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Addictions
Addiction is a dependence on a behavior or substance that a person is generally powerless to stop, and will increase in severity over time unless it is treated. Medically, it is the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance. Questions related to substance abuse and dependency on nicotine, illegal drugs and alcohol, as well as other addictive substances, are asked and answered in this category.
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How long after taking oxycodone can you take suboxone?
how many mg's of suboxone and for how long were you taking it? and how many mg's of oxycodone are you taking? 4mg of suboxone hangs around for about 24 hrs until the bup starts leaving the receptors and then you will be able to experience a mild high, 32 hrs and you are able to get a buzz and by 40-48 hrs you are completely able to get the full effect of your oxycodone. start with a medium dose at 24 hrs to get the bup to loosen up off the receptors and use your intended dose at 32 hrs. once your first 2 doses wear off your third dose should be enough to kick the rest of the bup off the receptors and let you enjoy your oxycodone. just remember because you don't feel high dosent mean you cant overdose so be careful on that first dose especially and don't go chasing a peak high on your second dose either. if you were on 8mgs of sub, then multiply those time frames by 2, 2mg and divide by half, you get it
What is withdrawl from suboxone like?
The same as any opiate which would include flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, yawning, watery eyes, runny nose, body aches, tired feeling, stiff muscles, sweating, chills, irritability, vomiting, restlessness, depression, etc.
Why is drug abuse a social problem?
Well I'll give it a whirl. It's a social problem because an addict takes from their community. Its a social problem because in some cases our society cant trust us, and our society is paying taxes to house in prison or rehab, or the items we take when we shoplift, or break into our society's homes. That's just the beginning of the list.
In a 10 panal urine drug test will suboxone show up?
NO! Various bloggers online claim that it is an opiate and therefore will show up on the 5 panel (which tests for opiates) test. This is incorrect as suboxone is an opiate agonist and therefore will not appear even on the 10 panel. The only way to be tested for suboxone is a pharma-specific buprenophrine test that would cost hundreds of dollars! This test is, for the most part, done primarily by physicians who are trying to help their opioid dependent patients (via 12 panel test). - you can verify all of this by calling THE suboxone pharmacy.
If you are 5' 2 and weigh 155 pounds are you overweight?
No 145pounds is an ok weight for your height ...however it is at the top of the range of weights for this height so if you feel you want to you would be ok to lose a few pounds...but this weight is totally fine for your height so dont stress:) as long as you lead a healthy lifestyle what does a few extra pounds matter :) x
How long will it take for suboxone to start working?
there is no cut and dry answer here. It just depends on your personal circumstances. If you have been an addict for years than you don't want to be thinking about getting off of it very fast. I took suboxone for three years, long enough for me to get my life back in order from the destruction of years of drug abuse. So once I had my life back on track and everything was some what back in order I slowly quit under my doctor's supervision. Seek professional help when trying to figure out this question because so many factors play into this very big decision.
Difference between drug abuse and drug misuse?
Drug abuse is when person uses a drug on purpose with negative side effects whereas drug misuse is when a person improperly uses a drug that cause negative side effects.
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Drug abuse, like alcohol abuse, is when you use a drug excessively, to the detriment of your physical or mental health.
Misuse is when a drug is not used properly, such as taking the wrong dose, or using the wrong drug for the wrong purpose. For instance, taking antibiotics for a cold. Since colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics only work for bacterial infections, that would be a misuse of antibiotics.
stop smoking little by little. make it a goal to quit smoking and be proud of yourself for not hurting your body anymore. good luck!
Well there is this Madison called petti it's a sticker that u put on ur back and it sucks the smoke out of ur body and if u smoke while having that on u could die
ALso put soap on the end of your ciggerate so when you go to smoke it tastes really badIf you want to stop smoking you really should throw away all of the smokes/cigarettes that you currently have , you will be tempted for a smoke , but you just have to push through that temptation ... you can quit ..
Keep telling yourself 'I CAN QUIT , I CAN QUIT !'
get support from your friends/family , and when people ask if you want a smoke or to join them for a smoke say NO! no matter how tempting it might be , say no ! you will thank yourself later , smoking WILL eventually kill you ! and it's just a waste of money ,
You CAN do this!
