Generic Subutex/buprenorphine - Which Manufacturer Do You Prefer? (Page 15)
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Hello All,

I recently just got changed from suboxone to subutex due to a pretty bad allergic reaction to the naloxone in the suboxone. Basically my question for everyone is which generic do you guys prefer? My pharmacist can order any kind for me so at the moment I just got the Roxanne ones 8mg - they are white round tablets. This is my first day using and am already noticing my migraines are starting to subside, not fully, but starting to. So yeah if anyone has any suggestions please let me know all the ups and downs that you guys have been experiencing, thanks!

Good luck to one and all!

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Please tell me how I can find out which pharmacies fill tevas?!?! Any commercial ones you know of??

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I would sugest the buprenorphine Teva 8mg sublingual tablet. It is slightly yellowish but apart from that looks just like the old subutex.it seems to me as if it has basically just the same texture to it. It melts under the tongue just like subutex, and feels just like it. A couple of other brands they gave me in the hospital were far from as good. There can be a huge difference. I stick to the Teva. I have 24mgs per day.

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what was the alleged allergic reaction u had to the naloxone in the suboxone to get the doctor to switch u to subutex instead of the suboxone?..i just started with a doctor about 2 weeks ago and he's a real hard a*s or thinks he has to act that way to us opiate addicts i guess lol..he was cryin about using subutex but in the end he started me with the 8mg subutex for 2 weeks cuz i told him i did 40mg of methadone 5 days earlier..he wants to put me on suboxone on wed.but im tryin to tell the guy i can't take that naloxone which is true..i tried it b4 and quit it because it fully agitated my severe depression,anxiety,social phobia..i have a dopamine imbalance as well as seratonin imbalance.and i have severe pain in my knee which i had up while driving and crashed and my knee actually broke the steering wheel about 2 yrs ago so on top of being a self medicator for mental/emotional issues i became a self medicator for pain issues so i can actually play ball and pick up my 6 and 7 year old boys..suboxone actually causes pain and and i think makes my depression/anxiety/social phobia/emotional problems 10 times worse because i think it has something to do with the naloxone in it totally blocking off and messing with even your own natural dopamine which has to do with depression/happiness/pain..and i don't see the big deal because the subutex is a total opioid agonist and antagonist way more so then methadone and is a total opioid blocker in itself naturally and starts blocking the first to 2nd day tops even if you tried taking enough opiates to kill a dinosaur u wouldnt feel it with the regular subutex alone..plus im disabled for my issues and my crappy medicaid insurance actually pays for the subutex which is ultra expensive and the suboxone is even more expensive...and i pay the doctor enough money in cash to see him..regular subutex came out in 1980 and it said under "use' (opiate addiction) back then even alls suboxone is is a way to remarket this old school methadone type synthetic opioid by adding one extra thing to it that has side effects and is no good for you and pregnant or nursing women cant take it for a reason.....THE NALOXONE...which isnt even needed because the buprenorphine in itself is already the strongest opioid agonist plus antagonist meaning blocker out of all the opiates/opioids out there.also my mother was an RN for 40 years and in the end was the super at an old folks hospital and she said they had every one of those old people on methadone as a pain killer because it is the cheapest pain killer on earth..dirt cheap..and buprenorphine and methadone are the only 2 opioids that are almost the same being synthetic,agonists,antagonists,and both have the longest half lives out of all..so think about it...buprenorphine would really be dirt cheap just like methadone if they didnt do the whole naloxone additive bs...

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look, all i can go on is my experience with both brands/manufacturers. my experience is honest and forthcoming, i have no reason to lie or give high to marks to one brand and not the other. i had gotten pretty used to the Roxanne brand, the normal sized one with 54/11 on one side i believe. they really worked well for me. after they dissolved under my tongue, i felt the medication working and never had a problem with cravings. Then, out of the blue, my pharmacy changed manufacturers and i was given the really small, HiTech ones. i sometimes break them in half, needing only 4 mg at times and more at other times. needless to say, the Hitech ones make it hard to do this and it never seems like that little of medication could do anything. To make a long story short, i didnt like the HiTech ones AT ALL, they seemed to not last as long and didnt seem to have the amount of medication i was used to. My advice : remain on the Roxanne brand if you can, do not think that less filler is going to necessarily make a better delivery system. They are not as good, bottom line. Just my opinion though.

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How soon after taking those generic an415 can u take a roxie? I took it and im so sick but afraid to take a roxie cause its too soon i took it at noon today.

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I may not have personal experience with either of these generics, but I did want to go ahead and link you to a couple other threads here with more information on other Subutex reviews:

Discuss/can-subutex-be-a-small-whit-round-pill-with-8-on-one-side-and-an-arrow-on-the-other-210321.htm

Discuss/white-pill-with-54-411-198728.htm

Maybe some of the personal experiences on those threads can help you make a more informed decision between the two.

I hope this helps!

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