Subutex/methadone

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I have been taking methadone for 10 days starting at 30 and ending at 60. I don't want to have to get up at 5am and drive 35min for the rest of my life, so I'd like to get back on subutex. Can anyone tell me when I can take it? I have not taken methadone for 2 days now.

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Hello, Cory! How are you?

You need to be in full withdrawal, before taking Subutex, otherwise it may throw you into dangerous precipitated withdrawals. Thus, there's no precise time frame that can be given, because it may vary from person to person.

The FDA classifies this medication as an opiate that is most commonly used to treat drug addiction, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Did your doctor provide any instructions for starting it?

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Hi, I've was at a 10mgs of methadone and started detoxing myself at my clinic it took me 19 months to get to 30 mgs, 3 days ago I switched to subutex my clinic does it this way there is some side affects like nausea, and diarrhea, and chills I'm now on 10mgs subutex and other than a few side effects I am feeling alright. But everybody is different.

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I missed my dose today. I dose at 155mgs a day. Can I take a subutex 8 mgs today and go back to taking my methadone tomorrow? Will it make me go into withdrawal from methadone?

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