Author: hatmaker510

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:40 pm

YOU are the only one (in conjunction with your doctor) to determine what you need to address your cravings (and withdrawals). Didn’t you say you were using 24 mg last time and you were using MORE opiates this time and you’re on less sub now? That’s likely your the simple answer.

If you feel better on 16 mg than on 12 mg, then for heaven’s sake, take 16 mg. Don’t compare your dose to anyone else’s dose. What works for someone else won’t necessarily work for you. Please, keep that in mind.

As for multiple day dosing, sub’s mean half-life is 37 hours, so unless you’re taking it for pain, there’s really no reason to dose multiple times daily. In fact it will feed your addictive behavior of taking something when you "feel like you NEED something". That’s the exact opposite of what we need. That’s in fact why the half-life is so long – so we can take it once a day and forget about it. In some countries, patients take it only every other day. So try to stick to once daily dosing, because you’ll need to break that habit anyway, may as well do it sooner rather than later.

I hope this helps. Good luck.