Tapering Off Subutex While Pregnant (Top voted first)

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My wife is pregnant and I just found out she has been taking Subutex for several months.

To make matters worse she's been trying to taper off this drug under the advise of someone she met at other forums. She hasn't let the doctor know she's been taking this drug and this guy has her convinced he can taper her off without harming the baby. I'm besides myself and trying to get her to at least let the doctor monitor her progress on a regular basis while she gets off this stuff.

Is this really safe for her to be doing or am I right in thinking she's lost her mind trusting this person?

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I am 6 wks pregnant and i believe i do about .5 mgs of suboxone a day. I would really like to just come off it but i'm worried about the baby. Do you think there is a better time to come of it then another? Also, Do you think a doctor would help me come off it or make me go into a program?

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I am 35 weeks pregnant. The whole pregnancy i was taking subutex i get from a friend. I stopped for 3 weeks, still was in wd hell, so i slowly started again. Chipping lil pieces from an 8 mg pill. I feel like im too close till delivery to stop.. Wd are very uncomfortable. Im afraid for my baby withdrawling even tho my dose is very low. I dunno if i should get to a legit doctor for a script, or what. Its $180.00 for the first visit n idunno if i can do that. I fear telling anyone i am taking these.. My family already thinks i quit when i did.. They do not know i began again. Im afraid the baby will b in pain. At this point im afraid of everything.

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I am on subutex and pregnant. My doctor believes that the safest thing I can do is stay on the meds. If I go through withdrawals, so does baby.

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A subutex withdrawl is nothing like crack withdrawl way to try and freak someone out why don't you stick to the question at hand and facts rather than talking about something you obviously know nothing about ! If you brought up a baby goiung through crack withdrawl you obviously know nothing about subutex !

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I have just had a baby whilst being on subutex,the first thing to know is that tapering is the worst idea and also dangerous for mum and bub,if mum is feeling withdrawals bub is suffering,It is true that newborn withdrawal is very likely ,i was fortunate to have no significant symptoms baby didn't need meds or special care and i beleive it was was in part due to taking care pf us during pregnancy i quit smoking ate well excersized and when he was.born i had him on my chest immediatly and began to breastfeed,i believe these babies do better when they are held close to mum spend those first days doing nothing but holding and filling baby with milk although many other factors. most out of our control will dictate the outcome of your baby being born on bup but its a small paart of your jouney and if you do the right thing you will start you journey into motherhood with confidence in yourself

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I got off subs in Nov. '13 delievered a healthy 8 lb 11 oz baby boy Jan. '14. Get off the sub's!! You can do it. I'm 10 weeks post partum. All my every is back and I feel great mentally!

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I know this is an old post but just in case anybody new is reading- when tapering just because you stopped doesn't mean that has to be the end. Yet. Have a few tiny doses set aside, and/or a few percs/tabs. If on day 2 you just can't stand it take something small. Continue on this way. After 3/4 days you should start to be ok. That's the best way to taper, go to every other day for a bit. Rather than 1 big jump. Withdrawal can be fatal to an unborn child. I personally would rather monitor my baby when I could see it and do something about its discomfort. Take phenegran to sleep. Good luck to all.

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I would highly suggest (sounds better than.....) YOU & HER MUST go see her OB-GYN and tell him the exact amounts she is taking,any other drugs....just level with him.A baby born with a suboxen habit from dear old mom may be born 7lbs 8oz and in a months time weigh 4lbs,(this happened to an aquaintanance and wife.What the other girls comments were could indeed been accurate depending on dose and how far along she is.I'd be very surprised if you were given any pain meds post natal.The doctors at Maternity wards see this quite often ,but they need to be leveled with,Your childs health should be no.1PRIORITY,A side note their baby after 3 months is thriving,(Hes off dope and she is on a Sub detox program(6 months to last dose)

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I'm 20 weeks pregnant. I was switched from 4mg Suboxone to 4mg Subutex, with the idea of detoxing from 4mg. I felt fine at 3mg but the next week when I went to 2mg I felt mild withdrawals. I thought maybe it was just getting bigger because of the pregnancy. General malaise, back pain but then the loose stool started. I don't have a choice but to get off completely before baby. I am having a planned c-section. Plus my sub doctor refuses to treat a pregnant woman. So anyone have success stories getting off subutex? At what mg did you stop completely?

