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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 677400" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Well, I do know that the proper way to detox from suboxone is to do a SLOW taper and then stop when on a very minimal dosage. Withdrawal is still rough, but not as bad as quitting cold turkey when on a higher dose.</p><p></p><p>Was your son using suboxone as maintenance, or just to avoid withdrawals when he couldn't get his drug of choice?</p><p></p><p>If he is getting his suboxone from a clinic or doctor, he needs to ask his medical team to set up a withdrawal schedule to help him get off the medication as comfortably as possible.</p><p></p><p>If he's getting it on the street, there is a LOT of information available on the internet both on how to use suboxone to get off of opiates, and on how to taper of of suboxone.</p><p></p><p>Now that he is in full withdrawal, he can go to a methadone or suboxone clinic/doctor and get started on maintenance therapy. I'd suggest suboxone therapy as it has less side effects and is easier to get off of than methadone is.</p><p></p><p>The other way to go is to go to a private physician legally authorized to prescribe suboxone (few and far between) as a private physician can prescribe "comfort medications", which clinics do not. Watch him as it is not uncommon for opiate addicts (suboxone is an opiate) to come out of withdrawal hooked on benzos (valium, klonopin, xanax, etc) or alcohol.</p><p></p><p>My suspicion is that he used suboxone before he was in full withdrawal from other opiates and threw himself into precipitated withdrawal, which is much more severe than regular withdrawal. Suboxone blocks the "high" from opiates.</p><p></p><p>ERs aren't likely to be very sympathetic to "junkies" in a lot of places, though some will give a shot of morphine. If he can get through a week or two, the worst of it is over. How long has he been in WD?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 677400, member: 1963"] Well, I do know that the proper way to detox from suboxone is to do a SLOW taper and then stop when on a very minimal dosage. Withdrawal is still rough, but not as bad as quitting cold turkey when on a higher dose. Was your son using suboxone as maintenance, or just to avoid withdrawals when he couldn't get his drug of choice? If he is getting his suboxone from a clinic or doctor, he needs to ask his medical team to set up a withdrawal schedule to help him get off the medication as comfortably as possible. If he's getting it on the street, there is a LOT of information available on the internet both on how to use suboxone to get off of opiates, and on how to taper of of suboxone. Now that he is in full withdrawal, he can go to a methadone or suboxone clinic/doctor and get started on maintenance therapy. I'd suggest suboxone therapy as it has less side effects and is easier to get off of than methadone is. The other way to go is to go to a private physician legally authorized to prescribe suboxone (few and far between) as a private physician can prescribe "comfort medications", which clinics do not. Watch him as it is not uncommon for opiate addicts (suboxone is an opiate) to come out of withdrawal hooked on benzos (valium, klonopin, xanax, etc) or alcohol. My suspicion is that he used suboxone before he was in full withdrawal from other opiates and threw himself into precipitated withdrawal, which is much more severe than regular withdrawal. Suboxone blocks the "high" from opiates. ERs aren't likely to be very sympathetic to "junkies" in a lot of places, though some will give a shot of morphine. If he can get through a week or two, the worst of it is over. How long has he been in WD? [/QUOTE]
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