For Those Who Have Used Suboxone????
Question by serenity113001: For those who have used Suboxone????
I have a few questions about this medication…My bf is currently on it for his heroin use and I would like to hear from anyone who has/is been on this medication and how they dealt with it while using it and those who have been able to live life without it. Did you experience any side effects? Did you drink more caffeine? (My boyfriend asked bc he is up to 10 cups a day…though I think it is him getting back to work and the time change…) What was life like once you were off of it? Any withdrawal symptoms? Did you use again or did you have the urge? If so, how did you fight it??? Any answers would be appreciated from those who have any sort of experience with this subject as I worry considering what I have been through with my bf before he decided to finally get clean…Thanks : )
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Answer by sofie a
Buprenorphine sublingual preparations are often used in the management of opioid dependence (that is, dependence on heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, oxymorphone, fentanyl or other opioids). The Suboxone and Subutex preparations were approved for this indication by the United States FDA in October 2002. This was only possible due to the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 that for the first time since 1914-1920 (conflicting Supreme Court rulings – rulings that would not stand to today’s Supreme Court as they ruled that maintenance or detox treatment is not medical treatment, and likely was not what was intended by Congress) made it legal for doctors to prescribe opioids themselves to manage addiction (“maintenance”) or for short-term detox (special doctors in registered clinics are excluded from these blanket restrictions). This law is limited to Schedules III through V only – thus excluding methadone and stronger opioids.
The use of Medication assisted treatment in the management of opioid dependence is highly regulated, owing to the sometimes controversial nature of this aspect of harm reduction policy. In the United States, a special federal waiver is required to prescribe Subutex and Suboxone for opioid addiction treatment on an outpatient basis. However, if the doctor meets none of the other clarifications, an 8-hour course is all that is required). Each approved prescriber is allowed to manage only 30 patients on buprenorphine for opioid addiction as outpatients;[11] the U.S. Senate has passed a bill relaxing this restriction for group practices only as of May 25, 2006[citation needed]. Legislation was passed by Congress in the last few hours prior to Holiday recess in December, 2006 allowing physicians with one year of clinical experience Physicians are only required to have had their original waiver for 1 year, NO clinical experience is required to request an additional exemption within DATA 2000 allowing 100 patient limit effective 12/29/2006 (public law 109-469). Similar restrictions are placed on prescribers in many other jurisdictions. Buprenorphine is heavily regulated in Australia relatively, and while the number of patients isn’t limited generally daily visits for supervised dosing at a pharmacy is required, such as methadone, and methadone where used is used in lower relative doses.[citation needed] On September 21, 2006, actor and comedian Artie Lange revealed on The Howard Stern Show that he had overcome heroin addiction the previous year. He said buprenorphine was essential to countering the effects of opioid withdrawal and described it as a ‘miracle pill’. However, others have found that once they begin the treatment, they become addicted to the Buprenorphine, this is because Buprenorphine is still an opioid. The withdrawals from Buprenorphine is quite similar to that of other opioids, but like methadone, it has a long half life, causing a longer, but milder withdrawal.
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