Can you take suboxone if you join the military?

Answer 1

I'm not sure which of these two questions you are asking so I'll answer both:

You can get Suboxone prescribed by a military doctor under certain circumstances. This usually requires you to enroll in ASAP (Army Substance Abuse Program, or your branches equivalent) and more often than not spend a time in rehab for opiate addiction. Your chain of command will find out, and unfortunately, will more than likely prosecute you for your addiction and desire to correct yourself.

A personal perspective:

Of course everyones situation is different. I am a SGT in the army, and I am taking suboxone, 2, 8mg daily. I was injured in Iraq in 2005, i went through 2 spinal surgeries in 2008 which left me taking 180 mg of morphine daily along with percocets. the doctors wanted me on more and more meds because of the pain . i had enough and i went to my commander after the doctors wanted me on oxycontins along with methadone. i called tricare (military insurance company) and they got me into a treatment center where i was taken off of the pills and on suboxone. The military does not recognize suboxone nor do they have it in their pharmacy. I know this because they told me, and i ended up spending about $300 for a month supply. but if you can get the military doctors or your civilian doctor to say that it is necessary for PAIN RELIEF and a safe alternative to other medication, and you need it, then the military will approve it, like they did for me. Also you can fill out paperwork to get the money you did pay for it paid back to you, like i did.

Another opinion:

Suboxone (buprenorphine) is sometimes used to treat chronic pain. However, for the most part, it is prescribed for the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence, or used, on the street, to prevent opioid withdrawal when a user doesn't have access to his usual opiates (e.g., oxycodone or heroin). If a soldier/sailor/marine is using the Suboxone for opioid maintenance, or to wean off of opiates, they're not going to be able to use it legally while in the military..at least without repercussions that would likely end their career.