What dose of methadone = 24 mg of bupe?
Like, say somebody's on 24 mgs of suboxone but now they're going on methadone for pain management (not MMT), what dose would they be put on? Or if you were in a similar situation what dose were you put on?
I read that anywhere from 30-60mg of methadone was equivalent to 8 mg bupe, but bupe is weird and taking twice is much isn't twice as strong, so I'm guessing 3x as much bupe doesn't mean 3x as much 'done? or is it?
edit: this is for pain from back problems, the guy is lower-mid 20's, tried all the other non-narcotic stuff and suboxone, now looking at methadone as an option.
Also if anybody has any idea what kind of breakthrough meds are usually used with methadone? Again, if anybody with a similar experience could share what they were on that'd be helpful. thanks
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11-04-2009, 01:26 PM
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