I have been taking heroin for about 6 months.... not injecting but sniffing it. I haven't been doing too much until recently and desperately want to stop. When I say I haven't done too much, I have been doing it every day, about 8-10 bags a day for the last 2 weeks or so. I have about 7 suboxone tablets that i got from a friend and was going to use those for the first few days if it was really tough but I was wondering how I will feel after a week of using suboxone. Will i have withdrawal from suboxone at that time??? If I havent done too much should I just try to quit without using anything. Any thoughts.... I made a mistake by getting mixed up with this and just want to put it behind me.
2007-02-01 14:55:51 · 7 answers · asked by jack_bauer 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Just to clarify the blocker in Suboxone ( Nalaxone) is just to keep people from injecting it. When Suboxone is taken Sublingually (under the tongue) The Nalaxone is irrelevant.
I've done heroin while on Suboxone and Suboxone while on Heroin.
Suboxone will make you feel good while you got it but you will also withdraw from them. If you take it too soon you can just put off the heroin withdrawals and you will feel it when you stop the suboxone. I've been clean fro 72 days now and suboxone free for 51 days. Granted my habit was much worse ( shooting 8 caps at a time, 5 times a day for years). The hardest part is making the decision that you want to stop and you've made that one. Use the Suboxone if you want but you're gonna feel it one way or the other. I'm only 21 and been abusing opiates since I was 14 and heroin since I was 16. The fun goes away fast and you just want to be normal again, it took me five years and I'm still only 72 days clean. I still think about it all the time but all you have to do is not use and the recovery will come to you. GOOD LUCK!! I know how it is.. I hope you never do, experience, feel, see, steal, or hurt people like I did....
2007-02-02 02:30:39 · answer #1 · answered by jmw_lover 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is really best if you could get a doctors advice on tapering and detoxing with the Suboxone. You cannot take Suboxone within 24 hours of using any opiate (herion) or you will put yourself into a very bad withdrawal. Suboxone is a drug that requires a special license for even doctors to prescribe because it is not a benign drug. You will have withdrawal from Suboxone if you do not follow a regime for taking it.
See if you can speak with an addictionologist on how to take it safely. Better to be safe than sorry.
2007-02-01 23:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by spiritualjourneyseeker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband was on it much longer than that plus he was on other things. Rehabs never worked. Finally, he agreed to go to a Methadone clinic. He has been off it ever since and I am so glad. You should seek out a clinic in your area. As long as you really want to quit, this will help you. Be glad that you have only been on it for a short period of time. You have a high success rate. Good luck and be proud of yourself for making one of the best decisions in your life. You will not only be helping yourself, but you will help everyone around you as you get well. Don't give up. You can do this.
2007-02-01 23:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you done f**ked up. Go to a clinic, they'll give you a liquid methodone every morning. It's the same drug as heroin unprocessed, but one dose lasts all day. they gradually decrease your dose. The problem with getting your own drugs is that you are at liberty to do them whenever you want. Just go to the clinic without touching anything else. If you can do that, you might be ok
2007-02-01 23:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by Mike O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really just wanted to tell you GOOD LUCK & God bless you for wanting to quit. May you have all the strength in the world. Remember that support from friends & family helps alot. Again good luck to you I hope you kick this thing in the A** & never look back.
2007-02-01 23:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by kittycat lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Subuxone is a great way to relive withdrawal symptoms for heroin. But you need to ween your self of those as well. It also works as a blocker...so if you do heroin while your on it...you wont get high. You need to be very careful with it.
http://health.yahoo.com/drug/d04819a1
2007-02-01 23:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Steph 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
never used suboxone.
i just rotated substances from oxys and lortabs to pot and alcohol...
dope sick for a day then just hungover..
i'll let you know how i'm doing on those...
sucks huh.
addiction is the one thing i still have a huge problem with.
violence no, lying no, stealing never again....
but god love the child who says no to drugs.
2007-02-01 23:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by spoonman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