Can You Take Benzos While You're On Suboxone? (Page 5)

I've been seeing a lot of posts regarding taking benzos while on Suboxone. It is ok to take a benzo w/ suboxone - as long as you're taking the prescribed dosages you'll be fine. Now if you're taking 3 or 4 8mgs of Suboxone and say 5 or 6 Xanax that's not good, that's where the reported deaths have come from. I've been on Subs for 5 yrs. I've also been subscribed klonopin and am currently taking valium w/ it and it's fine. I'm on a low dose and only take what I am prescribed.

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i have been addcted to herion for 12 years and am realy sick of it and am serious obout kicking it for good, iv started taking suboxone and find some relieve from withdrawls but could be doing with something else to help, i have 5mg diazipams but im worried that if i take some it might throw me into withdrawls, can anyone advise me wether this would happen or not, would be appretiated.

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I was on 130mg of methadone for 3yrs for opiate addiction. Got tired of going to clinic every day. Wanted to switch to suboxone. They told me to wait 72hrs then start suboxone. I waited 4 and took 8/2 suboxone. Within 30mins was in the most horrible precipitated withdrawal. I wanted to die! The withdrawal lasted 3 days...I've taken a few xanax to ease my anxiety.when can I try the suboxone again and can i take the xanax b4 the suboxone? I'm scared it's going to do the same thing to me again, and I don't think I'd make it through that another time!

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I just started on suboxone sublingual strips. I had been taking methadone 10mg 2 to 3 times a day. I have Crohn's disease, and a disorder with my bladder called IC and it is very painful, all of the opiate use started from being prescribed painkillers to help with stomach and bladder pain, eventually I started to abuse and became addicted to hydrocodone Needless to say I lived a life of Hell for about 5 years. About a year ago, I started the methadone and have not been abusing any medications in the last, I would say 18 months, but I did still take it, just the right way. Anyway, I want to be off of all of the medication completely and I took the first suboxone strip today at 2 pm, it really didn't help much, now it did help me mentally, but I am still doing the sweating number and stomach pain and my back is killing me. I guess the question here is this I have tried to stop the methadone on my own, no help from suboxone, and I couldn't do it I was an absolute mental case, will these strips help me, and how long do u think it will go on?

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Yes I do I am currently on 14 mg of subs a day. I can't sleep. It's a real problem. I have tried other non additive treatments like trazdone and squeal these Meds have harsh side effects that r worse then my sleep problem. My sleep problem is bad I can't sleep till 6 or 7 morning on a good day. I am sick of trying Meds that don't work. I knw for a fact that benzos do. You can't ignore one medical problem just b cuz the treatment might b additive . How em I suppose to function without a proper sleep cyle. What else can I take besides benzos that don't make my heart beat rapidly or leave me very tired when I m awake? I am very desperate at this point for sleep. I don't think with holding benzos as a possible treatment is better then living with no sleep !

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Hey the guy maybe abusing the Meds and that is not a good thing however, he gonna do it anyway Someone might as well tell him the safe dose so he doesn't die. It's ppl like u is the reason why ppl lye about there past addiction problems because they can't get the right Meds for there probl. Squeal leaves me tired and zombiefied during the day. So has it occurred to u that he lied to his doctor to get benzos for sleep or anxiety? Instead of the doc dishing out squeal that is supposed to be used for psychosis.

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It is protocol too tell the patient to not take any Benz opine with subs.
So party at your own risk and don't just gobble down a whole bunch of pills at once.
Moderation is the key

Go to build up a tolerance to everything.

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I know this is an old thread but there is a lot of disinformation that needs to be clarified.

It is absolutely fine to take benzodiazapines with Suboxone. Be sure to provide your physician ( preferably an addiction specialist) with a full list of prescription and non-prescription medications and their doses so your physician can prescribe the proper dosage to avoid any complications such as potentially fatal respitory depression.

If you are at a proper addiction clinic (Methadone and Suboxone clinic), they will carefully monitor you the first day you are given buprenorphine while they adjust your dose.

If you are misusing your anxiety medication(s), it is absolutely CRUCIAL that you inform your doctor. Suboxone and any other CNS depressant, especially when misused can result in death.

Remember your physician is there to help you. If you have a valid prescription for benzos they will work around it.

Source: Physician specializing in a addiction with OATC (Ontario Addiction Treatment Centers)

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I've been on buprenorphine ( subutex) 5-6years now with 1mg klonopin (clonazepam ) for the same time from the same dr and he urges me to lower doses and get off klonopin just because legally i guess they were never supossed to be prescribed together but I have no side effects except maybe liver damage from my hep c and from being hooked on one drug to two now which is kind of a total b**** and its the dr and my fault I didn't NEED them once I got on sub cause that helped my anxiety but I got them anyway n now I'm stuck on them till I can detox from benzos at least . MORAL OF THE STORY IS SOME PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR MEDS N NOT BE RETARDED N basically TAKE THEM AS PRESCRIBED or LESS (thats what i do i actually take a quarter sub and quarter kpin more when i need it) U DON'T FEEL HIGH ON BENOS ANYWAY you Just get sleepy. Dumb kids/People just ruin everything for the decently smart humans .

