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 Read more…
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 Read more…
This new patient has been on suboxone for two weeks, and reports having low back pain and a runny nose. He also feels that the 16 mg dose of Suboxone that he takes in the morning wears off by the Read more…
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 Read more…
One of the comments I hear the most from suboxone piatients that they had their own group– a place to talk about addiction issues, frustrations, inspirations, etc, without the need to hide their use of suboxone. Many suboxone patients attend Read more…