Actually, after the tablet or film dissolves, there IS leftover medication on the mucous membranes that can still absorb. So yes, drinking, eating, and brushing teeth right away will remove some more of the medication that can still get into one’s system. (BTW, all this info is from Dr. Junig – who’s pretty much considered a suboxone expert). Also, there’s nothing special about the area under the tongue. ANY of the mucous membranes in the mouth can absorb the medication in the tablet or the film. Do a search for Dr. Junig’s "maximum absorption" method on his Suboxone TalkZone blog (there’s a link at the top of this page) and it will explain much of this.

I never said that brushing your teeth wouldn’t cause some of the med to not be absorbed in the system. I said that after a certain amount of time, the amount of drug that entered the system has finished and brushing your teeth after this timeframe won’t "undue" what’s already absorbed. It’s in your blood stream by then and brushing your teeth won’t affect it. Yes, like I mentioned in my previous post, there is some bits that are left unabsorbed under the toungue that could be absorbed and wouldn’t if you brushed or drank something. But the majority of drug that you will absorb will occur in the first 10-15 minutes. As far as the vascularture is concerned, under the toungue is a highly vascular area. Yes you could put the sub behind your bottom lip too but try it and see how long it takes to absorb. It takes a VERY long time because there is less vascular area to absorb.
Just wanted to clarify.

Actually, after the tablet or film dissolves, there IS leftover medication on the mucous membranes that can still absorb. So yes, drinking, eating, and brushing teeth right away will remove some more of the medication that can still get into one’s system. (BTW, all this info is from Dr. Junig – who’s pretty much considered a suboxone expert). Also, there’s nothing special about the area under the tongue. ANY of the mucous membranes in the mouth can absorb the medication in the tablet or the film. Do a search for Dr. Junig’s "maximum absorption" method on his Suboxone TalkZone blog (there’s a link at the top of this page) and it will explain much of this.

I never said that brushing your teeth wouldn’t cause some of the med to not be absorbed in the system. I said that after a certain amount of time, the amount of drug that entered the system has finished and brushing your teeth after this timeframe won’t "undue" what’s already absorbed. It’s in your blood stream by then and brushing your teeth won’t affect it. Yes, like I mentioned in my previous post, there is some bits that are left unabsorbed under the toungue that could be absorbed and wouldn’t if you brushed or drank something. But the majority of drug that you will absorb will occur in the first 10-15 minutes. As far as the vascularture is concerned, under the toungue is a highly vascular area. Yes you could put the sub behind your bottom lip too but try it and see how long it takes to absorb. It takes a VERY long time because there is less vascular area to absorb.
Just wanted to clarify.