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#105255 - 01/09/06 03:39 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 01/05/06
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Bupe is Buprenorphine is Temgesic is Buprenex (injectable form .3mg) is subutex!
Even Suboxone is buprenorphine with a 45 minute active ingredient (Naloxone,full antagonist as Narcan).
Naloxone (pure antagonist) is only active for the first 45 minutes ( to keep people from injecting it), otherwise suboxone is pure bupe also!
The main problem most people don't realize it is because they take too much of subutex and suboxone.
"Less is Best" when it comes to any form of Buprenorphine.
If you go to an addictionologist they will most likely start you on subutex (doesn't have the naloxone).
Although most pharmacologists, psychologists, and addictionologist will most likely tell you that the Naloxone in Suboxone is inert and will only effect you differently than pure buprenorphine is if you inject it.
Well, those that have run this gamut know these doctors also know this is pure propaganda.
Take 2mg of suboxone only 12 hours since your last dose of opiate. you'll be sicker than you'd ever thought possible.
On the otherhand after taking your last hit 400mg of oxycontin wait 8 hours and take a temgesic or buprenex or subutex and it will be a much more pleasant experience.
But, the key is, only take a minute amount! Don't take that whole 2mg (or, even worse that full 8mg suboxone)which the doctor just prescribed you and advised you to take it 12 hours after your last dose of a full agonist!!!!! 1/4 of a 2mg subutex or a couple .2mg Temgesics is all you will need.
Remember, less is the only way to take any form of buprenorphine...
As long as you take a very small amount of anykind of bupe (although, I wouldn't reccommend taking suboxone within 18 hours after your last dose of a full opiate) you can take any full agonist within a few hours without ANY ill effects.
The worst thing that will happen is that your full agonist probably won't work as well due to the MU receptors being taken over by the antagonist portion of the combination agonist/antagonist of buprenorphine.
Although morphine will knock the antagonists off the mu~ completely if a large enough dose is taken.
Edited by paullblack (01/09/06 03:56 PM)
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#105256 - 01/09/06 04:00 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Threadhead
Registered: 11/11/04
Posts: 632
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paullback, what are you trying to say? Most of your post is correct, but not all of it. Doctors dont prescribe people to take 8mg of suboxone 12 hours after that last dose of hydro,oxy, whatever it be. Doctors TITRATE your dose up. plain and simple. yes, you will get sick if you dont give it enough time. People, wait more like 18 to 24 hours after the last dose before they start suboxone. and they start out small--like 2mg then maybe 2 more that night or something. next day 4mg and 2 at night or something and then 6 or 8 by the next day. sorry. close but no cigar. and sheesh, once yer on it, yer on it. less is more. well, do whats right and if you end up taking 16mg a day then so be it. after a while, you can step back down. dont be afraid. bone
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#105264 - 01/10/06 06:03 AM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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GRAND Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/27/03
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Well, with premise out there that this stuff reacts differently to everyone, I offer another experience.
I've found that I can take an 8mg dose of Suboxone only 8 hours after the last dose of DOC...being Hydro. This is done with zero ill effects at all. I imagine that part of it is due to the fact that my tolerance to my DOC is so high, that withdrawls set in (albeit very very subtle withdrawl symptoms - the very first stages) only 8 hours after doses....so perhaps this is why the Bupe is able to get to the receptors and cling on very easily, as the remnants of the DOC are gone by that point, and therefore there is no fighting for the receptors.
Again though, this is only my experience.
Also, personally, my understanding of and personal experience with Suboxone is that the Naloxone truly is rendered totally ineffective when taken orally(sublingually). The naloxone in Suboxone is only triggered when taken IV, and therefore, I've never had a problem with it. I think a lot of people attribute these types of problems(Suboxone causing people to get sick i.e. throwing into withdrawls) to the Naloxone alone. But what you have to keep in mind is that Buprenorphine is itself a mixed agonist and antagonist, depending on the amount taken and the opiate-tolerance of the user. If you take Subutex in high enough doses and your tolerance to opiates is at the "right" level for this to occur, you'll get thrown right into withdrawl...or have the ability to.
Of course, again, Bupe does in fact react differently to each person who takes it. There is no across the board definitive way to predict how each person will react to whatever dose of whatever form of Buprenorphine.
But what is a rule that can apply across the board is that "less really is more" with Bupe. Of course, as Bone said, this doesn't mean that taking more is going to be harmful or anything. But starting low allows users to find the lowest possible dose that is going to work for them which cuts down on costs, and on these instances of forced-withdrawl...for the most part.
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#105265 - 01/10/06 02:08 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 01/05/06
Posts: 19
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I read somewhere where they are also starting or looking into making other drugs similar to suboxone. something like oxcodone mixed with naloxone or bupe or something. Im sorry, I just cant remember what, but it was a partial agonist just as sub is. Perhaps giving the same results as suboxone, but dealt with much easier to step off of. Im excited to see the future in these certain medicines. take care. bone
Bone, please correct me if I'm wrong but from what I gathered in your post sounds to me like the new drug " Oxytrex " http://opioids.com/tolerance/oxytrex.html
It could be a wonderful discovery if what they say is true?
