Do You Gain Weight With Suboxone? (Page 5)

Hi I'm just starting to research suboxone. I'm currently going to a methadone clinic every day and it is such a hassle. I have to get up every morning at 4am to be there in time to get to work the line is so long but that's beside my point, My real question is Do you gain weight with Suboxone? This is my third attempt at trying to get off of opiates by taking Methadone but every single time I start taking Methadone I gain 40 to 60 pounds within the first 4 months. Most people do, some don't I just happen to be one of them. I get so discouraged by the weight gain that I stop going to the Methadone clinic and then start using again. Sadly my mom died from using the same drug I used before treatment. I have 3 children and want to get my life together again but I just can't cope with the weight gain. Can anyone tell me if Suboxone has the same side affect? And also is there any difference between Suboxone & Suboxine? PLEASE HELP!!!

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She asked if a gain weighting she eats "nothing" read fully please you ignorant drugged up fool

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This is happening to me too. I was an iv drug user for 10 yrs. got on suboxone about 8 mos ago. My life has changed in everyway for the positive except the fact that i have gained almost 20 lbs. I been exercizing the last 3 mos everyday and have a very strict diet and the weight WILL not budge. It is very discouraging i agree.

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When we were junkies we were never eating and always on the move for the next fix, alot of moving around. Now on subs we sit on our ass all day and eat processed foods. That gains weight, it's not super natural. Sorry.

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I have recently took myself off Suboxone after 6 Yeats of taking it. At first, I believe this was the greatest drug ever made and it did give me a normal life.However,35lbs.later and serious kidney problems, to the point where I don't have the feelings of needing to empty my bladder and urine smell will run you out of the bathroom. 7 days without it and I'm ok, no craving, sick for just a couple. These docs just want your money, be careful one medicine might help something and cause more serious ones!

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It looks like half the people gained weight and half didnt. I have lost 40 pounds since I've started taking suboxone. I took lortabs for 2 years. Age 39-41. I have been on suboxone for 2 yrs. am now 43. It is a MIRACLE drug. I stopped working out when I was on lortab because you basically veg out from them. But suboxone has returned my energy. I think those who gained weight did so for a different reason. Not the suboxone itself. An 8 mg strip lasts me two days. Trying to taper off. That is not so easy. But I haven't really pushed myself hard yet. I can't reccomend suboxone highly enough. Saved my life. Good luck to all.

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I HAVE BEEN ON SUBOXONE FOR 6MO. NOW AND ITS AMAZING !!! IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN !!! I WAS REALL BAD ON PAIN PILLS AND OTHER THINGS AND WENT TO A METHADONE CLINIC FOR 1YR AND GAINED WEIGHT, SOOON AS I GOT ON SUB. I LOST IT ALL !!! HANG IN THERE, YOU CAN DO THIS!!

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I have gained so much on methadone and I get disgusted! I finally did a slow detox and made the switch to suboxone. do it too. you won't gain weight. my efforts trying to lose weight were a joke. people know when I am on methadone because I am never big unless I go to the clinic. methadone sucks. be smart and do a slow detox and make plans for a few days of taking vicodin and percocet and don't feel bad about that because you can't take the methadone or suboxone during these 5 days anyway.

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Bran, You are a true fool!! You have totally badged me and you don't even know me, also you act like you are an expert on this subject. Where did you get your degree in Pharmacology? Oh thats right you don't have one! So shut your pie hole and quit judging others!

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hi chris, i'm danielle - I am also 43 and have been on suboxone for 2.5 years...that's awesome that one 8 mg film lasts youj for 2 days - I'd be thrilled if i could get to that point. i am a film and a half a day....it's less than what i started with, but i have plateaued here and need to take the next step...how did u get to 8 mg for 2 days?

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hello jsays,
I don't want to come off as being rude but the amount of weight u gained could be for other reasons....I have been on subs for a year now, eat anything I want, and don't gain any weight at all, if anything I have lost 27 pds since being on them, so maybe and this is only my opinion u need to have so blood work done to find out what is causing the weight gain, no disrespect for I haven't gained any weight off of this med and is has most definitely been a life saver...best of health to u

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hello brittnay,
Who ever told u that subs get u high r not very well educated, I have been on them for over a yr...and although they work great, I don't get any high feeling etc..I just feel normal without the withdrawal of the garbage I was on...so don't let anyone make u think they get u high....this drug is awesome in the fact that it clears your brain receptors and gets them back to normal in time after all of the real opiates you or another have been using... trust me u won't regret getting your or another person's life back from opiates...opiates r the devil...good luck and good blees u..

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I was taking a lot of painkillers and methadone for about 6 years. I started to take suboxen in January of 2012. So Ive been on it for about a year and a half. and Im just now starting to ween myself off of it. well lets just say Ive gained 50 pounds and I always was about 130 before I started taking the suboxen. Ive tried working out, everything, and nothing helps, I WANT TO BE THIN AGAIN. hopefully when I get off of it, the weight will just melt off.

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Yes, some people do gain weight but you've had a history of problems with drugs in the past and as methadone puts weight on you too, Suboxone is probably a better choice. Your life is more important than weight. You do have to be on this drug for the rest of your life (at least you're not supposed to be), it's supposed to help you get off of drugs. So when you get off, continue to do things (I assume you exercise as you are so concerned about your weight and eat properly) you're already doing, and you'll lose the weight. Oh, and your life will not be dominated by drugs in the same way your mom's was. Good luck.

