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yes, providing you go off the methadone for a few days prior to starting the suboxone. Suboxone has "naltraxon" in it which is an opiate antagonist which will purge the methadone from your system in expedited manner making you sicker than you need to be. One Warning about Suboxone; unless you have only been using a short time ( not shooting up) one of the foremost authorities on Heroin addiction who is affiliated with Hoag Hospital indicated to me that long term opiate addicts don't stand much of a chance. Try it though if you are determined to get cleaned up.
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How soon can you switch from methadone to suboxone?
Yes, but ONLY after u have tapered to a 30mg methadone dose, THEN detox for 24 hours, and when u are in clear signs of withdrawal, then u can take a very low suboxone dose (1/2 a pill or so). if u do not do this, you will go through extreme withdrawal, which is 10 times worse than regular withdrawal. take my word for this, it is not something you want to mess around with
What would happen if you took 10mg methadone then took a very small amount of suboxone several hours later?
It is not recommended to take suboxone and methadone together within a few hours apart. You should give yourself time to get one out of your system before taking the other. Mixing methadone and suboxone can result in sickness and withdrawals.
How long after you take methadone can you take suboxone?
You can take methadone after suboxone but do not take suboxone after methadone. If you have any opiates in your system and take suboxone, you will go into withdrawal......
If you take methadone then shot another pill will you go into immediate withdrawal?
no unless that pill just happens to be suboxone.
Suboxone today methadone tomorrow will you fill the methadone?
We're not sure exactly what you mean, but we'd NEVER recommend that anyone who has been detoxed already go on methadone maintenance. Why trade one addiction for another? Get clean!
Should you wait before taking Methadone after taking Suboxone?
Going from methadone to Suboxone will make you sick. Going the other way will not make you sick. However, long exposure to the narcotic antagonist in Suboxone will have made you far more sensitive to opiates like methadone. There is a good chance of overdose. The methadone should be phased in slowly, starting with much lower doses than normal. A better idea: get detoxed from the Suboxone if necessary, and get REALLY clean. Why go from one addiction to another? Addicted is still addicted. Don't you want to be free of all that?
If you took suboxone at 6 pm and then methadone at 3pm next day can you go back to suboxone?
If your body is used to suboxone then you can usually only be on a stonger narcotic up to about three days before you have a rough conversion back onto the suboxone. But you should wait the correct time for the stronger narcotic to ware off before taking the suboxone again.
Can you be on methadone one day and be on suboxone the next day?
wait at least 48 hours, what ever you do , do not take any suboxone before this or you risk getting VERY VERY sick. The half life of methadone is around 60 hours, so if you can stand to wait 3 days (72 hours) than that is better, the longer the better really. You also need to have been gradually coming down off the methadone and need to go down as far as possible. You must be below 40mg but if you can go all the way down to 10 or 15mg than that would make for a smoother transition. You need to be totally honest with your suboxone doctor about when the last time you used was so he can then tell you when to take the suboxone. Trust me you do not want to play around with this. I have seen so many people coming off methadone think " I'll just go ahead and take a suboxone" when it had only been like 24 hours, and the went into severe withdrawals immediately and where in pure HELL for a few hours. No matter how bad you feel just wait wait wait as long as you can. At least 48 hours.
Can you take methadone and suboxson together?
No, taking the suboxone will cause you to withdrawl from the methadone NEVER take those two together or you will withdrawl severely and possibly worse can happen. If you are wanting off methadone then I suggest suboxin but never combine those two together, EVER>
Should you take suboxone or methadone after heroine?
24 hours after initial consumption of methadone you should be able to get high off heroin. Methadone is an extremely potent drug which should not be mixed with other chemicals especially those containing opiates.
I am taking suboxone right now but I have to go to jail for ten days will I get suboxone while I'm in jail?
In my rural town of Pennsylvania people male or female are not permit to take their subs in jail, which i think is completely wrong because addiction is a disease, that's like them knowing you have a deadly disease and not getting you help. I guess they think they are the same as oxys/dope. Shows how smart the jail council is, lol I have been to jail many times and never got my suboxone in jail. They will probably laugh at you. You have a better chance of getting methadone then suboxone in jail. I have of hears that some city jails take you to your methadone clinic if you already go, but this is rare. I would say that you are unfortunately screwed here. I would try to go ahead and stop before you go to jail so you won't experience the worst withdrawals in jail, because that is the worst place to have withdrawals.
If you are on heroin for three months how much methadone do you need to not go through withdrawal?
Methadone will not cure your heroin addiction. It will only keep you from going through withdrawal if you continue taking it. Once you stop taking the methadone, you will start going into withdrawal. Methadone, as well as Suboxone, are opiate antagonists. They feed your physical dependence on opiates, and they block an opiate high, so even if you relapse and start using heroin again, you won't get high on it. Heroin, Suboxone, methadone, opium, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, codeine, etc...these are all opiate drugs (made from the opium poppy). Methadone (as well as Suboxone) is just an opiate that won't get you high. It helps you quit getting high, but it does not cure or get rid of your physical dependence on opiates. When you are ready to stop taking Suboxone, you wean yourself off of it very slowly, usually over a period of several months. I would assume the same is true of methadone, but I have never taken methadone, so I don't know too much about it.