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I take 16mg of suboxone a day and 2mg of Xanax a day I just recently started taking both and I feel aweful I have trouble breathing and I'm very drowsy I don't recommend taking both

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I'd only like to reply..I was on methadone and Xanax for 6 years(granted,I DID take more methadone than than prescribed SOMETIMES..but not every time this happened)however taking benzos with the methadone I overdosed 4 times!(YES,after reading that I know how ignorant I already sound BUT..) I've NOW been on suboxone and subutex for 5 years and overly taking the benzos and never overdosed nor had any issues. My opinion would be that taking both meds as prescribed would be alright..but that's only my opinion..

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From 's personal experience (I have had friends die from doing this) most people die because they are taking suboxone and still trying to get high from the opiates. When they don't get high, they keep taking more, thus overdosing and that can only end in death. This is a question and answer place where people are asking for other people's personal experience. I think the person that answered the original question was going by his own personal experience and from what his doctor told him. Try not to be so hard on people. They is an enormous amount of information on the net as you others pointed out. He just wanted to know what your personal experiences had been. Just trying to keep the peace! :)

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I am currentky on suboxone. I havnt took one today but I took 3 xanaxes. Will I be ok

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Yes. You will be ok. I am on valium three times daily as well as Suboxone. Before the valium I was on xanax, however after finding out i get bad mood swings from xanax and am just not myself, my doctor decided on valium for my anxiety. You will be fine. Although unless it says to take that many at once you should be careful on just that alone. If your not feeling the desired effects of the xanax do not continue to take more hoping to achieve whatever it is your going for. It doesn't matter if you have had a suboxone or not, it doesn't effect it much. Just be careful. You may not feel the effects and think its ok to take more when it is in your system and pwople od due to changes in tolerance. Hope this helps.

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I have successfully got off 180 mgs of methadone...stopped for about 5 days and it was hell BUT..what I did was take half a sub (to see the affect) bc taking suboxone while on methadone is DEADLY...trust me,please? However..if this works for you I'd recommend taking suboxone no longer than 1 1/2 weeks bc trust me u don't want to be addicted to that! It's worse and longer to detox from..I hope that helps

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That is because 2-4 days is NOT long enough! I have no idea y they told u that..I've always been informed to wait AT LEAST 7 days up to 10...now with that said...10 days you've almost beating it but if u still want to try I waited 7 or 8 days (can't remember ) and this didnt happen to me as did the 3 days did! Maybe try subutex instead of suboxone at 1st and this won't happen

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Dr D.
Hope you can respond to this, I need someone with your skill set to answer this for me: I'm on a suboxone program in OH and my doctor at my last visit had a list in which he said was "sent to her from the DEA". On that list were all of my benzodiazipens that I have taken for the past year, which doc gave me the meds, and the pharmacy i filled them with the exact doses. He knew that I was on the benzo's the first day I went to him.(just over a year, a patient) He threatened to kick me out of the program but didn't. Along with more threats that I could possible be indicted for taking both drugs together, than to top it all off denied me to go out of state to see my brother I have not seen in 5 years. Of course I could go if i wanted to get kicked out of the program, that was my only option. I don't want to be kicked out so I cancelled my vacation. My question to you or anyone that may be able to help is this. Where my rights violated in anyway, if so how? I feel violated, this just dosn`t seem right. Thank to anyone that might be able to help me with this.

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I agree with you. I'm a pharmacist. It all depends on a) the person. Some people react differently. B) dosage. I suggest taking them apart. & truthfully, most of the rx I got in for suboxone. (Buprenorphine/Naloxone come with something for depression and/or anxiety/insomnia issues. Use it only when needed & only your prescribed dose. Avoid alcohol if possible. Remember, benzodiazapines are highly addictive & can have some nasty side-affects on some people. Use caution,.

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I'm also on suboxone (24mg) a day and I'm on klonopin (3mg) a day. I've been on both of them 4 awhile now. Never had any problems. But u need 2 take them as prescribed or u could have problems.

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I agree with u. I have a history of being on heavy duty pain meds. Due 2 many of surgeries and medical problems. I'm on 24 mgs. Of suboxone and 3 mgs of klonopin. I also have generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD. And , as u said, " trust in your doctor and medical team." If u take your meds the way u r suppose 2, u won't have any problems.

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Mark, if u r on suboxone then u should take them faithfully every day. Try not 2 skip doses. R u prescribed the Xanax? If u r, take those as prescribed also. If not, b very careful. I'm on 24 suboxone and 3 of klonopin a day. I'm also a nurse and have worked in the field. I don't know everything, but, I can help with what I do know.

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