| Pocahontas |
| (Enthusiast) |
| 02/07/05 06:20 PM |
 |
 Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic & Hydrocodone?
|
Quote:
do you go thru any withdrawls from buprenorphene as well since you stay on it for awhile until you get a stable dose and gradually lower your dose? i would imagine some type of withdrawl symptoms, but im assuming it's just less severe than hydro withdrawl, is that correct? i know methadone withdrawl is horrible, even with a gradual taper off, is bup like that too? thanks.
From my own experience, Suboxone w/d is NOTHING. Hydro w/d is hell.
I have been on Sub for over two months now. I had a week of no medicine and was abruptly off Sub for that week and I had no w/d at all!
When I began Sub, I was tapered up in dose from 2 mg to 8 mg daily. I will take 8 mg daily for now and later on, maybe a year, my doc will taper me down and off of it.
Since my experience has shown that I tolerate Suboxone very very well, I don't fear Sub w/d, or minor, if anything. Sub does have a long half life so that 3-4 days after stopping the med is when you might feel any w/d if there is going to be any. Hydro was just about 24 hours on the dot...I could predict my "flu" ..
