???? suboxone ???

[lovemypillhead]

Quick question to anyone and everyone who is on suboxone or been on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


My bf went to dr yesterday and he put him on ( 3 ) 8 mg a day. So, a total of 24mg of suboxone a day.

The bottle says TAKE ONE PILL 3 TIMES DAILY
But, the insert from the pharmacy says IF U ARE TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE PILL A DAY, TAKE THEM ALL AT ONCE UNDER TONGUE, ETC.....
If that is true, why wouldnt the bottle say "Take 3 pills ONCE a day"

Im confused and no we didnt call the dr yet.  We wanna make sure he gets the maximum benefit from this.....so i want to make sure he takes them right.

So, if he is on 3 pills a day....is he suppose to take all 3 at once? Or, like one in the morning, afternoon then night???

I would have started the question on a fresh forum but i cant at work. My work blocks certain websites where u can chat and things like that!

[lovemypillhead]

thanks for the support :)

He basically broke them up.....thru the day.

One in the morning, afternoon then evening.  

He does heroin and pills. Both. Whichever he can get first. Snorts the pills and the H.

[ochooked]

Gotta agree with Worried ---- that is one huge amount of Sub ---- Many if not most doctors over prescribe Sub ---  Let me tell you that with Sub -- Less is better -- and how do you know how much is enough?????  You allow your own body to tell you -- start out with 2 mg  -- -if that works stop -- if not - then wait 1 hour and take one mg more.  
Then when you are not having severe W/D's STOP -- this is the amount you need to take twice a day.  Sub is very wicked --- Hell hath no fury like coming off of Sub.  The W/D's lasted for 2 months-----  I highly recommend you go to the Health Pages (above right) and look for a post titled  "Members experiences coming off of Suboxone."  Let the buyer beware ----  And -- one more thing -- Cattalina, sorry to tell you this but you were rude and out of line --- Getting P.O.ed  at a fellow member for expressing their heart felt opinion is beyond the limits ----  If it is true, as you say, that everyone has an opinion -- then allow Mtgoat to have theirs -- Hey everyone --- this sub debate goes on and on but it is very good for us to hear ALL sides ---- get a grip.  Wish everyone the best and Happy Thanksgiving.

[worried878]

getting clean is always a great choice and a great goal if the person is ready to do the work to get there..and wants it deep down..Is ur boyfriend a heroin user?  that is a high dose of sub for a pill popper....is he doing it long term or short term?..if his goal is to get off in the 21 days then 24 mg is a high dose to start at...be safe and look out for him as he is now on a more powerful narcotic than before.....is it the same as being clean?..dont know about that and dont make opinions on the subject but if no behaviors are changed then nothing will change...if he is ready to go head first into meetings and recovery then he has a chance to be successful..if he is using sub to avoid physical wds cos he is forced to quit or because he is afraid of feeling bad for a week or less..i would think twice about it as sub addiction is no fun either and some even go back to oxies or hydros to get off sub!   I have never known anyone to take 24 mg at one time...that is alot....most take their dose twice to three times a day but i dont know many on that high of a dose..be safe

[wannabefree330]

ps:   mtgoat911  this thread is not about you.....and its not about lovemypillhead either?  

[wannabefree330]

Just because we take suboxone doesn't mean we aren't serious about being in recovery?  I don't call it a miracle drug, and I don't expect it to cure my addiction.  I will always be an addict.  Till the day I die.  So mtgoat don't assume all of us using sub are looking for the easy way out?  For me, it brought my head enough above water for me to see that life is worth living, and I don't have to live in shame anymore.  

The question was about how to take the sub....  Dividing the doses will provide a more constant level of the medicaiton in the blood stream.  If you take it all at once say in the morning, the level peaks quickly, then begins to decrease as time goes on.  When I started (after I came home from detox) I took 1 tab four times a day (8mg).  Now I am down to 1 tab (8mg) twice a day.

I'm really happy for you and your bf.  I hope it will pull his head out of the mudd long enough to see that life is worth living for.....just like it did for me.  I know for a fact that sub has allowed me to get the mental and emotional and spiritual areas of my life in order.  When and if I decide to come off of sub, I will be in a better spot mentally to do it.

[lovemypillhead]

Actually, to be honest with you.......

POT:  No. I have never cared for it.  Of course i have smoked it....but, i get paranoid and want to eat non stop. So, im not a fan of it therefore  i dont do it.

ALCOHOL:  The last time i drank that is even worth talking about would have been....oh, about 2 years ago.  I have a 6 month old........that requires me non stop........and then of course i was preg for 9 months before that...........then, before that....oddly enough.....i stopped drinking because my bf wanted me to stop. LOL.  for real. i was going thru a bad divorce, was robbed and lost everything.......so i turned to partying and going out....and drinking. Got a DUI.....still drank tho.....then, met my bf......he wasnt a drinker...and he got my drinking to stop.

PILLS/OPIATES:  I have done them with my bf......i do blame him for me ever doing them because i didnt know anything about opiate addiction until him.  So, i wont lie and say i never did them.  I have for sure.  But, not anymore.  Not to mention, I never got addicted to them. I am sure because i didnt do enough of them.???  but i never did. I could do them and party for the night. And then back to reality the next day as if i never did them before.