Author: tearj3rker

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:01 pm

Yeah. It sounds a bit risky. Maybe it does help withdrawal? But if you’re still in the kinda mindset that believes it’s acceptable to gulp down whole bottles of Robitussen with zero medical research, despite potential risk to health and life, then like matt said, your chances of staying clean long term aren’t looking good, and maybe you should stay on Sub.

This is something that hasn’t been researched at all apparently apart from a bunch of people on bluelight / opiophile experimenting on themselves.

Author: NoAlibi

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:33 pm

Whoa, that is messed up!!! They will still have generic Subutex over there though, right?

Author: Tndb

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:28 pm

My Suboxone doctor ,who I really like, asked me to bring back all of my empty Suboxone wrappers next month. He mentioned tht the company wants to scan the bar code on the wrappers for quality control. He mentioned that they have had a lot of complaints about film breakage, etc.
Has anyone else been asked to do this? I really don’t understand how having the wrappers is important. I have absolutely no problem doing this..it just sounded strange.

Author: rule62

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:01 pm

Taurus, you’ve gotten some really good feedback from those who have walked the road before you. Stop with the mind taking you over and just chill.

I too was taking around 16-18 per day along with some Tramadol. Took my usual large dose at 7pm the night before and my appt. wasn’t until 4:00pm the next day. The w/d’s really didn’t feel bad at all until it got close to my appt., so don’t sweat it. For some weird reason we addicts obsess over a little discomfort we get stopping opiates. It’s never as bad as my mind has made it out to be but I tend to forget that.

And same thing for me having to go get my Suboxone. Once the Dr. saw me, he wrote a script for a small amount of Sub and I had to go to the pharmacy and wait for it to be filled. Talk about ants in the pants! Buy the time I got back and was induced it was close to 5:30 and I wasn’t feeling all that well. The Sub worked great with the exception of him giving me too much. (32mgs) Still not bad though and I tapered down fairly quick.

Try to stop the mental obsession and just go with the flow. We all ended up doing alright and I rarely see posts of negative inductions so give it a rest.

You’ll do great if you can turn off your brain!

Author: Romeo

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:01 am

Hey sweet, you asked "if I’m not abusing a substance, what am I?" As far as I’m concerned, you’re clean and in recovery. I do not agree with NA’s stance on eliminating ALL mood altering substances, I do agree with eliminating all mood altering substances that you would abuse, though.

For me, alcohol is a drug that I will never be able to mis-use for any length of time. I’ve drank a few times since being off of Suboxone, but they’re all one time deals. I don’t really "enjoy" alcohol, but I will drink from time to time. Truthfully, I drink about twice a year. I drink during the superbowl party I go to and during the Hallowe’en party I go to, that’s it. My point is, if you’re not abusing one of these mind altering substances, then you’re fine, IMO. Unfortunately, I’m not able to enjoy the occasional puff, I’d start using weed again daily in no time at all, same with blow and opiates…..I just can’t do those.

As for redefining who you are, as it pertains to your sleep meds or your cocktails or the occasional weed use, I wouldn’t sweat it if I were you. If you’re not abusing them, who gives a shit, right?

I would be careful with your pill popper friends, heroin is so similar to pain pills that I would steer clear of that crap as best as I could.

Author: NoAlibi

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:05 am

I wish TJ! I’m always sweating my happy ass off. I have a 30-45 minute morning commute, and I have to wear one shirt while im driving and another shirt when I get out of the car to go to class. Sometimes i STILL end up with sweat stains.

OF course, i get cold when the sweat gets cold. This happened at every dose of Sub i have ever taken, and while i was dopesick when i was using.

Author: news_poster

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:00 am

Source: MTRAC
Area: Evidence > Drug Specific Reviews
MTRAC, the Midlands Therapeutics Review & Advisory Committee, has issued its latest Commissioning Guidance report, covering buprenorphine transdermal patch (BuTrans and Transtec) for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain (the committee did not consider guidance for the use of transdermal buprenorphine for cancer-related pain because this was considered to be restricted to specialist care).
 
The report summarises the clinical trial data for buprenorphine transdermal patches for chronic non-cancer pain and concludes that it is suitable for restricted prescribing under defined conditions. Buprenorphine should be initiated by a specialist or a specialist pain management service, given the range of alternative treatments…

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Author: Breezy_Ann

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:09 am

That’s great bboy! I am so happy for you, you have come a long way! Keep kickin’ ass!

Author: hatmaker510

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:40 am

Thanks for this. I can tell you that not all pharmacy reps are like this. One of my cousins is a pharm rep (although she doesn’t work for one of the major pharm companies) and her company is nothing like this – they actually work as a team.

I’m going to check out that website/forum.

Author: NoAlibi

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:34 am

It can vary state by state and even by diff POs, if I’m not mistaken.

I know from having friends from around the country that some POs allow methadone, some only allow Suboxone, some dont allow any maintenance. I am pretty sure the same thing goes for benzos and even prescription painkillers.

It’s pretty sickening that a nonmedical professional can have such a say!