There are several ways to stop smoking. While you can go cold turkey, you will surely suffer from withdrawal symptoms and anxiety. The best way to stop smoking is to gradually and slowly quit. You can do this via special gum, along with speaking to your primary care physician. They can refer you to smoking cessation specialists for more help.
First throw away or burn all your current packs of cigarettes. People will also tell you to buy patches but those never work! What I recommend to my friends is this great stop smoking guide. It's helped a couple of my friends stop smoking in about a week. You can get your money back if it doesn't work for some reason; just try it out. You'll thank yourself later! Link to the guide below.
How long do i have to wait to take an opana if i took suboxone?
Opana (oxymorphone) is the only painkiller that I have found that will work with suboxone. Although, the high does not seem as intense as if I was not taking suboxone. I am not sure why this is. I heard from one of my close friends that you could take opana with suboxone. So I gave it a try. It works, a few other people I know have had similar experiences. I cannot say what the effects would be if someone were to take the drugs together frequently. So, snort the opana now, you will not regret it. I have been taking suboxone, prescribed by a docter for 8 months. I did the opana 3 separate occasions with the suboxone.
Will methadone help with suboxone withdrawals?
Yes. Suboxone is for the treatment of mild to moderate opiate addiction, like Vicodin addictions. Suboxone is itself an opiate; it replaces the other opiate, but it doesn't get you high, so you can quit getting high without the painful physical withdrawal. It also has an ingredient called naloxone in it. Naloxone is a partial opiate antagonist, meaning that it blocks the opiate receptors in your brain, so you cannot get high on opiates while you are taking the Suboxone.
In order to begin treatment with Suboxone, you must wait at least 18 to 24 hours since your last dose of Vicodin. It is absolutely essential that you be in full-blown, severe withdrawal from the Vicodin, before you start taking the Suboxone. If you take the Suboxone before you are in full withdrawal from the Vicodin, it will produce the worst, most horrible withdrawal symptoms you can imagine. You will get really, really sick.
Once you are in severe withdrawal, you can begin taking the Suboxone. Start with a small dose (say, half a pill, 4mgs), and wait 30 to 45 minutes to see how you feel. If you still feel sick, try taking another half a pill, and wait another 30 to 45 minutes. Continue taking small doses, every 30 to 45 minutes, until you feel well again. Remember that Suboxone must be dissolved under the tongue; it won't dissolve in your stomach, so do not swallow it.
You will have to continue taking the same dose of Suboxone every day, or else you will start having withdrawal symptoms. Once you feel you are ready to stop taking the Suboxone, you can start decreasing your dosage little by little, over a period of several months, until you are able to stop taking it completely. The slower you decrease your dosage, the less painful getting off of it will be.
You would be much better off having a doctor supervising your Suboxone treatment. I have included a link to one treatment program, The Columbia University Buprenorphine Program in Manhattan (buprenorphine is the main ingredient in Suboxone, besides naloxone). If you don't live in the New York area, the Program can probably help you find treatment options where you live.
What is a normal dose of Suboxone?
The correct dosage of Suboxone is not the same for everyone; the dose is discovered as the result of a process which takes three days. It is performed under the supervision of the prescribing doctor and the authorized professional who administers the medication.
It will depend on several factors, one of which is determined by the amount of pain medication or opioid usage of the patient. In other words, the dose can and does vary greatly from each individual.
In my experience, I was asked to come into the office after not having any pain medication/narcotics for 12-18 hours; it had to be evident that I was indeed in the first stages of opioid withdrawal. When I arrived, I was achy all over, had chills, no energy, bad attitude and I felt like I might if I were coming down with a bad case of flu.
I was administered Subutex (which is the brand name for buprenorphine, sometimes called "bupe"-the 'u' is pronounced like "you"); a 2mg. tablet sublingually (dissolved slowly under the tongue).
It is a narcotic, but only a partial agonist (Heroin, Oxycontin, and most other opioid/narcotic pain meds. are agonists).
