Thankyou for helping Educate people who do not understand suboxone... We as recovering addicts go thru enough judgement, We do not need it from other addicts. Take it slow yall. Get on a stable dose & Build your recovery foundation. If you shot dope for 10 yrs, you can not expect to be sober Over night. It takes time. Recovery comes from within. You can be completely sober from all substances & have No recovery at all. Addiction & dependence are 2 very different things!
Exactly! I'm 76 severe chronic pain plus limited mobility due to a prior concussion. In day 5 of getting off opioids now using very small pieces of box...like 6 PC's per strip. It helps SOME for pain, but I am still DEPENDENT on SOMETHING for pain. Putting up with it so far.
Started with subx squirted under tounge 13 years ago. Then to suboxone. No sex drive, 10+ years, need oral sergery on gums. I would wake up sick and shit once a week. Cant get support from NA, AA. Day 25, over the hill but never been through withdrawl like this before. I dont believe there is enough research on the effects of long term 10+ years of treatment. Tough spot. I thank suboxone for saving my life, but I am seeing it does not provide the quality of life I want for myself at this point in my addition.❤ thanks for video. I think people need to know there is a routine for stopping withdrawl and the long term 10+ year effects of the suboxone on the body.
Suboxone was the best thing that ever happened to me. Almost 5 years clean and I have a life, a life where I don't steal or lie daily. I will always be thankful for what it has done for me. 💞
It took me a long time to accept i need to be on Suboxone for life, but once i did, i felt like heavy load off my shoulders n can just live my life like a normal human being.
You should look up the side effects, long-term like potential liver damage, heart, problems, teeth rotting in your mouth mouth. And I’m only covering the tip of the iceberg.
@@aritina8379 I already have IGA NEPHROPATHY (Since 97) and stage 3 kidney failure. But yea my teeth are all jacked up , I was homeless last 3 months of 2021 n didn't take care of them but never realized the subs are wearing down my teeth too. Ty
Finally a video I can relate to. I just started 8 mg suboxone two days ago and my cravings immediately disappeared, I have more motivation for life, things interest me again and I am excited for long term recovery. I was always scared of long term effects or having to get off it in the future but right now I will just stay focused on my recovery. If I have to take it for life so be it. I've spent 20 years chasing drugs and ruining my life, it sucks that society has injected these fears into our minds. The AA community is also very one sided when it comes to recovery. If you are not fully abstinent they look at you like an outsider. It's definitely an ideology that can be dangerous for people in early recovery. That shame and guilt keeps people prisoners of an idea.
I’ve been on it for 10 months. My stomach isn’t the same and stool is thin and have to take miralax daily. I’m starting to taper so I can be fully off of everything. It’s served it’s purpose and allowed me to think about why the pills were my focus for so long, but now it’s time to get off.
@Max Smith I went from 8mg to 4mg for a week then 2 mg for a week, 1 mg for 3 days and 1/2 mg for 2 days, first 4 nights slept about 4-5 hrs. High dose vitamin c helped alot also magnesium at night and a ton of water. Physical fitness also helped me even if it was just forcing myself to do push ups.
it is trading one for another. Its definitely better than dope, and for some people taking subs forever works, but it is completely justified to not want to be on subs. Why live like that? not to mention all the jobs that drug test... its better to just get ENTIRELY clean. day 7 CT no subs EDIT - over one month no suboxone, almost one year no fentanyl/heroin.
How did you get off Suboxone. I've had no option but to go cold turkey, there is no stock in South Africa. I'm really battling. Was never an addiction, my dr prescribed 2mg per day for my Trigeminal Neuralgia.
Sounds more like a great way to capitalize drug users... I thought the point of rehab and detox is to help the patient rid themselves of their dependency to any drug whether its legal or illegal...
I started this drug in 2006. It saved my life. I took it for 16 years and raised a family, paid my house off, and 25 years of marriage. I tapered off in November and now I'm FREE. So yeah, it was worth it.
@@rickp3753 for some people it’s worth it. Depending where they were before they started Suboxone. But for some people, Suboxone is a nightmare. They cannot get off it. It causes heart issues and liver damage. It can make you lose your teeth, it can make you poop once a week and the constipation is wreaking havoc in your intestines. It’s not for everyone but they’re making it seem like it should be. I wonder why. Could it be the pharmaceutical companies pushing this drug like they were pushing OxyContin in the early 2000s or in the 90s? 10 years from now they’re going to realize this drug is not as safe as they said it would be. And they’re gonna have another huge problem on their hands. F the western medical community! I’m so jaded after getting diagnosed with an autoimmune and getting no relief from western medicine. I finally found relief in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine).
Suboxone gave me my life back. I hate to admit how overwhelmed with cravings and urges I was poisoned with. It changed the narrative from me being an addict NEEDING TO USE, to I'm sick and this medicine helps me live a comfortable life again.
Be careful with your teeth I have lost all of mine . I have been on Suboxone for 20 years. I had good oral hygiene don’t let them tell you it dose not bother your teeth my wife as well we are both on it and both lost our teeth
I was on subs 3 years. I am currently up at the crack of dawn because I quit taking them about 10 days ago with no taper. Why. Because I don’t know how to taper. I’m an ex junkie.
I did them for 10 years. No joke. I had to do 30 days in jail and was completely broke. It took me forever to get my body right. It still effects me. It's no joke. Don't take it anymore. Try in whatever way u can to get rid of it. It just about killed me and made me want to kill myself. Good luck and it does serve a purpose but the cure can't be worse than the disease. I understand the addiction and subs make it right but stop taking subs and it's insane. God bless
It’s now been 32 days. I’m done with them. Still not sleeping well and completely exhausted right now but I’m not looking back. I’m getting my life and freedom back after many years.
Here’s what the doctor is basically saying, Suboxone is replacing one opioid for another. It does nothing to stop addiction. It just may be a safer alternative to buying street drugs. I agree with him there. But, isn’t the goal to get off opioids? Not to replace one opioid for another. I wish I could give an better solution, but I can’t. The addict has to want to quit and he or she has to go through withdrawals to get the body to reset. Now, I think instead of replacing one opioid for another, we should try to find more comfortable ways to go through the 7 to 10 days of pure hell from withdrawals. There could be some effective ways to combat the withdrawal phase. But you can’t withdraw if you’re replacing one opioid for another. Suboxone may be a cleaner way to deal with so many of the negative effects of street drugs but it still is an opioid. Like the doctor said, the body can’t distinguish one opioid from another. Most junkies want to quit. They hate all the negative effects of what the opioid abuse does. However, their biggest problem is getting through the pain of opioid withdrawal. The comparison of using insulin for a diabetic or blood thinners for heart issues to opioid usage does hold water, with all due respect. People use the insulin and blood thinners to survive. You don’t need opioids to survive. The body has to reset and the only way for the body took reset itself is by withdrawing completely. Let’s examine ways to making withdrawing less severe for the addict so they can really have a chance to succeed.
You didn’t listen at all, did you??!?! It is not trading one for the other! Obviously you have not ever been an addict so plz refrain from giving a bunch of addicts(not f*cling junkies) advice on what you think we should do! Stay in your own lane!
The suboxone treatment isn't curing the addict. The person just gets hooked on another opioid to fill the receptors in the brain. The body needs to cleanse itself of receiving opioids in order for the reset to take place. It's painful but it's the only way to reset the body from years of abuse. Right around a week after no opioids are received, the body starts to sense there are no more opioids coming in to latch onto the opioid receptors and the body, being the great self-cleansing machine that it is, only then, the body starts to gradually make trace amounts of its own chemicals to balance the body's feelings of well-being. Once the reset takes place, you no longer have to be a slave to receiving another fix, whether it be suboxone, heroin or any other opioid. The goal is to free your body. It's not an easy road. It's about 10 days of hell but you can't do it by changing one opioid for another. You'll have to live the rest of your life on it. As far as the terminology or title of the addict, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. But the best terminology an addict can want to have is, recovered and staying clean! There is nothing funny about addiction. It's a painful road. I had a family member that overdosed from heroin and died. I also know after physically getting cleaned up, comes the psychological phase of addiction. I don't at all mean to trivialize this disease.
