Reviewer: Drek82, 35-44 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years

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I AM A RECOVERED ADDICT AFTER battling A 18 year habit from doctors and dentist over prescribing pain meds for dumb stuff headaches etc. Well once they pushed painkillers on all Americans that had any pain boom script for at least 30-45 Vicodin perks etc. Now they completely after being the ones responsible for drug pushing to make money run ran and I HAD TO BE TREATED LIKE TRASH STIGMATIZED PREJ ... Show Full Comment

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I AM A RECOVERED ADDICT AFTER battling A 18 year habit from doctors and dentist over prescribing pain meds for dumb stuff headaches etc. Well once they pushed painkillers on all Americans that had any pain boom script for at least 30-45 Vicodin perks etc. Now they completely after being the ones responsible for drug pushing to make money run ran and I HAD TO BE TREATED LIKE TRASH STIGMATIZED PREJUDGED BCUZ I BECAME AN ADDICT THA KS TO THEM THEY RAN SCOTT FREE I LOST EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE MY WHOLE WORLD CARS CLOTHES HOUSES WIFE KIDS FRIENDS FAMILY BUT THE DOCS STILL GOT PORSCHES LAMBOS AND WONT WRITE U A SCRIPT NOW TO HELP WHEN I DISLOCATED MY KNUCKLE AND FRACTURED MY HAND WOW BUT THEY GAVE OUT LIKE CANDY I ADMITTWD I TOOK THE MEDS I AM THE ADDICT AN OWN IT WHY DONT THEY WONT THEY EPIDEMIC IS BCUZ DOCS PUSHED THEM ON US ADDICTS NOW SINCE THEY WONT WRITE A SCRIPT FOR LEVIT REASONS SADLY EVERYONE IS TURNING TO STREET DRUGS WHERE NARCOTICS ARE MADE BY HOME CHEMIST OR PEOPLE HAVING NO BUSINESS DOJ G IT AND CUTTING THE DRUGS WITH HIGLY ADDICTIVE AND DEADLY OTHER UNMEASURED NARCOTICS TO MAKE MORE POTWNT DEALERS ON STREET DO T CARE REPEAT CUSTOMER ANYMORE SADLY AS A RECOVERED ADDICT WE WOULD HEAR SO IN SO DIED AFTER TRYING SO IN SO STUFF AND WE RAN TO GET IT AND TRY IT HOW MESSED UP AND SICKLY IS THAT AS MOST ADDICTS ARE IVE WALKED MANY OF MILES IN ADDICTION SHOES. I luckily was saved by a dealer I was buying pills from she gave me a methadone pill not methadose u get in clinics big difference most do t know there’s 2 types the company that makes methadone is owned or co reacted only with United States government and makes for them they make brand methadone which is a true paink killer potent narcotic comes in like wafers or pills shaped for pain like cancer patients then the liquid methadone in methadone clinics an suboxone slash methadone clinics it’s called methadose it is not as potent an has a blocker so u can not get high off any opiate or you will kill yourself trying I know I tried. So there’s a full on narcotic painkiller which is pill I was given by dealer she said u r gonna kill itself I am worried about you yes I want your money but your doing to much I took 1 5mg or 10mg methadone pill and was buzzed high and for 3 days did not pop another pill or anything it kept me off everything heroin etc. Off one pill lasted 3 days so I studied it wanted to quit the lifestyle of drug abuse worry about being able to function then to get high so found methadone clinic and was on 125mg of it for years and it’s called liquid handcuffs bcuz it was very hard getting off it’s made for users with high tolerance heavy opiate users it zombiefied me I lived in a cloud truly believe it was getting me high daily but I made the move to quit and go to suboxone which is made for light users of opiates not heavy users been clean 5-6 yrs now been on suboxone first pill form and had to take so many was on 20-24 mg could go up to 30 well another reason I switched to suboxone was I was dignified and treated as a normal human bcuz docs will write scripts for u and it’s called “OBOT” stands for OFFICE BASED OPIOD TREATMENT IM IN VA AN I GET SCRIPT DOR 2 weeks at a time no more early 4am 5am getting up waiting in lines. Also in VA I got state Medicaid insurance covered my methadone while I was on it still in clinic an group sessions and covers my now 16mg suboxone script I started out one week had to attend intensive outpatient treatment groups show ur serious an willing to put in work to stay clean u gotta want it I’m on last year of college I’ll graduate with my bachelors degree in criminal justice!! If I can do it anyone can I was o W of every user out there we all came or come from trauma or past traumatic stuff an use or docs over prescribe an depends an addicted that way but suboxone is not intended for heavy users coming off an getting clean use methadone from experience an all classes and studying I’ve done on the methadone n suboxone totally diff
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Reviewer: britt23, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I have only been on suboxone for a couple weeks and it has helped me tremendously. I donâ??t really like the strips, but I donâ??t like the graving even more. I was doing 3g of fentanyl for the past 4 years. This medication truly saved my life but I will take the advice of others here and try to get off this stuff soon as possible. Sucks you had to go through withdrawals all over again.

