SUBOXONE Reviews (BUPRENORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE; NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (174 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SUBOXONE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SUBOXONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | to get over opiate addiction | none, really, other than slight constipation occasionally | This drug has been a godsend. It doesn't get you high, like methadone, but gives you back normalcy. I actually feel like a human being again. | F | 24 | 5 months | 11/15/2007 | 1 | to get off oxycontin | The worst side effect of this drug is what you feel when you go off it. It's supposed to be used strictly as a detox med, but doctors are prescribing it as maintenance, which after two or three weeks simply gets everyone addicted. When you go off it, it takes about three months to go through the withdrawal symptoms, which aren't as acute as cold turkey, but rather extended for a long period of time. One feels complete apathy, listless, no appetite, and insomnia, to name but a few. It's an awful awful drug. You have a great sense of well being while on it, but it hooks you far worse than any other opiate. | Read the posts about Suboxone at www.heroin-detox.com. You'll be shocked at how much misery this drug is creating. | M | 29 | 11 months | 2/22/2008 | 5 | to get off pain medication | none, doesn't affect me mentally or physically | THis medication was a godsend for me. I tried to get off of pain medications quite a few times and always went back to taking them. I do have chronic pain but I felt the medications were making my pain worse. THis drug has given me my life back and put me in control of my body again. | F | 52 | 4 weeks | 2/27/2008 | 4 | to treat opiate dependence | nausea, considerable itching, tiredness, dizziness. | Suboxone works! It does not give you the intense buzz of a normal pain pill but rather a consistent low level euphoria that seems to last for several hours. So far, it has been working well. I've been taking 1 8mg pill per day and just 1 pill lasts a while. Yes, it is a narcotic itself but it is much better than spending a ton of money on abusing oxycodone... The other drug in it Naloxone is an opiate antagonist which deters abuse of suboxone itself. | M | 21 | 2 days | 3/18/2008 | 5 | Prescription Pain Med Addiction | The only side effects I had in the beginning was a slight headache. About the 3 week on it I went through about 2 weeks where it made me rather sleepy after taking it. | I can not believe what a God send suboxone has been for me. Had I not started this drug when I did I would now either be in jail or I would be dead. I had made up my mind after failing with weaning,cold turkey etc after doing all kinds of research on suboxone that I HAD to do this. From 30 minutes after taking my first dose I finally feel like ME again. It has been 4 months and my dose is now half of what I started on. Which was 16 mg a day. I plan on weaning very slowly and taking my time. If you wean slowly from this you have no problems. I am not in any rush because the way I see it, this protects me. I no longer crave pain medication and I had no withdraws. If I was a diabetic I would take my diabetic med daily. Addiction is a diesease just like diabetes and high blood pressure. I am taking my medicine to control my diesease. Please, if your an opiate addict give this a try. You will be amazed at how you feel. How much of your life you will get back. | F | 47 | 121 days | 4/16/2008 | 1 | addiction, pain, antidepressant | none for a year on 6mg, went down to 2mg over the course of 6 months---I felt SICK, and putting the damn thing under my tongue made me sick, then when it "HIT", and it did, it made me sicker, like I was going to go into a coma. On 2 meesley mg. | This medication is dangerous if mixing with benzos and am very disappointed in how it has done this to me, and yes, the drug did this to me. Now also have heart problems that weren't there before. Go figure. My advice--be VERY, VERY careful guys!!!!!! | F | 37 | 16 months | 5/1/2008 | 5 | Heroin Addict | Constpation, beacame naseaous sometimes after taking the pills. But learned to spit out the juice and that reduces that side effect along with feeling light headed. | I was on methadone a couple times and suboxone is so much better!! Would recommend to anyone. The quality of life so much better. Only problem is getting a Dr to give u a RX. It has turned my life around and I am on a low dose of 12mg. I feel normal and not like a zombie like methadone. I have my sexual appetite back and feel things again. Methadone I was like a hermit and didn't know any better and thought I was ok. I detoxed from methadone from 