From Suboxone To Methadone

I take 12mg of suboxone a day and it keeps me level headed and happy for the most part. It’s saved my life, but it doesn’t completely ameliorate my urges to use. Sometimes I wonder if Methadone would work better. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Methadone. Has anybody out there switched from suboxone to Methadone?

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Most people usually end up switching the other way, they go from Methadone to Suboxone, since it has been known to enable people to eventually become drug free, while Methadone is highly addictive, and know to be hard to ever taper off it, so most people must take a lifelong maintenance dose of it. (Suboxone NDC 12496-1212, Methadone NDC 0054-4571.)

Have you spoken to your prescriber? You should be able to go up on your Suboxone, for awhile, to help with this problem.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

Thank you for your response. I will talk to my prescriber about my concerns and see what he thinks. Methadone does seem like a pretty harsh drug now that I think about it.

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I'm on 3 mg of Suboxone and my doctor wants to start me on Methadone 20 mg, but I want to get off these meds. What amount of Methadone is equal to 3 mg of Suboxone? Thank you.

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Re: Jim (# 3)

Please stay away from methadone..yes it helps people but lord let me tell you i went thru 17 days of flu like sickness detoxing off of it, it is very hard to get off of. I switched from methadone to suboxone. I finally feel like i have a clear head. Don't get me wrong everyone is different. If u feel like suboxone isnt working then do what u need to do...it is better than being sick or using. I hope this helped.

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