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 | addiction | severe constipation, gross taste, no personality or interest in anything, severe insomnia | This drug is so much harder to get off than short acting opiates. It leaves you with bad depression and insomnia. There is no easy way to get off opiates, taper. DO NOT substitute this evil opiate for another. It will mess up your brain | M | 44 | 90 days 4mg 1X day | 4/9/2010 | 4 | addiction | Sex drive has gone down. Constipation. | I don't see all the negative views on this medication like a lot of the others here in this post. I take a Viagra type med for sex if I need to, but the sex drive has come back considerably. As far as the constipation goes.. don't be afraid to keep a bottle of stool softeners at your bed stand. If I notice I have NOT gone in 2 days, I will take 3 softeners and that always does it. The Suboxone has such a long half life. You just cannot feel sick on this medication even if you miss an entire day. Once I had to take myself off of it for other reasons and I used Tramadol quite liberally after I felt my self coming off the Suboxone but I handled that fine, the ultram worked. Suboxone has HELPED ENTIRELY WITH DEPRESSION AND GAD (ANXIETY). It took my craving for oxy's away and for that I am soo grateful. For those who don't like keeping the pill in their mouth for that long try different things! The best way for super fast absorption is by crushing the pill into a fine powder and sliding the powder under your tongue. It melts in 2 minutes! This med is one med I Do recommend! Think of all the trouble you used to get into getting and doing drugs! Just try the medication it might SAVE your life! Any questions, feel free to contact me I left my email:) The best of luck to everyone! | M | 33 | 3 days 8mg 2X day | 2/5/2010 | 5 | opiate addict / depression + GAD | NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL. I have only wonderful things to say about it, it gave me my life back and made it even better than before my addiction. | For me this drug is a miracle and gave me a life better than anything I ever believed possible. For the people who complain about trading one addiction for another, what exactly is the problem with that as long as the new addiction has almost no negative side effects and dramatically improves my life? My life was a living hell before suboxone. I had been addicted to opiates for 15 years as I found they were the only thing that eliminated the severe depression/anxiety that was coupled with an extreme fatigue that devastated my life. Addiction has its own and worse evils. Previously I made a attempt at sobriety that lasted 4.5 years during which I went to doctors for treatment + meds, and made every lifestlye change possible and all were futile in improving my condition. My depression and anxiety were just overwhelming, and I always felt tired no matter how much rest or positive lifestyle changes I made. I eventually relapsed and ended up on Methdaone. I hated the clinic and the effect methadone had on me. I started researching alternatives and discovered suboxone. This drug is miraculous. It gave me a life I never thought was possible. My depression/GAD + fatigue are gone. There is no high on these so there is limited abuse potential, and I only take them as prescribed. For the first time in my life I am truly happy and moving forward. Please email me if you have any questions. | M | 35 | 30 days | 1/9/2010 | 5 | 6 Yrs of OxyContin Addiction | No side effects what so ever. FYI: This site has this medication classification wrong. It's not an opiate agonist, it's a 'PARTIAL OPIATE AGONIST MIXED WITH AN OPIATE ANTAGONIST'. I've researched it extensively and to call it an opiate agonist is similar to comaring it to methadone: false. Early on, I had some strange muscle spasms just as I was about to fall asleep but have not had them for a very long time. | I began taking suboxone at the age of 25, after 6 years of serious opioid dependency. FOR ME, SUBOXONE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE DRUG. I went from being a very successful person, to being a college dropout with $65,000 in student loans, most of which went toward OxyContin. In the end, I was snorting between 2 and 8 OxyContin 80’s a day. Every part of my life was failing. i.e-no driver’s license, no insurance, no girlfriend, no job, dropped out of school, etc. 3 years of suboxone treatment later, my life has completely turned around! I have a great job, a great fiancé, and a nice car. (driver’s license, insurance and all) I highly recommend finding a doctor that does not view suboxone as a short term solution, but rather a long term slowly weaning treatment plan. (I was once on 4 8mg suboxones a day, and have come down by 2mg every 3 months for 2 years now. 2 years from now I’ll be off suboxone, but will have taken it for 5 years total) Very good medicine that CAN work for you if you’re addicted to opiates! | M | 28 | 3 years | 12/23/2009 | 1 | Pain Med & Heroin addiction | Migraines, hated the pill under the tongue-yuck! some dizziness | Plz plz DO NOT use this drug as a maintenance drug. I am currently in the 2nd week of w/d from this POISON!& it's hell..it stays in yr system 4ever! the doc's r all lying cuz its a big $ maker-get a good doc that will decrease u after a month or so. Did you know that Sub is 30X stronger than Morphine in yr brain? check out sites: subsux.com and suboxonetaper.com. U will see how people are SUFFERING with this "miracle". I wish i'd w/d off my DOC yrs ago!! BE CAREFUL! | F | 38 | 2 years | 11/11/2009 | 1 | Fibromyalgia pain | severe nausea, severe drowsiness, cold, pale skin, lowered body temp., dizziness, extreme weakness, vomiting, nervousness, | After taking the first dose of only 2mg I ended up in the Emergency Room. This was prescribed for my fibromyalgia pain..not opioid withdrawal. I felt like I was going to pass out and never wake up. | F | 44 | 1 times | 11/2/2009 | 5 | Prescription opiod dependence | I began taking Suboxone at the highest dose, three 8mg tablets a day. At that dose I had a fairly severe allergic reaction (rash, itching, sores in the mouth) probably because I'm allergic to codeine. However, the doctor lowered my dose to 8mg twice a day