for any reason you feel withdrawals...take second half of the quarter you split.

Day 8: put in your mind that you have only half of a quarter strip for the day...plan is to take it at night or maybe not take it at all!
You maybe able to go through the rest of the day with no subs! But worse case scenario if you feel you need a dose, take the half quarter dose AT NIGHT!

Day 9: my suggestion is the same as day 8.

Day 10: you should be free of subs.

There's instances that I become free of subs one day then the next day I feel withdraws, you can take half a quarter on that day...you can switch to every other day or two days off one day on... But honestly you should be good and proud. Don't be discouraged if you had to double days or even triple! If you had to take two doses of half strips for 3 days in a row so be it! Just be aware that doctors want you on it for a long time...I know people taking it for years...DON'T BE THAT PERSON! sub block your brain receptors and who knows what kind of damage to the emotional part of your brain that can cause with long term use.

Biggest issues after being sub free is the urge to go back to pills because it was so easy to get off with this program...you have understand the reason you quit...I bet your personality is so much better now? Your probably much happier? You probably can drink without worrying about the effects and for men you can actually enjoy being in bed with your woman without worn her out and making her think something is wrong with her because you can't climax! Haha. Life is too short...live it without being sedated! I am now on day 1 again for the 10th time but I WILL NOT relapse... Feeling normal is amazing...and way more fun...

Ps. There's times where I might take adderal to help with energy, issues are anxiety effects can make you feel like crap...subs help with the anxiety alot but last thing you need is getting addicted to another pill...plus when you get off the adderal there are permanent effects on your Concentration that can happen yes PERMANENT...also when you take it for a while and stop...man oh man you become lazy and you just want to sleep for days...so I suggest to sticking with caffeine to keep your day productive...but subs alone would enable you to do that!

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I will be on vacation for a week and will answer all of my mail when I get back. Hope all of you have a very pain free week....

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I am currently on 30-40 norcos a day & really need to get off these, will subs really help someone as bad as me? I've been addicted for about 5 yrs not this many gradually been going up, & I feel a lot of mine is mental more then anything, PLZ no lecturing because I already no I'm an idiot for being this bad, but now it is time to stop. I can't tell my Dr. how many I actually take I'm afraid he would kick me right out.

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Anyone on this site...seriously wanting to make a life change, you just have to have the proper landing gear (subs) and at least 10-15 some people have to stay on subs for a month depending on how much u were using...hope my info helped someone \/\/

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I am now on suboxones I has addicted to pain pills for about 2 1/2 yrs mayb 3 OMG if you try suboxones it's like a miracle pill for w/d from pain pills I LOVE them so much I feel normal again my body dnt depend on pills or want them IT's AWSOME!!!!!!!

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listen this isn't "lets buy drugs" - what im trying to say to this guy is HOW to use his sub's == and if ya wanna get {edited to comply with our policies}

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FYI, it is very hard to read the last post w/ the misspells and all.

I don't get where this thread is going - it started about taking our lives back from the control of opiates and about using suboxone to do that, and now people are giving out recipes on how to get a good high while others are offering to buy people's oxys?? YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SITE. Go somewhere else w/ that useless info.

Anyway, to answer a previous question about how long to wait before taking your 1st subox, my dr. never told me I had to wait for 12-24 hours or whatever. In fact, I was just barely feeling any kind of w/drawal when I took my 1st one, which was only about 8 hrs later. And while I commend people who are trying to get off opiates w/ 10 or 15 subs, I would like to say that it really is better all around to go to a clinic and have them prescribed to you. Then you can have your dose regulated for you specifically and have a dr. monitoring your progress for the best possible outcome. I was on subs for about 3 months after a 5-6 yr addiction, and for me, that was enough time. The main problem w/ having a short and quick w/drawal and recovery (i.e. a couple of weeks or less) is that your chances of relapse are HUGE. So for those who still want to do it that way, get yourself a good support system and make some life-changing plans to keep you on track b/c you have to take the psychological w/drawal into consideration - and many people don't. That's why many dr.s reccommend a year or two for being on subox - b/c when the subs are in your system, you could go back to your drug (opiate) of choice but you wouldn't be able to get high off it no matter how hard you tried. Without the subs, well, you know how it goes. I would've stayed on them a little longer, but for some reason the subs left me exhausted all the time. But the moral of this story is to suck it up and go see a dr.! No one will find out you're on subox, even your other dr.s - it's all confidential! Give yourself the best chance possible. And for those on here who are trying to use subox to get some kind of better high, I feel sorry for you, but seriously - find a different forum.

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I'm new to this thread. Just have a couple questions.. hoping somone out there can help out. Sounds like we're all in the same boat!

Ive struggled with my addiction to oxycontin/oxycodone for almost 3 yrs, on and off. This last time, I had been on them for about 4 months straight. I was able to acquire 4 8mg suboxone tablets.

Today is my 4th day on the subs. First day i took 4mg in the morn & 4mg at night. Second & third day, i took the same doses at the same time. Today, day 4, i only took a quarter this morning. If needed, i had planned to take a quarter tonight also. Which would leave me 2 quarters for tomorrow, day 5.

My question for everyone is, after taking my last 2 quarters of sub tomorrow, will i be "normal" the day after that (day 6)?

I was trying to use sub only for detox.. which we all know is about 5-7 hard days. I hope the method I chose will be successful. If anyone has any input, i'd love to hear it.

Thanks!

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The subs do and will work. Wait untill you are feeling w/d sumptoms. Then star with a whole n/8 sub under your tongue as late before bed as possible. You will be able to sleep, and also wake up feeling good. Then take another whole one about lunch time. The next day take another whole one under your tongue. The rest of the week, you only need a half a day till gone. After that you drug free. Subs dont cause any with draw, unless your takein them for months. Now stayclean and go to N/A, get a sponser and support group!!! Good Luck!! I did it and im 42 an stayed clean for 10yrs. Anyone can do it!!!!

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