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I am 21 weeks pregnant and was prescribed 8 mg subutex 2 x a day and he said it was safer than suboxone and I thought I was doing the better choice but the more I read I am terrified and want to get off now i don't want my baby to go through withdrawal my husband says he won't be there during delivery because he doesn't wanna see my baby suffer I am sonstressed out on these and just wanna stop does anyone know if i could stop and taper down and be done and the baby not suffer withdrawing when born please help

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Thanks Poppy Sower. I was able to talk some sense to my wife and got her to fess up to our doctor what she's been doing. He was livid when he heard she had been trusting the health of our baby to self-proclaimed internet guru and is going to supervise her during this procedure. He looked up the site this Svengali calls home and is filing a report with the American Medical Association against him and the site that allowed him to do this. He's got some kind of disclaimer that he's not a doctor and bases his experience on personal experience and education but it's a medical procedure and he's not licensed to practice and it's lucky somebody hasn't died trusting this self-serving narcissistic maniac.

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Hi Verwon. Our doctor said neither my wife or our baby has suffered any permanent damage up to this point and they're doing fine. She had only been talking to this guy a few days before I found out about it. My wife isn't feeling too great but I want her off this stuff. The last thing I want for our child is for his first sensation in this world to be withdrawl pains. I did some reading and this person seems to get some kind of a thrill from getting people to let him do this and has actually begged people to let him start them out onto this drug instead of letting a doctor do it. I don't know what I would have done if something would have happened to our baby.

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i am 4 months preganant and am trying to taper off of subutex.. everyone is fighting me on this and i really want to do it.. i just need a safe way to do it. i did 8mg one day then 6 then 4 and i plan on going to 2 then off... please give me advice and direction i am nervose i wll withdraw badly and hurt the baby
help!!!

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Sarah go speak to a suboxone/subutex doctor right away, please....

I'm not trying to be judgemental in anyway so please don't take it this way. But understand that subutex is safe throughout your pregnancy and throughout breastfeeding. If your spouse has an issue with the subutex put it bluntly and explain it was either having your baby addicted to heroin with possible defects and subsequently having CPS take the child from both of you OR being supervised on subutex by a PHYSICIAN trained in treating pregnant women w/addictions.

Please keep us informed what happens and how everything goes.

Good luck hunny

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Sunshyne, you must be off somehow to regard any advice I gave in my comment as derogatory.

Generally speaking, when someone asks for advice that's usually what they're looking for. Not sugar coated answers they want to hear.

FYI, I lost two children due to my prior drug addiction, don't make assumptions about people you don't know and thus make careless and rude remar. Then maybe reread my post, you should (if you posses the capacities of empathy and understanding) find it quite polite.

Now stop being a troll and contribute some helpful information.

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Please find a doctor for subutex and depending on the amount of h u were using Is how they determine ur dose. N u could wean down to at least 2mg before the baby is born I'm 10wks pregnant n on 8mgs a day but I will be going down 2mg a month til I'm down to 1or 2 msg so the bby will have only mild symptoms but with ur dope levels up n down all the time that's very bad for the bby subutex wds take 36 hrs to end from the minute they begin so plz b honest n get help that bby is a blessing from god.

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its the comfort of the baby as well who are you. The withdrawel could cause miscarriage who are you to say anything to anyone. I was on suboxone for 6 months then found out i was pregnant so i had to switch to subutex i was willing to come off of it for my baby 13 different obgyns and my suboxone dr and my pharmacist said i was better of to stay on subutex then withdrawel and loose the baby. So you think we should rather loose the baby then worry about the withdrawel no its not right to do it without scripts or without drs advice but you are neither

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It's not about our comfort being more important than our child's, its the fact that severe withdrawals can cause your baby to die, my Dr said a girl cold turkey quit at 37 wks and lost her baby because the withdrawals, thanks for being so judgmental... It's not like its hard enough and scary as hell thinking about it in the first place

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I am very relieved to hear the good news from her doctor and am so glad you found out about it so soon, I hate to think what might have happened otherwise.

It's just horrible that there is someone online that's doing that.

When I gave birth to my son, back in 1995, there was another baby born around the same time and he was born addicted to crack. Seeing the suffering of that tiny little infant in the NICU, when I went to the nursery to see my son was the worst thing ever and I would never wish on anyone.

I sincerely wish you and your family the very best and hope all works out well.

If you have any questions relating to needing information on anything that I might be able to help you find, please feel free to ask any time and yes, we'll stick with information only! :-)

Have you heard anything back about anything being done about this person?

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Kimmie, you seem like a good and loving mother. I hope you don't have any problems with your baby, it seems like she will be born to a caring parent :)

As for CPS/DYFS, if you are prescribed something by a physician and following their advice to protect your child, then tell them to F OFF!

I'm a firm believer that DYFS needs to butt out in SOME situations and if the only concern they have is you wanted to get and stay clean throughout your pregnancy then they need to get their priorities straight.

Good luck kimmie :)

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