and the allergic reaction disappeared. Now my only side effect is increased sweating. And, oh yeah, a newfound ability to live a life free of sickness, near death overdoses, and criminal charges/arrests. Suboxone is a miracle MEDICAL treatment for the MEDICAL disease of opiod dependence. | Literally, from the first few hours I started taking Suboxone I was freed from the vicious cycle of opiod addiction which has been destroying my life for the last ten years. Now, taking this drug, I have no opiod cravings at all. I never, ever spend any more time thinking about and planning to get high. This medicine doesn't make me feel "high" at all; in fact, I've been taking it almost 2 months and I don't feel any mental effects at all anymore. Luckily, I found a very good general practicioner who prescribes it. Unfortunately there seem to be some doctors charging hundreds or even thousands of dollars to prescribe this drug. Shop around for a doctor, I found one who charges $100 a visit and gives me 90 days of Suboxone. Anyone who thinks taking Suboxone is to 'trade one addiction for another' is flat-out wrong. Suboxone does not have the negative consequences associated with abusing opiods. It allows the user to calm the cravings while focusing on treatment. I'm going to take it for an indefinate time, maybe even the rest of my life. It's a small trade off to have to take two orange pills a day rather than constantly be sick, overdosing, and getting arrested for writing false prescriptions. The half life of buprenorphine (the main ingredient) is up to 72 hours, so if I miss a dose I don't get sick or feel unwell at all. Buprenorphine is a PARTIAL opiod-agonist, which means it satisfies your brain without producing the euphoria associated with oxycodo | M | 27 | 2 months | 11/1/2009 | 3 | vicodin and percocet abuse | Every few days or so...severe headache and vomiting. | The SEVERE tolerance that shadows opiates is why I stopped! I got sick and tired of spending so much money on vicodin and percocet. However, the withdraw further prevented me from Quitting. FINALLY, I came across SUBOXONE on the streets and began using it. What a relief...in my pocket and my well being! WHEN I TRIED TO QUIT SUBOXONE.....OMG "HELP HELP HELP GET THIS #@%* DEVIL OUT OF ME" THE withdraw effects FROM SUBOXONE are far worse than that of vicodin and percocet. THINKING about it makes me shake! STAY AWAY FROM SUBOXONE UNLESS YOUR DRUG OF CHOICE IS OR WAS OC's or HEROIN (wich produce severe withdraw symptoms that pose greater risk). Yes,I'm still using SUBOXONE and still searching for help. I'm currently trying to wean off but it's like...your body knows if it's off a .5mg or so and reacts....PLEASE DONT USE DRUGS OMG! | M | 33 | 3 months | 10/28/2009 | 3 | Pain Management? | None yet | I have terminal Lupus and fibromyalgia and a bunch of other diseases that comes with those. Ive been on different narcotics for 7 years. In July I was rushed to the ER with severe stomach pains, it turned out I was so constipated that my bowel was twisted and it caused all my stool to go into my small intestine which caused that to be the same size as my large intestine. I spent 2 and a half weeks in hospital getting 'cleared out' The Gi Dr told me I had to come off all narcotics, and I was tappered off morphine when i got home. I have been in agony since the surgery with the surgery pain plus my chronic pain. I went to a pain management dr and he wants to put me on suboxone, i have found no info about it being used for pain management. Im worried that he thinks its all in my head and that im trying to get narcotics and taking this will take away any 'craving' i have. I don't have a craving, I have pain and want relief. If anyone can give me any insight on this i would appreciate it. Ive been narcotic free since August and in extreme pain. Im not a junkie, Im terminally ill and need something for pain. Please email me with any info you can give me Thank you | F | 31 | 0 days | 10/25/2009 | 1 | Depression | Intense dizziness, profuse sweating, within an hour of taking this medicine I was on the floor in a pool of vomit. severe nausea and disorientation. I was unable to get up off the floor by myself and had to call for help and paramedics. Spent 4 hours in emergency room. Severe abdominal cramps and chills. Symptoms eased after receiving a shot of morphine. All this from a 2mg dose! | ER doctors did not believe that this drug was prescribed for depression and I had to wait for blood and urine tests before they gave me the morphine to counteract the suboxone. The wait was agony. This was clearly a time when I thought I was going to die. IF THIS DRUG IS OFFERED TO YOU FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN DRUG DEPENDACY-- GET A SECOND OR THIRD OPINION. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. | M | 57 | 1 times | 9/23/2009 | 1 | addiction to oxycontin | Extreme constipation, vomiting, insomnia | I have been taking this drug for almost 4 years, many attempts to get off, all unsuccessful. No sex drive, constant low level depression. A complete personality eraser. Total bitch to come off of. | M | 38 | 4 years | 7/8/2009 | 5 | Opiate addiction | This medication saved my life. | It took two years, but I'm completely off everything including the Suboxone. Opiate addiction is hard no matter what, there is no "magic pill". I just had to remind myself that there was NO exuse to go back to opiates. Of course I expected some side effects but I just kept refusing to live the life I was. Stay strong, it works and I'm living proof. | F | 27 | 2 years | 6/17/2009 | 1 | M | | 6/6/2009 | 4 | to treat opiate dependence | NO SEX DRIVE, constipation | I have been on Suboxone for 3 months now and while I can now function like a normal person and not a pill fiend.... It has really ruined my relationship, I no longer have any desire to have sex at all and not only that I cannot orgasm...I have bowel movements once a week, if that. And when I do it's painful. I don't see any end in sight of getting off this drug because it has completely taken away my craving for opiates. Also if you have medical insurance, be prepared to shell out mega bucks anyway. | F | 23 | 3 months | 5/20/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |