Posted by drexx on November 10, 2003, at 5:23:35
In reply to Re: subutex use in H withdrawal, posted by sandoz_pharm on November 9, 2003, at 16:41:24
> I just posted something re: to subutex, actually suboxone to another thread on this board (to splitinit). My experience is that it is very effective, especially for a week or two of detox. It will make things a LOT easier. It has a slight withdrawl associated with just getting off of it, but it is much easier than heroin or methadone obviously. I have had entirely positive experiences with it, but if you are not committed to your recovery from your heroin habit, you will not get better. Thats an entirely different issue of course. Best of luck and don't worry about the medication. Ask your doctor, but in my experience, buprenorphine (either subutex or suboxone) treatment is wonderfully effective. Heroin withdrawl really is a 2 week process though, so don't stop medication too quickly, and addressing some of the underlying causes of your addiction REALLY HELPS (whether its through psychiatry or changing attitudes and behaviors).
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> -Luke
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THANKS PEOPLE, you have really set my mind at ease....as for being commited to my recovery luke, i have been through several residential rehabs, staying clean for a year after one, so obviously i have all the 'tools' that i need to stay clean. but the difference this time is the fact that, for the first time ever(well 15 years of using, eight of those i.v.) i am doing this detox because 'I' want to. i have always, in the past, tried to get clean for someone else, girlfriends, kids, family ect.. This time i have it firmly in my head that i must get clean for ME!!!! obviously my wife, kids, and just about anyone who comes into contact with me will 'benefit' from the 'new and improved' me!!! but when you get right down to it, it's me that will get the most out of my doing this and making it stay 'done'!!!!! and also, for the first time, i've got so much to lose where before i had nothing but my using. I have recently married a beautiful and supportive girl with whom I have two gorgeous kids, Emily(2) and jhonny(1), and we are expecting another baby, whose sex we discover later today!!, in march of next year. my life has changed to the point where i have no contact with anyone to do with heroin exept for the one source i have to purchase. it is basically the only part of my old life that is hangong on for dear life with its claws sunk deep. it has been hard work to move away from all the old faces and vices but with this new hope that subutex is the right choice i'm hoping to execute the final part of my transformation to a 'normal' person. (within reason of course!!!!!!!) thanks luke
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