Can you take lorazepam if you took suboxone today?

Answer 1

Suboxone has an opiate blocker as well as buprenorphine, so taking other opiates with it will cause strong negative effects in the user. Like an alcoholic on antibuse, any ingestion of normal opiates/opioids with suboxone will be very unpleasant for the ingestor. There is no reason to take buprenorphine along with Lortab, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, methadone, etc as the primary function of suboxone is relief of opiate withdrawal symptoms. Taking opiates/opioids would, in theory, relieve withdrawal symptoms adequately and possibly produce the dissociative effect the addict is seeking. The other form of buprenorphine medication, known as Subutex, does not contain the opiate blocker, and therefore would not produce the same negative effects if the user ingested opiates/opioids with it, however, buprenorphine is EXTREMELY POTENT and should be used with caution, even if the user is experienced with opiate/opioid medications and/or heroin/opium.

Answer 2

You can check all known interactions of drugs yourself with the website http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php. Simply type in the drugs you wish to find and select the correct drug from the dropdown menu. All known interactions will then appear.

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* buprenorphine (Ingredient of Suboxone) * lorazepam * naloxone (Ingredient of Suboxone) ---- 1 Interaction found:

# lorazepam and buprenorphine (Ingredient of Suboxone) (Moderate Drug-Drug) PROBLEM: Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated patients.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: During concomitant use of these drugs, patients should be monitored for potentially excessive or prolonged CNS and respiratory depression. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects that interfere with their normal activities.

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Answer 3

It is widely given to patients at the Meth clinic I go to.

Answer 4

Im perscribed both so i dont care