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The bottom line is Suboxone causes most people to lose weight. I have lost over 20 lbs. since I started on it, and I asked my doctor about it just today. There is apparently a causal relationship between Suboxone and weight loss. The obvious question then, is why do some people gain weight. The answer is you have to look at each case individually, but the Suboxone did not cause the weight gain. If you're reading this and you have gained weight since you started taking Suboxone, take a look at everything else in your life that changed around the same time. You may have started a new anti-depressant or some other drug, or you may have had a lifestyle change in general that caused it. I'm not a doctor, I'm only stating what I learned from my doctor. It's hard to determine a causal relationship between many things in life, because our lives are so complicated. We can't live in a vacuum and separate all the things that go on in life from just taking the Suboxone, so it's difficult to determine what is causing what. It does seem pretty clear though, that Suboxone causes most users to lose weight.

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I have been on suboxone for close to 3 years and consider myself to be well informed. I wanted to know as much as I could about this drug since I found it to be a sort of Godsend compared to what the mess masquerading as my life was. I do not understand your post & find it a bit odd? This lady's post is over 5 years old and she talks about weight gain from methadone - she only inquired about suboxone as a possible replacement med she was considering. Your post almost reads as some off-center/off-kilter poetry or anagram/special vehicle with hidden message, due to repetition of word "causal". You said you are not a physician yet it reads in your comment as though u might be trying to?
I only know one person personally besides moi who takes suboxone from previous opiate addictions - never of us had gotten to H yet, though it was coming around the corner, I saw it in the distance. I see lots of comments about weight gain and am a little shocked, I've never heard of this in other suboxone related blogs, nor did either of my docs mention it. I think I gained a few pounds due to a weird sweet tooth I developed, but I tend to fluctuate 5-10 pounds here & there and currently am not overweight but sure as heck could use some toning. I've also never heard of it as a medication with weight loss in side effects list. Indirectly? Yes. This med is notorious for causing constipation and I was flying along nicely for well over a year when all of the sudden, I developed a severe gastro type thing, constipation was a big part of it, I wouldn't wish on anyone what I experienced for a few months March 2012-July 2012. I experienced a lot of night time nausea as well and as a result had a 21 lbs. weight loss and I looked like total dog crap and was harassed indirectly at work, innuendo of eating disorder - man that pissed me off, I love eating and it was upsetting to go to bed sick to stomach. I saw my old Gastro doc from my drinking days and of course he recommended upper/lower which revealed my Barrett's Esophagus diagnosed in 2003 was completely gone - which I attribute to quitting drinking 2006 to present day...MiraLax works wonders for me as long as I take it 3-4 times a week. In hindsight I could have used an enema. I experienced pain I hope to never know the likes of again. You know u have to go and are past the point of no return but it doesn't want to cooperate and it is large & solid/hard and if I were an older person I probably woulda had to call 9-1-1, oh Dear lord! I still love suboxone it saved my butt.
I do not like the film and miss the original tablet terribly. a year ago at this time I had almost 2 months extra supply from having been able to take less than prescribed. with the tablet I could take just one or half of one maybe 2 in earlier days...it was like subox was my antidepressant. I told my doc this and he laughed but he was glad to hear me say it. I told him I had no idea when I planned to start tapering off and he and the other partner doc have ever pressured me - oh the money LOL!
I needed to talk about subox I guess sorry for blathering about...my friend who told me about subox and I loved him for it...well he decided to go in other directions, he got tired of the monthly appointments (we each pay $25 a week they won't take our insurance.....DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS CIRCUMSTANCE? My Rx is covered however, thank God. $10 copay for the month supply.....but I was laid off July 1st and only got 2 months severance and no more insurance after 9/30! I am looking into prescription assistance stuff...I know the films run about $10 each, so needless to say, I can't afford an out of pocket expense of a baby Mortgage payment. Now I just scared myself. I better find something or I'll have to start tapering like, NOW??? Ugh, help.

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I hate to tell anyone that is going on Methadone for pain it causes tremendous weight GAIN it's great for the pain but HORRIBLE on the weight! Trust me I never had weight issues till this horrible methadone! Most Opiods I find make you gain but for doe reason Methadone was the worst!!

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I've been on suboxone for almost a year now and taking a couple a day. I am a 34 year old woman who was 170 pounds and at 5'9 the weight looked good on me, now I am 110 pounds and I look like a skeleton I hate it I can't stand it and I never thought suboxone was the cause til I read this forum. Now I'm pretty sure I wanna quit cuz I eat constantly trying to gain weight but I just keep losing someone please tell me how to gain weight on suboxone or how to quit using it because I am afraid of withdrawal cuz I got 2 little ones I have to care for and a pacemaker and have been having the worst stomach pain and nausea and constipation and everything I want off it this drug is worse than the hydros I was on what can I do?

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You're absolutely correct. It is complicated, more so because people who use Suboxone tend to use other meds, so a causal relationship is difficult to prove. I've been on Suboxone just over a year now, and I have lost 20 lbs or more. I just have no appetite while on the drug. I'm trying to get off it now, down to 8mg/day, and about to cut that in half. The last part will be really tough, but I'm ready to be "normal" again. All the best.

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LOST weight! Suboxone makes you lose weight, period, end of story. That doesn't mean you can't gain weight while taking it, but it wouldn't be caused by the Suboxone!

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