Suboxone and Pain

A Question: I see my urologist, the prescribing doctor on Monday, August 18th and am planning on asking him to write a prescription for Subutex for my pain. This weekend I am trying to collect some useful information to bring to him in support of my request. As I have Read more…

Suboxone and other medications; Xanax?

Q/A with a person from suboxforum.com: I have a question regarding suboxone and i cant figure out how to post comments so i figured i would email to see if i can get my questions answered that way. 1) I know that suboxone has some kind of ceiling effect to Read more…

Suboxone Use by a Health Professional

A reader writes: I have been taking Suboxone for 2 months now and it has changed my life! I finally feel a freedom I haven’t felt in over 30 years! I am a nurse and am able to work around and administer narcotics with absolutely no thoughts, urges, or cravings…a Read more…

Is Suboxone At Odds With Traditional Recovery?

By now almost every opiate addict has heard of Suboxone, a medication for opiate dependence that has been around for about ten years. I admit to mixed feelings about Suboxone based on what I have seen and heard while treating well over 100 patients over the past two years. I Read more…

A hazard for kids?

Question From Anonymous

I am going to move this question to a new post so that everyone can read it: hi, I am in recovery and was injured, was on Percocet for about three months. I kinda detoxed with a lower dose of opiates but then took a few day’s worth again after Read more…

New Patient Having Nausea

Nausea is not uncommon in patients starting Suboxone. Please read what I wrote to this patient: Nausea usually comes about if the opiate effect of the suboxone is stronger than what you were used to. Reduce the dose to half a pill per day– that will be enough to prevent Read more…