I waited 30 minutes and since I felt no relief from the withdrawal symptoms, I was administered another 2 mg. tab (same as above-sublingually). This process goes on until you feel better. This does not mean you "catch a buzz," but you feel better, more normal, like yourself but without the need for pain meds. You can go about your day as you would normally. You come in the next day and the same process is done until you feel better. I repeat-no buzz, but definite relief from withdrawal symptoms, which lasts 24 hours or more (or close).
Third day, repeat. At this point, some people choose to end their "detox." It is said that after the third day, one needs no more medication, if one is very determined NOT to take any narcotic medication. (They explained that it takes three days for the receptors in your brain (which crave the narcotic-hence-withdrawal symptoms), to be replaced by the new drug, buprenorphine).
It may take a few days to a couple of weeks to feel like yourself, but again, it depends on the individual.
The answer to your question is here: The number of milligrams of Subutex that was necessary to relieve your symptoms is then transferred to Suboxone; (which is buprenorphine mixed with Naloxone-in one tablet) this is called your maintenance dose.
At this stage, one may slowly decrease the dose of Suboxone and eventually cease from taking it at all. One is MUCH more comfortable and virtually no withdrawal symptoms!
[I chose to continue maintenance. For those of us who stopped taking any narcotics for a length of time (for example, months or more) but still crave pain meds, Suboxone is the answer to your prayer. I believe it is a gift to us from God.
Not only does it relieve any withdrawal, but over a short period of time, your cravings will be gone and you do, to some degree, benefit from slight pain relief without the temptation to take anything more (too much just gives you a headache with no pain relief). Over time, I have taken from 2 mg. a day to 8 mg. a day and I feel better with 4 mg. in the morning with 2mg. in in the evening, but have forgotten to take the 2 mg. dose frequently.
I know of some who take much, much more and some who take considerable less with the same end results for each person.]
How many people have died from drug addiction?
Too many. It is difficult to say because persons, when they get on drugs, tend to associate with other users and sellers. These persons usually gravitate to the lower income neighborhoods, where the police don't bother them very often. Also they frequent 'crack houses', and sometimes die there, sickly and emaciated. If their bodies are dumped in a field or in a dumpster with no Identification, how can those ones be counted?
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
Why is smoking harmful for our health?
Tobacco is addictive. It contains nicotine - a powerfully addictive substance. Tobacco is the most common cause of lung cancer & is also a leading cause of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, & kidneys.
Since drugs are addicting it is not hard to become dependent on drugs. Drug dependence may lead to abuse as the addiction may lead to an overuse and complete reliance on drugs that may not be readily available to you. This may also lead to the fabrication of drugs using household materials or household cleansers which is in itself an abuse of potentially addictive substances. Abuse of prescription medicine or even non-prescription medicine can also be seen as abusive to drug use and is therefore drug abuse.
What are good treatments for alcohol addiction?
There are some medications available that can be really helpful. The first is disulfiram pills, also known as Antabuse. Antabuse pills make you horribly ill if you drink. Antabuse takes all the pleasure out of alcohol, and replaces it with misery. If you drink, instead of getting drunk, you get flu-like symptoms instead.
It also has a cumulative effect in your body. Meaning, if you've been taking one Antabuse pill a day for, say, 60 days, you would have to stop taking it for over a week before you could drink again. And even the strongest craving for alcohol does not last a week.
The other medication is Campral. Campral helps reduce the cravings for alcohol. I take it, and I have found it to be really helpful. I also take Antabuse, and I have tried drinking on Antabuse. The experience is just indescribably awful. Just one shot of liquor makes you so sick, you can't take another.
The right antidepressants can also work wonders. People usually develop drug or alcohol addictions because they are depressed, and are self-medicating to feel better. Antidepressants can curb, or even eliminate, these feelings of sadness and hopelessness, so you won't need alcohol to feel better.
Medication alone is not enough, though. You need to find some kind of support group. AA is, of course, the most obvious one. Personally, I hate everything about AA, but it has undoubtedly helped many, many people. You could also try searching for support groups on Craigslist, or other local online forums.
What are some signs someone may have a cocaine addiction?
Depends on if you're wanting to know if you are addicted or if someone else is.
Mostly, it is when you need it. Not want but need it. Like if you get the shakes or if you're ill when you don't have it in your system.
