Can one take Oxycontin with suboxone to take away withdrawls have been taking Oxycontin 200mg per day thought if started getting the sub in the body meant no withdrawls please thanks?

Answer 1

DO NOT MIX SUBOXONE & OXYCODONE! To start out, it's important to know what the drugs do & how they work. Suboxone is a combination of primarily buprenorphine & Naloxone. Buprenorphine is a synthetic opiate and a partial opiod agonist, which means that is has an attraction to the natural opiod receptors in your brain. It has a very long half-life and stays in your system a lot longer than oxy. As odd as it may seem, buprenorphine also acts as an antagonist in the brain and has what's called a ceiling effect, meaning you can't get any "higher" than a certain level. Naloxone is an opiod antagonist and actually reverses the effects of opiates in your brain. It's often used in an ER for opiate overdoses. It is put in Suboxone to discourage IV users from crushing the pills & injecting them. Oxycodone, a much stronger opiate than buprenorphine, is a full opiod agonist and has a much stronger attraction to those receptors although it lasts significantly shorter than buprenorphine.

It is not a good idea to mix Suboxone & oxycodone because the two drugs "compete" for opiate receptors in the brain. What this means is that the Suboxone will basically render the oxycodone useless and you will experience little or no effect from the oxycodone. Suboxone is supposed to be used to ease withdrawl symptoms from opiates like herion, oxycodone, methadone, etc. and is not to be used in conjunction with them. Stick with one or the other - good luck!

Answer 2

The suboxone will overpower the oxycodone, and depending on your dose of suboxone & when you take it in relation to your dose of oxy, you're either going to feel diminished effects of the oxy, or no effects at all. if you're got access to suboxone, you've got a great tool to help you live a clean, productive life. be grateful for this & stick to the subs. you're going to feel a little uneasy for a week or so while your body adjusts to the subs, but afterwards you'll feel absolutely perfect. your body still needs to detox though, so if you can make it just one week without oxy (and i know it's tough), staying clean - and being happy, suboxone acts as an amazing antidepressant- should be as easy as taking your subs every morning. hope you feel better, it's a long road, but every journey begins with the first step.