130mg to 7mg in 3 a day increments thining I was going to kick. It was if not worse than dope sick. I got my period one week after quitting methadone. It does alot more to your body than keeping your opiate addiction at ease. 10 months later I am still not back to normal from methadone. Made me gain like 60 lbs in 2 months and my metabolism got all wacked out. They fail to tell u in the methadone clinic. But at the time methadone was a way out of the heroin hole. Anyone that is debating suboxone or methadone take the suboxone. Only reason I we | F | 30 | 10 months | 7/30/2008 | 3 | heroine/pain pill addiction | Ummm... another addiction... Although it did help me quit opiates, I ran out of suboxone early this month, and my ins. won't pay for a few days, now I'm back in the same dark place I thought this med helped me crawl out of - feeling withdrawal, and like a dope fiend searching through coat pockets and purses to see if I have any bits or pieces to get me through. Just like I did with opiates. I'm feeling sick, and the anticipation of feeling sicker is the worst. If you are reading this, just quit cold turkey, or take suboxone as a detox aid (short term), not a maintenance drug. Otherwise, it will only delay the inevitable. | There's no mystery here, suboxone works wonders because it gives a constant supply of relief to people used to kicking cold turkey (usually not by choice). If you've ever gone through the shakes, the chills, the skin crawlies, you don't want to go back. But with suboxone, you are just delaying that withdrawal, not escaping it. I thought this drug saved my life too when I started on it two years ago. I was so happy to be a "normal" person again, but I am now wondering if I just traded one addiction for another more socially acceptable, more "sustainable" one. (And if you read my "side effects" comments, you'll see that the supply is not always so constant). If you do go on it, get off as soon as you can, I've been on the lowest dose for a year now, so trust me, it only gets harder to quit. | F | 24 | 2 years | 8/31/2008 | 5 | addicted to pain killers/heroin | headache, nausea, occasional vomiting...all well controlled with promethazine | This is the best drug out there to get off opiates and get your life back. Highly recommend. | F | 30 | 90 days | 10/9/2008 | 5 | Heroin Addiction | A little bit of constipation, Suboxone (not subutex) made me very nauseous. The Subutex is what I'm on now...I really can't think of any side effects, besides how nasty the Suboxone tasted. | There is Suboxone and there is Subutex. I have been on both. The Suboxone worked, no doubt about it, however, it was so disgusting, I would rather go sick sometimes. If I got too sick, I'd take it, but I hated it, I truly hated it. Luckily, my doctor switched me to subutex which doesn't have the Naltrexone, its pure Buprenorphine. The Subutex tastes like a bitter pill, just like you'd imagine maybe an aspirin would taste if you crushed it up, but it is a hell of a lot better than that nasty orange suboxone pill. It absolutely works, 100%. I have no side effects, at all. I used to get a little constipated,but after a while my body adjusted. I shoot it sometimes, which I know is still addiction type behavior,but it works so well and immediately, plus you don't taste a thing. I love it. It doesn't make me high, I'm just perfectly normal, like a normal person. It is a safeguard knowing I cannot get high after I take it. The Buprenorphine attaches to your receptor sights so tightly, if you | F | 33 | 1.5 years | 12/6/2008 | 1 | Addicted to Oxycontin | Ummm.... is "living hell" a side effect? I agree with the person below.... you're simply prolonging the inevitable. And the TASTE... I think I'd rather lick the inside of a litter box than to put one of those nasty things in my mouth ever EVER again. Lots of nausea from that. OK, it helped me get off Oxycontin, great... so what drug gets you off of Suboxone???? NONE! And the REAL kicker is when you EVER HAVE LEGITIMATE PAIN AGAIN IN YOUR *LIFE* -- you know, like a C-SECTION, opiates will never relieve your pain again. On June 30, I went into labor, so they had to do an emergency C-Section, because I had 3 previous ones so I couldn't have a baby the "normal" way. The doctor had put me on Suboxone for a month in NOVEMBER to get off Oxys when I found out I was preggers with my 4th daughter. After the surgery in JUNE, what, EIGHT MONTHS LATER??, they could not stabilize me in recovery, because there was NO DRUG that would relieve the pain. Demerol, morphine, di | And to this day, although I've kicked the opiate habit, if something happens (like last Saturday, I fell down a flight of steps) had to go get X-rays (hairline fracture in the spine), got