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I have only been on suboxone for a couple weeks and it has helped me tremendously. I donâ??t really like the strips, but I donâ??t like the graving even more. I was doing 3g of fentanyl for the past 4 years. This medication truly saved my life but I will take the advice of others here and try to get off this stuff soon as possible. Sucks you had to go through withdrawals all over again.
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Reviewer: PH, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I am in the process of tapering off suboxone after being prescribed it for the past 3 years. IT SUCKS. As you may have read elsewhere, the withdrawals from this drug are more substantial and longer lasting than coming off opiates, and I would absolutely attest to that fact. Don’t stay on it as long as me! Not looking forward to the next 6 months of depression. It did help me but I just became add ... Show Full Comment

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I am in the process of tapering off suboxone after being prescribed it for the past 3 years. IT SUCKS. As you may have read elsewhere, the withdrawals from this drug are more substantial and longer lasting than coming off opiates, and I would absolutely attest to that fact. Don’t stay on it as long as me! Not looking forward to the next 6 months of depression. It did help me but I just became addicted to this instead and really, what is the benefit of that??
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Reviewer: lonnie, 55-64 Male (Patient)

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the same lever all the time.I feel good !

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the same lever all the time.I feel good !
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Reviewer: sinfulbynature, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I have been an addict for 20 years. I have tried rehab several times and I have experience with just about every method known for coming off of opiates. Suboxone works best for people that are just interested in being able to function normally and have stopped pursuing getting high. If someone is really serious and determined to be clean suboxone can really help if used correctly. But tbh most th ... Show Full Comment

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I have been an addict for 20 years. I have tried rehab several times and I have experience with just about every method known for coming off of opiates. Suboxone works best for people that are just interested in being able to function normally and have stopped pursuing getting high. If someone is really serious and determined to be clean suboxone can really help if used correctly. But tbh most that I know that are on it only pursue it so they can either trade it or sale it so they can purchase their drug of choice. From what I have seen most doctors that prescribe it are in it for the money and not to help addicts get clean. In my area most doctors charge $100 a week to prescribe it and thats not even including what the pharmacy charges to fill the prescription. Thats just crazy to me because everyone knows that by the time an addict is ready to get help they have no resources cause they have exhausted everything they have when they were actively drug seeking. Every person I know that is on it has to sell half of what the doctor prescribes to people on the street just to be able to pay the doctor's fee and pay the pharmacy for getting them filled. This totally defeats the purpose of what suboxone is suppose to be for cause it keeps the addict in the destructive cycle of addiction and involves illegal activity. But like I said if the patient takes the drug just as directed by a doctor it can be beneficial. But if addicts were able to stick to how drugs were prescribe then they wouldnt be addicts to begin with.
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