Author: Amy-Work In Progress

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:54 am

There are some people who are sensitive to medications and suboxone is a strong medication. I have a friend who gets sick on anything (anti-depressants, non-narcotic pain medications, blood pressure meds, etc.) unless she starts slow and then builds up to a working dose.

Mmolinde, being nauseous all the time is super annoying and I can see why you’re asking for help. When I was withdrawing from my drug of choice before my sub induction I was given an anti-nausea prescription from my doctor for Hyoscyamine. It could be that an anti-nausea medication may help you, so ask your prescribing doctor.

If, like a few people on this forum, the medication turns out to be worse for you than the disease, tapering may be your best course. It seems really strange and atypical that dropping from 12 mg to 10 mg would make you so sick within a 24 hour period. Because sub has such a long half-life, a decrease in dose usually wouldn’t be felt until day 3 or 4 of the new dose. Perhaps you’re so sensitive to this medication that even slight fluctuations feel terrible?

My recommendation for a taper schedule is to drop by 1 or 2 mg every couple of weeks until you get down to about 6 mg/day. Then start dropping by .5 – 1.0 mg every couple of weeks, or until you feel stabilized at the new dose. If, at any point, you feel like you’re at a dose that is controlling your cravings while not causing bad side effects, just stay at that dose. If you still feel terrible on the sub keep tapering. You may have to go slower in your taper as you get down to a lower amount.

One potential problem for you to consider is that you may need another form of addiction treatment when/if you are completely off sub. I assume you started on sub for a reason. You might consider developing a different plan to fight your addiction.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Amy

P.S. Don’t be alarmed by the bickering on your thread. A spirited argument seems to have spilled over onto your thread.