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Dividing a 9-mg daily dose in three? Huh? They come in 2s and 8s ... and because of the long halflife, dosing need only be done once a day once someone is stabilized.
This board would be a much better place if people only posted about things they have some knowledge of.
I know someone who gets his Bupe from a state-run drug treatment program where what they dispense is mostly methadone; even after 90 days of Suboxone and no opiates found in his almost-weekly urine tests, he still has to go in there 6 times a week for observed dosing and only gets "take-homes" for Sunday.
Private doctors wouldn't do that or the patient would just go somewhere else. (And federal rules require only 8 random urine tests a year.) This man has no choice because he can't afford private treatment. Suboxone is expensive! The list price for an 8-mg tab is $5.50 and the 2s cost roughly $3 each.
Even though this man has a low enough income that he qualifies for free medical care from the state, he pays $180/month to be in a Bupe program that includes his medical care as well as the cost of the drug. They *pay him* (by reducing his cost) $15 for each week that he sees his counselor. He could be getting methadone for the exact same price but Bupe is better for him and he plans to eventually taper it down to zero. If he was on methadone, he would probably be getting the maximum allowed daily dose and quitting it would be almost impossible.
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