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#105266 - 01/10/06 02:18 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 01/05/06
Posts: 19
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my doctor knew i took hydros the day before taking the suboxone no wonder i got so darn sick 8mgs at once, i never finished them or went back and i did real good for like 4 weeks then i got real depressed and went back to my old ways and its worse than ever, maybe i should talk to the doctor about the subutex what exactly does that do and what are the side effects from it??
Most likely the only way you will get Methadone is join the government opiate detox program, where you drive down in the dirtiest part of the city and stand in line for your cup of methadone liquid while a staff member watches you to make sure you drink it down!!
No, you don't want to do that!
I have one friend in Memphis who is prescribed methadose (10mg methadone pill). He's prescribed 10mg every 8 hours.
But I believe you'll be hard pressed to find a pain doc to prescribe methadone for you unless you have good and adequate pain records from your doc and justifies a prescription of Methadone.
You're more likely to get prescribed percocet than methadone.
If you are determined to get off all opiates I would suggest calling around and find a doctor that is certified to prescribe subutex/suboxone and ask him if he would prescribe you subutex for the first several days. And absoluteley explain your past history with suboxone to the doc.
I've never know of anyone where buprenorphine didn't work for the patient. They just need to experiment to get the correct dosage down.
Good luck to you sjz.
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#105273 - 01/12/06 02:20 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 01/05/06
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Bone,
I never get tired of hearing success stories with Suboxone/Subutex/Bupe.
I've never seen nor heard of anyone where some form of Buprenorphine didn't help "tremendously" people stop all forms and doses of full agonists. I've heard of people with 500mg Oxycontin Monkeys on their back and after two to three days on Suboxone/Subutex/etc they all feel/felt like they were (re)born into a new young body. And all felt wonderful after the first couple of days on Bupe.
I believe it really is a miracle drug.
It's all in finding the correct dose.
Now, "PAWS", coming off bupe can be as bad as with a full agonist. But there are new drugs and methods out there today that will help getting off the bupe also. These drugs and methods were not around until a year,or so ago.
Good luck to all who are either on or try Bupe to get off Opiate agonists.
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#105274 - 01/12/06 04:57 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 02/03/02
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Now, "PAWS", coming off bupe can be as bad as with a full agonist. But there are new drugs and methods out there today that will help getting off the bupe also. These drugs and methods were not around until a year,or so ago.
I have tried to stop taking bupe MANY times and its 75% as bad as methadone. (this is after a couple of years of using bupe)
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#105275 - 01/14/06 11:41 AM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 11/11/04
Posts: 632
Loc: deep in the bowels of the cor...
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Now, "PAWS", coming off bupe can be as bad as with a full agonist. But there are new drugs and methods out there today that will help getting off the bupe also. These drugs and methods were not around until a year,or so ago.
I have tried to stop taking bupe MANY times and its 75% as bad as methadone. (this is after a couple of years of using bupe)
well, I can only hope that coming off the suboxone is NOT that way for me. Everyone is different, so I dont worry too much. Regardless of what I hear or read. So, I will take is very very very slow to step off this drug. Ill expect maybe some discomfort but for the most part if you step so slowly off you shouldnt expeience too much. and Ill keep that frame of mind too. thanks! bone
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#105276 - 01/14/06 09:52 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 02/03/02
Posts: 136
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I have tried to stop taking bupe MANY times and its 75% as bad as methadone. (this is after a couple of years of using bupe)
well, I can only hope that coming off the suboxone is NOT that way for me. Everyone is different, so I dont worry too much. Regardless of what I hear or read. So, I will take is very very very slow to step off this drug. Ill expect maybe some discomfort but for the most part if you step so slowly off you shouldnt expeience too much. and Ill keep that frame of mind too. thanks! bone
I think the key is don't stay on it for very long. It's such a long acting drug, the real problems don't start for a good week after the last dose. Not too many claim to succeed remaining drug free after subutex/suboxone. Don't get me wrong I really hope it all works out exactly as you want. I posted a link for some accurate info.
Bupe info
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#105278 - 01/15/06 05:20 PM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 02/03/02
Posts: 136
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Harry is it the suboxone that isn’t successful or that opioid/opiate dependent people, as a group, tend to have a high recidivism rate? I think this is an important distinction.
In Australia buprenorphine was "sold" as a painless way of getting off other maintenence drugs, "a cure" which tuned out to be totally untrue. But it does depend on what you call success. What I wanted was a drug I could take for a little while, then stop totally and go about my life totally drug free. I found that the WD symptoms don't even start for a week after the last dose of bupe, and they were still pretty strong at day 30. Thats after reducing all the way down to a single temgesic a day.
I just think it's important that people know that it is NOT a cure.
It IS just another maintenence drug like LAAM and Methadone, that works while you continue to take it.
Something else that's interesting is the opinion of Australian doctors VS USA doctors, In Australia the success of the program is measured by how many people have completed the program and remained drug free afterwards, in the USA success is measured by how many people remain in treatment.
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#105280 - 01/23/06 04:17 AM
Re: Buprenorphine - Temgesic
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Registered: 09/14/05
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