a scrip for Darvocet (whoopee... what a useless drug) and it didn't help at all. I don't know why I even bothered filling it. And if I take Lortab or Percocet, i.e. for menstrual cramps or something, I will get somewhat of a slight buzz, but NO PAIN RELIEF AT ALL. I honestly believe that this drug ruined my body to the point of not being able to release endorphins myself, so my pain tolerance plummeted, and my drug tolerance SKYROCKETED. Withdrawals from this drug are lengthy and miserable. I don't even think my body completely "withdrew" from it. Now my SHRINK has me on Adderall (great! now I'm a speed addict...) because that DRUG completely changed me for the worse, (mentally and physically) and left me miserable, STILL, a YEAR after I last took it, so my psych had to give me Adderal | F | 30 | 1 months | 12/13/2008 | 5 | vicodin dependence | A little sleepy at first, now I take a very low dose | For me, anything but vicodin addiction is a Godsend, I agree. I now take 1mg, but have not thought much about getting off of it completely until reading this message board. I've taken it for a few years without a thought. Thanks, I'll ween of it. | F | 47 | 3 years | 1/5/2009 | 5 | ADDICTION TO MORPHINE & BENZOS | THE ONLY SIDE EFFECTS THAT I HAVE ARE THE SWEATS, A BIT OF NAUSEA AND INSOMNIA AND CLUSTER HEADACHES. | I WENT INTO DETOX 6 MONTHS AGO TO GET OFF MORPH AND BENZOS, I WAS IN THERE FOR 14 DAYS "OF HELL" BUT 6 MONTHS LATER AND STILL CLEAN TAKING 10MG OF SUBOXONE I HAVE NO CRVINGS FOR ANY DRUGS WHICH IS GREAT BUT I WANT TO GET OFF THIS STUFF A.S.A.P. TO ME ITS LIKE SWAPPING THE WITCH FOR THE BITCH. THE DOCTORS GET YOU OFF ALL THE OTHER DRUGS BUT THEN YOU END UP ON ANOTHER DRUG AND ITS LIKE A VISIOUS CYCLE..... I SAY TAKE IT IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO BUT IF YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH YOU REALLY DONT NEED IT BELIEVE ME... PLS REPLY TO ME IF YOU WANT ANY ADVISE. | F | 40 | 6 months | 1/10/2009 | 3 | Detox | I got cut down to 2mg's a day and even if I miss one doss, its brutal. Im sure you guys who were on perks and oxy's now what I mean. Ive been on them for about 4 months and i just dont know. They are really expensive and are they doing anything exept tricking our brains?? Anybody done with the detoxing??? | F | 21 | 4 months | 1/11/2009 | 1 | pain management | Severe constipation, nervousness, insomnia, suicide ideation. | Never take this drug, it is substiting another way stronger drug. Good luck ever trying to get off. Look forward to months of lethargy, depression, insomnia. Stay Away from this awful drug that doctors push like crazy cause they charge outrageous fees that must be paid in cash. Dont believe them, they know nothing about this drug. Only an 8 hour online course is reqd to perscribe. | M | 42 | 4 months | 1/19/2009 | 3 | heroin addiction | The 1st time I used subutex to detox was virtually side-effect free. The 2nd time a different story. Insomnia, some precipitated withdrawal: chills, sweats, tremors, visual disturbances, anxiety, pain- but this is what I was to expect with or without suboxone, the suboxone lessened it I'm sure, just maybe not for the first couple days. But I knew I was doing something pro-active to get off the dope and that made it more bearable. | I don't plan on staying on this drug for maintenance purposes. I don't want to trade one addiction for another. Hopefully a week maximum- anything to get away from the heroin. I knew to possibly expect the "precipitated withdrawal" which they say you can avoid by being in mild to moderate withdrawal, but you can't tell that subjectively when you're kicking. I guess that is one downside to doing the induction illicitly, that is without medical supervision or a proper prescription I mean. My brother who was a heavy heroin user for a solid year detoxed with me, and we waited the 24 hours after our last hit, still hit him like a ton of bricks. He suffered badly for 2 days and nights straight, crying out and unable to be still, I suffered less, I was less dependent though. I had almost zero side effects the 1st time I used subs to detox, but then again I was even less dependent at that time. Wish I'd stuck with it after the 1st time. Maybe I'll be smarter this time. | F | 30 | 4 days | 1/22/2009 | 3 | opiate dependency | instant cessation of opiate withdrawals. mental fog, insomnia, confusion | This doesn't have anything to do with the medication but refers to the experience in finding a Dr. credentialed to prescribe it: The experience seeking treatment for dependence on pain meds is almost the reverse of being treated for pain. I usually feel nurtured & cared for at the pain clinic. I went to an internal medicine doctor for suboxone treatment, and