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 |
| 1 | to treat opiate addiction | Diarrhea, sweating, loss of all emotions, tooth decay, extreme weight gain, lack of energy;fatigue hair loss | This medicine is EXTREMELY hard to taper off of. The withdrawals make it too hard to stop taking, even at the lowest possible dose. I have tried and failed miserably. These withdrawals are even worse than opiates | F | 45 | 1 years 4 mg | 1/7/2015 | 5 | Any opiate painkiller I could get. | Drowsiness,insomnia,low energy only mild, positive it's that I got my life back on track now am able to hold down a job and have a good relationship with family and friends and a better overall mood. Everyone is different so I would recommend trying if your stuck in the ongoing everyday struggle to get money for pills and want to turn your life around but you got to want to do it and be ready to really stop what do have to lose if you been taking pills for more than a year which is I'm sure not much. | Go for it try it out it worked wonders for me | M | 25 | 1 years 12,8mg | 12/31/2014 | 1 | duragesic tylox | With drawers worse than coming off duragesic r d tylox | Just as bad r worse than duragesic | F | 55 | 8 months 30 | 12/14/2014 | 1 | Opiate addiction | Worse than getting off pills | It's just trading one addiction for another | M | 25 | 1 years | 12/8/2014 | 4 | opiate abuse, fibromyalgia | I was put on suboxone after around 5 years of opiate abuse starting with Vicodin for pain and ending up at 400-600 mg of oxy or 4+ bundles of snorted heroin a day. I went to inpatient rehab and was started on suboxone. At first I just wanted to do a short taper, but realized without something for my fibro pain I would end up right back where I started. I couldn't find a dr, and I relapsed for 3 months. When I finally found a doctor, I got on at 16 mg a day. I raised it to 20 because I still was having cravings. I still have cravings and probably always will, but with help from bluelight.org and suboxone.com, I was able to stay mostly clean and taper. I find it to help more at the lower doses. At 20 mg a day, I either felt sedated or restless. I have had trouble maintaining any kind of sleep schedule, even at 2 mg, but it's a lot better. The drug does not cause constipation for me, it actually makes me go shortly after I take it. I do think methadone would cover my cravings better, but ins covers my suboxone, and I don't have to start out chained to a clinic. The main side effect of suboxone is the drs who prescribe it. A lot of them are just in it for the money. If you have a light addiction, do yourself a favor, and just cold turkey it. If you must use suboxone, use a low dose. There are many reports from people who were hooked on a few Norcos/day and now have a much bigger monkey on their back. Even though you don't feel high, it is a potent narcotic. | F | 29 | 7 months 20 mg -> 2 | 9/24/2014 | 4 | for pain and to get off opiates | In the beginning i had the nodding and that was about 5 yrs ago , but now I've been getting so sleepy and I can't stay awake for very long, could it be the subs doing this ?? | F | 36 | 3 times 24 | 9/6/2014 | 5 | opiate abuse | Other than a mild lingering headache, exedrin es helps, I'm super lucky and am having a great experience with suboxone | F | 47 | 3 days 2mg x 3 | 8/10/2014 | 3 | Pain, Opiate Addiction | Lots of energy, didn't sleep well and lost 75lbs. No sex drive at all. | This medication is far better than Methadone for addicts to stay clean off opiates and stay clean. No urges to do other drugs at all and you don't gain the weight that Methadone gives some people. It's been a difficult drug to take for me since I have anxiety issues and insomnia problems and this stuff keeps you awake if taken too late in the day. If you're going to take this stuff to get off opiates you only need a very small amount, 2mg or so and I wouldn't take for more than 2-3 days unless you plan on being on it for awhile. This medication is extremely difficult to get off of and I should know since I've done it all. If you are willing to taper off very slowly than maybe this is for you. Otherwise I've almost tried to commit suicide a few times in my mind when getting off of this and never has that problem with other opiates. Something very mental about the withdrawals from it. Very hard and I am in search of help as I write this to get under 2mg is so hard. Go super slow once you get under 4mg to taper. | M | 47 | 1.5 years 8mg 3X day | 8/10/2014 | 1 | roxy | At first sub was like a miracle. Made me feel normal again | When I was first tapered ..... Had a job and the withdrawal and lack of sleep made me seek another doctor. Did his program , followed all his rules. I wanted rid of this problem. Then.... Out of the blue after two years of seeing him was told because laws were becoming stricter , he could no longer see me. He gave me my last prescription and told me how to taper. Didn't work. I couldnt afford the other doctors in my area when the withdrawal got so bad I couldn't handle it. It wasn't a 3-5 day thing like foxy. I ended up where I started.... Buying off the street. A higher tolerance so roxy didn't help either. Then one day, I said f*** it all. I had lost my job, my boyfriend and was about to lose my home. I quit cold turkey. Now, 3 months later , I still don't feel normal. Normal , comes and goes. I have good days and then.... Bam. It's like, I have mild withdrawals, upset stomach, diarrhea, stuffy nose, can't sleep. Then it's gone as fast as it came my advise to anyone who wants or thinks suboxone is a good idea... Don't do it. I am 3 months clean and still have no