Posted by jim45 on February 7, 2009, at 14:09:14
In reply to BUPRENORPHINE, posted by sunkistcat79 on January 7, 2009, at 15:04:01
Dear,dear sunkistcat.
Man do I understand and have lived your problem.
I am so surprised that more people don't know about using suboxone instead of subutex.
For that matter, for ANY opiate, simply obtaining some naloxone,an antagonist, and taking a LOW dose with the opiate will stop or greatly reduce tolerance and dependence.
I tried it after reading the research about combining opiate agonists and antagonist online. I was ordering some dihydrocodeine from an internet pharmacy, of course developed a tolerance and could only use it every 2-3 days. I ordered and started using a few mg of naloxone w/the dihydro. IT WORKED!!
Then I got a nasty gram from the FDA about importing controlled substances and I stopped. The next time I went to my Psych Doc, I told him about my experiment and results. He was a great cutting-edge Doc and he'd just heard of the above at a conference for Psych Docs.
At first he gave me SUBUTEX - pure buprenorphine. Guess what though,like yourself and others,I quickly developed a tolerance and had to space it apart a few days too. Then I told the Doc I wanted to try the SUBOXONE - bupe+naloxone - and it worked great. Took it for a couple of years,and when I had to stop because my Doc lost his license, I had very little withdrawal problems. Funny/crampy legs and some strange thoughts.
I wish more folks would try the agonist/antagonist combo. I expect to see it being done with pain meds in a few years.
Best wishes whatever you do sunkistcat. Man, can I relate to your misery :( .
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