I have a real problem, whenever I am reading I drift off into sleep and awake a few seconds later. It is really frustrating because this happens all the time no matter where I am or what I am reading,.If I read about 2-3 lines I will suddenly wake up realising I drifted off again. This is really effecting my life because I love to read. I am able to force myself to stay awake but this takes all my concentration which makes it impossible to understand what I am reading. I am an ex-addict (clean for nearly two years now) and I am prescribed 6mg of buprenorphen (subutex) per day. I have searched to see if this is a side effect but I cannot find any referance to this at all. People generally say that Buprenorphen actually keeps them awake, not put them to sleep. This is the only medication I am taking and my symptoms do coincide with when I first started to take this medication. how can I prevent this? Is there an alternative medication besides methadone? Anyone else got the same problem?

This has happened twice in the last 4 months and it has never happened in my whole life. After about an hour in the sun , my lips become itchy and red. Within a day it looks like I kissed a clown , as if I have smeared lipstick on my lips. They are incrediably itchy and annoying. There is no blisters just a red tender area that is around my lips. I am thinking that my medications might have something to do with making me sun sensitive however my face didn't even receive a slight sunburn. My medications are as follows. Conserta 36 mg 4 times a day , zoloft 100 mg 1 time a day , subutex 2 mg 2 times a day , coumadin 7.5 mg 1 time a day , and sometimes I will take tylenol pm to keep me from waking up in the middle of the night. Are these medications making this happen when I am exposed to sunlight for longer than an hour????

For the past 5 years I have been a trial patient for subutex. Recently the drug was approved by heath Canada and I now am being made to pay for the drug. I do not have the money . My doctor is out of the drug and the pharmacies do not carry it. If anyone has an information on this drug and how to get it that would help. JJ Yes the I am taking the Subutex for a heroin detox. It had been given to me from a doctor.