Detox Methods To Get Off Suboxone (Page 2) (Top voted first)

I ,due to a severe injury,was on methadone for 8 yrs and got off that crap and on suboxone at the advice of a friend. I now am at 2 mgs of suboxone daily. My pain issues are mild to none and I want off subs .I went to my doctor who claims he has Much experience with this and has proven that to me...but his method is scaring me and from what I read online I am very hesitant. He prescribed me 2mg dilaudid and valium which I hate and plans to wean me off the subs. Is this right??? I can handle a mild w/d but not a heavy one due to my work. I am not looking for people tellin me to suck it up or give advice other than if the detox method described is reasonable or crazy?? Everytime I try to go below 2mg of subs I feel like hell will a dilaudid taper make it easier or start a new addiction and ultimate w/d??

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hi my name is Steve I agree with your doctor because a long-lasting opiate is much harder to detox from so what he's going to do is put you on a short acting opiate to wean you off of the long acting drug....you can go one way to get off subs but going back the other way is the tough way. Just do as he says. ...

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Hi dont use another oppiate prescription w a shorter half life to kick your 2 mg suboxone habit. That's ridiculous. Instead taper your strips/pills down. First in half, than a quarter, etc. Good luck. Your doc just wants your insurance $!

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I have been taking 16 mg of suboxon for Three weeks and for the last 3 days I've taken 8 mg. I didn't even realize I was taken that much. I thought each pill was 2 mg. I have to get off of this stuff. I have my brother with termal cancer I take care of and my daughter with brain injury . my problem is I have no time to lay down when I get in pain from withdrawal. any suggestions

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first off you must not be fromor near any major city cause everyone knows that the primo s*** is white! just saying. if i were you,, i would take .25 mg off for two weeks if you can handle and then go down another .25 every two weeks. if not try, .10mg for two weeks then go down to .25mg for four weeks then see if you can dro another .10 or .25 mgs. It's your body guy, you know what you can handle best. and doesn't it eat you up that they were charging 10x's for sreet in the state pen...again just sayin'! but look at it this way, if you were getting it out on the street for 10x's cheaper, what kind of habit would have had then? or even worse?!? god bless you and good luck with this and getting your life together, sound's like you're on the right track.

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hope you're still clean god bless.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

(Although known most widely in its abbreviated form above,
the entire prayer reads as follows...)

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

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it can actually help with, it does for me. Ask your dr to put u on subutex, it helped w the depression i already have. im on wellbutrin and subutex (and xanax) it helps most addicts are self medicating for some kind of depression anyway...talk to yer doc!

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I struggled with opiate addiction on and off for 15 years. I had, and still have, legitimate medical conditions that warrant pain meds. 2 months ago, I was put on suboxone 24mgs a day. I managed to taper myself down to 16mgs a day. Last night I had to go to the ER for sharp pelvic pain that I was having. I was diagnosed with a huge cyst on my left ovary. I was basically told that I couldn't get any pain meds bcuz of the suboxone. I was treated with toradol, which is basically IV Motrin, treated like a drug seeking junkie, and sent home. When I had ovarian cysts in the past, I would have my pain managed with narcs of some sort. I've taken every single anti inflammatory known to man, including tramadol and some prescription strength NSAIDS and nothing helps. My suboxone physician suggested I increase my dose of subs back up to 3 a day, which I did and still am not getting pain relief. The counselor at my sub doc's office basically accuses me of not being motivated to stay clean and told me to find other ways to manage my pain. I even have burn marks on my skin from soaking in hot baths and falling asleep with the heating pad on my lower abdomen.

Suboxone does help curb cravings for opiates. I was able to smoothly transition from percs and Vicodin to subs with no withdrawal symptoms. But this medication is an obstacle in providing pain relief for acute pain management situations. Once u say that ur own suboxone to any physician or ER staff, ur labeled a drug seeker. Physicians don't realize that there's a difference between drug seeking and plain old pain relief seeking. I even spoke to a pain management doc and they do nothing to treat ovary pain. I want to get off this crap ASAP. I'm back down to 16 mgs a day and I've read horror stories about sub withdrawal. My sub doc is a psychiatrist, not a pain management doc. I've read alot of articles online about how pain can be managed in sub patients by using higher doses of short acting opioids. But my Gyn and the ER physician refused to try that. Now I'm in agony and forever labeled a drug seeker. Please help!

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After 10 years I started taking portals, 10, 10mg pills at a time up to 50 a day, then moved on to 3 oxy 80's at a time up to three times a day, then I found my favorite methadone, after wafers were gone I began taking 10, 10mg pills at a time, letting them dissolve before swallowing them, I honestly don't know how many a day, I had an abundance of them at all times, then I was pulled over and put in jail after them finding 170 methadone in a baggie, detoxing in jail was HELL! In rehab I was placed on 3 suboxone a day, that's been more than 3 years ago, now my Dr has moved leaving me with one refill and a pat on the back wishing me the best! Where I live if you're on suboxone your considered a drug searcher so no other Dr wants to take me as a pt, so I'm going to suck it up and try to wean off of them when I get my last refill.........any idea's on how I should do this without feeling like absolute s***?

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Shell, Sorry to hear about your troubles. 10 years is a long time. Any luck yet?

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I am feeling such despair. I have been on opiates for 4 years now, using H for the past 2 years. My husband uses too. The sad thing is that we had a son. He is the blameless victim of our addiction. We both feel terrible. We have lied to our families, stolen money, have done whatever it takes to get straight when feeling sick. So tired of this life.

But the despair is clouding my thinking. I simply can not imagine what life is like without drugs. Without the sweet relief of a dose of H when you're dope sick. We have tried several times to quit. I even went to see an addiction specialist to help me/us. He gave me a prescription for suboxone. But guess what, I ended up trading them for H. How stupid!

Well, here I am, starting at square one again. My son has been with my in-laws for 4 days now, while we try to kick this nasty addiction and finally get clean. We used the first two nights, then 2 nights ago, we began our detox. We got through almost 48 hours but then broke. At hour 43, I pressured my husband into calling the dealer. Now I am sitting here facing the first couple days all over again. Sucks! I keep telling myself to get through AT LEAST the first 3 days and things will get better. I do have a few subs to help when things get really bad. I just can't picture myself getting there. Here I am, choosing to screw up my detox than be with my son. This is true agony.

I've even reading these posts, looking for help and hope. I've been I a few NA meetings, been reading the Big Book from AA. But I am still feeling despair and discouraged. Please - it does get better - doesn't it ????

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It WILL get better stay strong. I am doing the same thing; detoxing. Although not from H, but oxys. I also was reading these comments from multiple sites all morning for inspiration that it will get better and for some reason i felt compelled to comment on your post. I pray for you and your family. Do this for YOU!! I look at it like this; whats a few days or even a week or two of feeling like crap when ive wasted yrs of my life high. I dont remember how it is to feel "normal" But I am gonna get there and you are too! Good Luck! GOD BLESS YOU!!

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If you get tangled in the opiate web then you must come to grips with this fact. No matter what method you use there will be a period of you being uncomfortable, period, no way around it. Face it and deal with it. Subs can help but you will have to deal with the consequences of opiate use/abuse. Your mind is very powerful and can easily take a little discomfort into full blown agony. There is an end in sight and you must look at it as a challenge to get there, no matter what, failure is not an option. Lets face it, people have endured much more pain and discomfort than opiate withdrawals and survived.

Imagine telling a veteran of WW2 Battle of Bulge, he endured days on end outside in sub zero temperatures, freezing feet, hands, 24 hrs a day, spending days in cold, dirty, wet fox hole. Now add the fact of witnessing the death of friends and someone trying to kill you.
Now you tell me, how could you keep a straight face when telling someone who endured that of your troubles while huddled under a blanket watching TV. Opiate withdrawal is no fun and with short term Sub taper it is even milder but it is no way some incredible obstacle you cannot overcome. If your desire to end opiate use is as strong as the desire of soldiers trying to stay alive than it becomes just a bump in the road. The answer always lies in your mind and how you perceive things, think its hopeless than it will be, think you can overcome and you will. People are looking for answers everywhere when in fact you hold the answer "I'm I done or not"

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Your full of it .low dose tramdol ,for one month .

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Well, this is definitely NOT the way it is usually done by those trained in using Suboxone, usually it is tapered by itself and stopped at the lowest possible dose to prevent withdrawal symptoms and you certain aren't supposed to add more narcotics when you are trying to help someone get off of them.

This doctor may have experience treating addiction, but he might not be trained in how to handle Suboxone and weaning someone off of it.

There is a website with more information: Suboxone.com Click Here

You may find more information or a doctor in your area who is trained in its use.

Does anyone else have information to help?

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