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opiobsessed
11-15-2005, 01:50 AM
Thanks in advance for anyones advice, I see my sub doc soon and just want to get some ideas what to say since I'm poor at socializing with people. I basically want a legal opiate buzz and the suboxone is becoming so ineffective now that I'm now faced with the fact that I must either switch to subutex, methadone or relapse back to vicodin. I am getting ready to gather up my cash and switch to methadone but as a last resort I want to see what my sub doctor can do. When I see him I'm going to discuss switching to done, I asked him last time about just switching to subutex and no way will he do it. I'm afraid if I talk to him about going on methadone he will cut me off the sub and I'll be stuck with wd until I can get into the clinic or worse yet take me off sub completely and then I'm horrified with wd till the clinic can get me in. What should I do? should I even bring up going to the done clinic? I already called the done clinic and they can get me in no problem but they said I have to talk to my sub doc about it first, so I'm assuming my sub doc wont think much about me doing the switch. I'm trying to think, I guess the main point of this is what should I say or not say? also since suboxone doesn't do anything much for me anymore, would it be pointless to have him switch me to subutex? I remember when I first started on suboxone while I was still in the detox outpatient program, one sunday I got this horrible headache and flu like feeling and started puking like crazy and couldn't hardly eat anything for almost 3 days. It felt kind of like wd while on suboxone and flu all at once. I had to call in sick to the detox program for 3 days and after day 4 I was finally well enough to come in again. The flu was going around at that time too, so I dont know if I caught that or I got a bad reaction to the suboxone, what do you guys think? sorry for such a long story, I just want to make sure I do the right thing before I make a long commitment with methadone. Being on an opiate for a long time or the rest of my life is great with me, but tolerance or wd scares me.

RudeBoySes
11-22-2005, 11:37 PM
I think Subutex isn't legal in the Unites States as of yet.. i think it's in the process of being legalized here for doctors to use... As for the Methadones.. stay away bro.. that drug is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo addictive... you dont want to touch it.. i had a oxycontin addiction and thought Methadone was my way out.. but instead.. i became addicted to the Methadones... and it's harder for me to get off of Methadone then Oxycontin... you know how it is with drugs.. once you try a drug and see the light and you love it... you will always want to go back.. that's why i recommend to stay away.. and keep your Suboxone going.. maybe you need to increase your milligrams... or change your freinds.. your habits... talk to a shrink.. Stay positive bro.. you dont need that shit... break that cycle... take your life back..