energy. Withdrawal comes and goes. My moods are everywhere and I am just making myself stick it out hoping I didn't do permanent damage to myself. If I had KNOWN that the acute withdrawal would be almost a month and the lingering effects would still be happening, I would have been sick my 3-5 instead. May have been rougher, but when you can't sleep and feel normal as long as me, it looks like a much better option. | F | 29 | 3 years 8 mg 2X day | 8/10/2014 | 1 | mild withdraws | hiccups, vomiting, nausea, cold sweats | this drug is ridiculous, I am now certain it is a ploy by pharmaceutical companies to get people to purchase more of they're products. I have taken it once and now 17 hours I am still vomiting. I was a opiate addict for 1.5 years using somewhere around 120mg per day when I was done I sweated it out on the couch and was just fine. this time around I'm barely using and only for about three weeks. I took suboxone, and my experience is way worse than any opiate withdraws. If I were looking to get off opiates, I would seriously consider all other options before taking this. at best this is a good diet pill as I have violently, projectile vomited everything I have put in my body. | M | 33 | 1 days 7mg 1X day | 8/9/2014 | 1 | A gp told me I had tom | 1X day | 7/26/2014 | 5 | lupus | Its better than being a drug addict looking to rid yourself of pain. I'd rather put up with some mild side effects than the side effects that come with being a dope fiend. Those side effects ruin your lifestyle not just how you feel physically. Everyone is different. If you take any medication and it doesn't work for you then stop taking it. But don't have to tell other people that its a crummy drug because everyone is different. If you take a medication and you find it beneficial then keep taking it. This medication has helped me greatly, and I am happy to put up with some mild side effects. | F | 29 | 2 years 8mg | 7/24/2014 | 3 | 250mg day Oxyaddiction | Biggest complaints anxiety and depression extremely bad only took the with drawl away thats it feel like shit all the time dont wanna do a damming thing | M | 43 | 3 weeks 8mg | 4/14/2014 | 4 | When I was pregnant I developed DVT | After having my child, I didn't want to be near percocets.. suboxone Dr. Prescribed 8mg much too high a dose for me. Made me vomit, feel spacey, derealization, insomnia.. went down to 4mgs and felt better almost instantaneously! | F | 24 | 4 months percocets | 3/10/2014 | 5 | Opiate addiction | This saved my life and stopped me doctor shopping and filling myself up with pain killers. I've been tapering down from 24mg over the last year and am now down to 4mg, I haven't suffered withdrawal doing this. But I've been a few days without my proper dose and the withdrawals are horrible, it's like your whole body is creeping and tickling in an uncomfortable way where it's impossible to keep still while induring it. I'd recommended this to anyone who is serious about getting off drugs. | F | 37 | 3 days 24mg-4mg | 3/9/2014 | 4 | chronic pain and opiate abuse | Sweating, insomnia, anxiety., sometimes headaches, very hard to motivate but great for pain and stopping desire for opiates! | F | 41 | 10 days 16 mg daly | 3/7/2014 | 1 | To get off opiates | It's harder to get off than opiates y'all are a bunch of lice end Drug Dealers that should choke on your profits and every Doctor prescribing it should get Life in prison without the possibility of Parole and they should drop a nuclear bomb on the place where it is maid ...anyone that takes this drug and try's to get off of it will fill the same way I do | M | 60 | 1 days 8 | 3/2/2014 | 3 | Crazy Opiate Addiction | Bad Taste, Lethargy, Fatigue, Lack of Motivation, Constipation, Weight Loss & extreme inconvenience (Doctors appointments, prescriptions, calling, hoping to not run out, etc..) - Fatigue, feeling sorry for yourself, low testosterone, muscle loss, etc.. | Saved my career & and my life. Great for getting off of any opiate... You just have to read, research and take "your recovery" into your own hands. All these morons on this site and every other site are so fucked in the head, pitiful, co-dependent on other people helping them (including Doctors), broke and stupid, they don't have a clue why they're so fucked up and can't quit taking it. They believe every post they read from other idiots in the same situation. Do a little bit of research. It's not a miracle drug, it's a drug that does what it's supposed to do... Biggest tip I can give is to search on Google, but ignore the first 10-15 pages that come up.. Suboxone (like many other drugs, including Androgel, Viagra, etc) received government funding w/ commercials, advertising, etc.. Skip to the last pages on Google to get the read low-do.. Overall, great drug, helped me quit opiates and regain my life. Don't stay on Suboxone for 20 fuckin' years.. 1 year is fine.. 2 weeks is fine.. Just gotta have the willpower to quit Opiates. Bam. | M | 25 | 1.2 years 4mg 2X day | 12/9/2013 | 3 | Norco Addiction | Bad nausea, grogginess and night sweats at start up. After that, extremely low testosterone, fatigue and flat personality. | This drug got me off liver killing norcos with almost no withdrawal and zero cravings for two years. Not having cravings is a godsend but if you don't need maintenance get off quickly. The acute withdrawal lasted four weeks and is the worst I've suffered in my entire life, and I've withdrawn from benzos and light opiates many times. | M | 41 | 2 years 4mg 2X day | 11/12/2013 | 5 | severe pain killer addiction | Moderate constipation. Absolutely no other side effects | M | 56 | 4 months 8mg | 11/3/2013 |