even though this doctor participates w/ my insurance, I was asked to pay for the office visit right away because I was told "that is how their office handles THAT issue". just ONE of the irritating things I've discovered while looking for treatment. | F | 35 | 3 days | 2/5/2009 | 5 | Opiate dependency / back-neck pain | I was unable to notice any side effects other than the extrememly bad taste of the tablets. (Most of the things listed here as "side effects" are likely part of the individual's withdrawal symptoms.) | After taking powerful drugs (fentanyl, dilaudid, percocet, vicodin, etc.) for nearly a year, my tolerance to the drugs was so high that I became completely dependent with no pain relief. When I told my doc I wanted off the drugs, he prescribed the Suboxone. I expected it to relieve more of the W/D than it did, but it took me only a week to overcome the dependence and stop taking the Suboxone as well. The first few days were pretty rough with the sweating/freezing and emotional w/d. The next couple were bothersome, but not too hard to deal with. Now Im off all drugs! | M | 30 | 7 days | 3/23/2009 | 4 | Opiate dependance | If what i wrote in my comments section is a side effect then .... that is the only thing. | I am taking suboxone right now.... i ususally only take 4 mg a day but sometimes i take 8 mg. i should be taking 8 mg but i am trying to stay as low as i can for when the time comes i want 2 get off completely and have kids and all that. I was just wondering if this has ever happened to you or if you have ever heard of this..ever since i been taking this medicine i occasionally- id say like at least once a week i get a terrible terrible headache to the point i cant even do anything except lay in bed wanting to cry along with horrible nausea and anything i eat i throw it up. its the worst feeling in the world. the head ache sort of feels like an extreme sinus headache. I told my doctor this and he said its just migraine headaches. but i haven't had migraines since i was a little girl and even then the migraines i remember having did not feel how this feeling feels. Ive heard from some people that suboxone creates headaches in some people and their doctors switch them to subutex. i dont know what the hell this is that is happening to me maybe my body just doesn't agree with something in the medicine. this medication is so new there isn't nearly as much research on it as i wish there was. id def rather be taking this med everyday than what i was doing i just hate having to miss things like school, events, etc. because of this sickness I get out of nowhere. if anyone has any info please e-mail me. THANK YOU -RoseAnn | F | 21 | 1 years | 3/28/2009 | 5 | Opium addiction/Painkillers | None. Absolutely NONE. | This treatment was a GODSEND!! I financially bankrupted myself with my previous addiction, and in desperation, sought out a doctor certified to prescribe Suboxone. (I had to even have in-hospital surgery at one point, even though high on opium; don't think I wasn't terrified I'd feel the blade!) The clinic insisted I spend the afternoon with them to monitor my reactions after the first little ornage pill. (Come on guys, it's not that bad!) Nothing!! Absolutely no ill feelings at all. I felt... NORMAL. Like I probably felt before getting sucked into a hard-core opium addiction. Withdrawal from that drug is MURDER. Try holding down a job withdrawing from that baby. Suboxone SAVED MY LIFE! I never really lowered my dosage after about 4-5 months of treatment; I just didn't go back for another refill, and I still feel fine. No cravings for opiates. Don't let anyone here scare you! If you have an opiate addiction, at least give this a try. | F | 47 | 5 months | 5/17/2009 |
SUBOXONE (BUPRENORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE; NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication contains 2 medicines: buprenorphine and naloxone. It is used to treat opioid (narcotic) dependence/addiction. Buprenorphine belongs to a class of drugs called mixed opioid agonist-antagonists. Buprenorphine helps prevent withdrawal symptoms caused by stopping other opioids. Naloxone is a narcotic antagonist that blocks the effect of opioids and can cause severe opioid withdrawal when injected. Withdrawal is less likely when naloxone is taken by mouth, dissolved under the tongue, or dissolved on the inside of the cheek. It is combined with buprenorphine to prevent abuse and misuse (injection) of this medication. This combination medication is used as part of a complete treatment program for drug abuse (such as compliance monitoring, counseling, behavioral contract, lifestyle changes). FDA Approval Date: 2002-10-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)