If you're asking about someone else, then, the most obvious signs are white pasty skin and bags under their eyes. Also, they can start twitching when they're on it and of course, they don't sleep much or have a lot of energy when they haven't had sleep. Also, they're really grouchy when they're coming down off their high or have been without drugs for too long. They can also be very jumpy and paranoid.
Speaking out of personal experience with the drug, I don't need it and I don't get withdrawal symptoms. But I am an addict booking into rehab in 2 days time. I think the only way you are not an addict is if you do it that first time (experimenting) and you never do it again or worst case scenario once a year, you are cool. Anything more than that you asking for trouble. I go on a binge once every 1-2 weeks. And after every time I promised I'll never do it again. Because once you need it, you are in trouble, but I could never stop. A month goes by and you convince yourself that you're fine and you can do it one last time. That started 5 years ago with me and I now have a slight speech impediment and my memory ain't what it used to be. Bottom line, if you are able to walk the talk and say I won't do it again, and you can go at least a year without dropping the ball, then you have nothing to worry about.
If you use Crack once, consider yourself addicted. Each time you use the drug, you will become more addicted. Each time you say to yourself, "I can use it again without becoming more addicted" you are becoming more of a fool. Each time you use and quit, for some period, you sink deeper into your self-denial. If, for whatever reason, you continue to use although you know continued use is bad for you, you are becoming more and more of an addict. The further you get into the lifestyle, the more difficult it will be to resurrect the life that you are fleeing. Be especially careful of losing contact with friends who are not into the drug-user life because they may never fully accept you back again even if you are convinced that you are no longer an addict. The longer you continue to get high, the less chance you will have of ever getting any of your previous life back. DO NOT GET INTO THE GAME UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO STAY IN IT AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO because an addict without means to support their addiction is a thief and a potential killer (of spirit or of physical life or of both). Don't play these games with yourself.
Most people who abuse drugs abuse more than one drug?
Drug abuse is common in people suffering from Psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, ADHD) , people facing adversity in life and increased stress levels or responsibilities they feel unable to manage, and people who have experienced trauma such as sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. Grief also can cause someone to abuse drugs.
People with certain personality traits such as impulsivity are more prone to use drugs, though this does not occur in every case.
What is the best way to get off of the suboxone?
I lowered my dose gradually. I started at 2 8mg tablets daily. Went down to 1 a day.Cracking it in half and taking half in the morning and the other half at night. Then I went down to cracking the half in half after about 3 days of cracking the 1 in half. I also took 10mg Valium coming down from the bigger dose. One a day for the Valium. After taking half of the half for 3 days, I took a quarter of a half, in the morning then at night for a couple days then I didn't take any and I was fine. I did continue the Valium for a couple weeks but I went down to 5mg of Valium instead of 10. I am currently still on the Valium Because I get panic attacks real bad so that is all I take now. I had the panic attacks before I started taking suboxone so that was not an affect from not having the suboxone. Good Luck!!!
Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known, no matter what form it is in. The gum and patches are to help you quit smoking (or chewing tobacco), and are not intended to be used long term, or with other nicotine products. Nicotine gum is an effective method of breaking the smoking habit, but it is vital to follow the instructions on the package exactly as they are stated. I have known people who were successful in stopping smoking, but continued the nicotine addiction with the gum. That isn't recovery, it's substitution. Because chewing nicotine gum carries on the oral part of the smoking addiction, many therapists recommend the use of the patch, as there is no immediate reward for putting something in your mouth ... as you get with both the gum and cigarettes.
Will injecting suboxone film get you high?
Yes, but only the first time you take it. If you take the medication daily, you will not get high.
Is it possible to become addicted to a drug even if people have only tried it once?
That really depends on the metabolism and the body of the person, since there are people that can take drugs and never become addicted, and there are ones that with the smallest particle inhaled can make them addicts. There is really no way to tell you, so don't take the risk; you are better off without knowing it.
If you mean out of 100 people that try to quit an addictive substance do quit, then no. But I have seen many people quit using drugs and remain clean over 20 years. Its a whole lifestyle change that needs to take place.
