Author: TeeJay

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:17 pm

Hey Mike.

If you’re wanting to stop Subs, using it only to detox, the sooner the better. I won’t get into success rates of Sub-based detoxes because it’s clear you’ve got your heart set on short-term treatment only.

When I’ve done Suboxone based detoxes as an inpatient, the regimen stopped after 5-6 days. Sub was only taken to relieve withdrawal symptoms from the drug-of-choice, in my case heroin. Keeping dosing to only 5-6 days prevented from becoming dependent on Suboxone, but it was taken long enough to relieve the heroin withdrawal. Doses were escalated and reduced over those days based on severity of withdrawal – ie day 1 was a low dose, peaking at day 3, then reducing until day 5-6. What exact doses you’ll need is dependent on the size of your habit.

Let us know how you go, and what you decide on.