Buprenorphine is a drug that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the treatment of opioid-based prescription drug withdrawal from a doctor’s office. At Meditox, we make use of both forms, Subutex and Suboxone, prescribing whichever is most appropriate for the individual’s circumstance. .............. in other words, how does this help the treatment for opiates?

i have been taking 8 mg a day of suboxone for almost a year and a half and for the last 7 days i have been taking subutex which is the same but without the blocker....does anyone know how long the blocker from the suboxone will be effective?

i have been taking 8 mg a day of suboxone for almost a year and a half and for the last 7 days i have been taking subutex which is the same but without the blocker....does anyone know how long the blocker from the suboxone will be effective?

Hi all, I am a drug worker, but also a drug user....I am on a script myself and off the record my husband and I are having a baby. I'm on subutex (6mg) but thinking such is life as I have met many mothers through my career that carry very healthy babies full term and their chilldren suffer very little at birth.(I'm not being casual about this though) Subutex is licensed for use on pregnant women, as is methadone, although siboxone isn't at present as it's still relatively new and not very well tested. (Although don't panic if you're on suboxone) The advice is for women on suboxone to tranfer to subutex if pregnant...or methadone. Yes, there is a possibilty that your child will suffer some withdrawals, but you should be assigned a specialist midwife who is experienced in dealing with substance use, illicit and otherwise, who should be able to give you advice and support. The biggest barrier to overcome is people's judgement of you. All the babies that I have known born to prescribed mothers (which is many) have grown to be healthy and fit. Some have withdrawn more than others but none for more than a couple of weeks and many of the recorded symptoms are subjective. Your baby will be monitored on a scale, again which is subjective in many ways. (does your baby cry more than others, twitch maybe, sleep less??....alll baies are different so the scale has a slightly limited use) Yes, if you feel able to reduce in your 2nd trimester of pregancy (mid term) then do as long as you do it under very close supervision and VERY gradually. Do not alter your dose in the first 3 or last 3 months as it is very dangerous. Please.....as ditressing as it is, please accept it is better to have child that needs a little clincial help in the first 2 weeks or so than to lose your child during the pregnancy, especially late on due to ill advised reduction of medications. The guilt may be there, I understand that, I really do, but your child will be happy long after that has subsided, if you alter your own dose too radically the child may never be there at all..... take care ladies......P.s. I work for a peer led organisation where all advice workers are in treatment ourselves. For non pregnancy specific info about drug treatment...although we all have experience of drug treament during pregancy as well feel free to go to m-alliance.org.uk and go the forum to get involved in debate and have questions answered as best as possible. Hope that this helps someone and that you all have beautiful bouncing babies now....sure you have.....

i had knee surgery 5 mths ago and the diluadid is the best for pain for me ive taken them off n on for last 3 mths

i had knee surgery 5 mths ago and the diluadid is the best for pain for me ive taken them off n on for last 3 mths

i had knee surgery 5 mths ago and the diluadid is the best for pain for me ive taken them off n on for last 3 mths

i had knee surgery 5 mths ago and the diluadid is the best for pain for me ive taken them off n on for last 3 mths

I have been in chronic pain for years and finally got into a pain mangment doc. They first perscribed Percocet and after a while I built up a tolorance so they switched me to 4mg of dilaudid pills every 4 hours. What you get at the hospital in IV form is not the same as pill form at home cause the IV goes straight into your blood stream where as with any pill it has to absorb and if you have anything in your stomache it will not be as effective. If you choose to take the pills at home just be sure you take it as perscribed as it can be habit forming and it does make some people sick and itchy.Also you may build up a tolorance to it very quickly.