Quote from busterdog:

Hi I've been on Suboxone for 3 weeks, I take 16 mg per day. I can see dosing down slow will not be any trouble because it lasts a long time in your system.
My question is when you do finally take that last pill, what symptoms can you expect? Is is as bad as Vicodin withdrawl? I was so sick after 2 years on that crap I could not stop on my own without being deathly ill and bed ridden for 7 days. Is Suboxone like that? Is it easier if you taper dowm slowly or just get off all together. I would love feedback from someone who's done it. My doctor just said everyone's different & no one knows how you'll react until you try it. I really afraid.
THanks Erin :confused:
P.S.-Suboxone saved my life! I was taking up to 40 7.5/500 mg of Vicodin a DAY. Once I got that Sub pill under my tongue I was "normal" again. You have to be opiate free for 24 hours before you start Suboxone.

Hi. I am addiction medicine doctor and have a lot of patients on buprenorphine. When they withdrow, they say it is easyer than methadone, even easier than tramadol. you could compare that to benzodiazepine averse effect - like diazepam or alprazolam: no psychological problem, more somatic problem. But best part is that you could go directly to naltrexone that is part of Suboxone, and shorten withdrow period in days.
We here in Europe have a lot of experiance in treatment, and I have a board (forum) specialized for expirience of treatment protocol - [url]www.moravek.net/forum/[/url]
unfortunately, it is mostly on croatian.