Sorry man I disagree with you a 110% because you are trading an addiction for an addiction because once you get off the Box and even if it's called turkey you go through withdrawal. I've been on suboxone for 2 years and every time I go to a dentist they keep asking me why I am not taking care of my teeth? I have lost more teeth and had more cavities happen in the past 2 years being on suboxone while taking care of my teeth mind you then when I was an addict not paying attention to my teeth at all for 8 years. If you look up suboxone as of January 21st 2022 they finally have to admit that it is very bad for your teeth because it is highly acidic. So my problem with a lot of doctors not you in particular but just in general is you don't have all the information and pharmaceutical companies will pay a lot of money to keep things hush hush. The whole opioid epidemic started started from the purdue family. I took my paying prescription when I hurt my back as directed and my daughthat's directed and my doctor knew if I did that I would become addicted how come that was never mentioned? The health system in America is not here to make us better it's here to keep us sick...
I've been taking Suboxone for 8 years. I think I recently accepted being a lifer. This drug has saved my quality of life 100 fold. No way I would go back to that life.
I need help. I live in South Africa and cannot get Suboxone anywhere. So I've been off fir a solid week. I'm battling. Going through terrible withdrawal symptoms. I'm not an addict, Mr Dr put me on for my Trigeminal Neuralgia. What so I do? Can anyone help please.
“Going into detox and recovery and using Suboxone for a short term doesn’t help your addiction to Opiates” what are you saying? Are you an addict? Have you ever been addicted to heroin. I feel it’s ok to use it for short time along with therapy and program. Not sure why anyone would want to be dependent on this for years. Is not necessary
@@Selicular remain calm? What’s your goal, is it to remain dependent on a substance for a so-called chemical imbalance that is not even real. Doctors will sell you anything. You’re going to be out of whack for a while, if you need this for an extremely brief. Assist with being fully absent that’s fine. This guy is suggesting permanent use, which is wacko.
Okay. So I disagreed with this Doc about the last (& first) video I watched of him. This one is better. Except for the amounts of Suboxone that a patient should be on. While the makers of Suboxone have taught clinicians well that more is "better," this is def NOT the case, and leads to even more difficulty if someone wishes to stop taking it after long-term use. 16-24 mgs in insane!!! 12 TOPS. I cannot imagine how long it must take to come off of 24 mgs of Suboxone... smh. I've had patients who came into treatment to get off of *_2mgs!_* Kid could NOT do it on his own. 2 little mgs for one year. 24mgs is insane. Reminds me of the makers of Oxycontin. Big Pharma.
Right? They jumped me from WD to 28mg the first day, to 32 the second, I was not okay! Bad side effects, but it worked to get off other stuff. I read over and over not to take much or for more than a week so day 3 dropped to 6mg and then to 2mg on day 4 to nothing and am ok.
I am living my best life your right thanx I understand now I'm good I'm a healthcare provider I have a bank account I'm good but I've been on it for 10 years and I've tried to taper I got sooooooo sick I felt baddddd
I was a heroin addict for 23 years April last year I went onto buprenorphine for the first time I started on 16 mgs and I'm doing a reduction along with CBT therapy relapse prevention emotional regulation meditation lots of things I'm now on 2mg but taking it slow n steady I've been clean from heroin and street valium for a year now I lost my partner to a morphine n etizalame overdose in Dec I now work in addiction love and learn so much from you Dr B thanks Jx
H Henry Nice - what are your credentials Behind your recommendations? I ask because you sound completely dismissive of a large group of people who were in pain management and in spite of following drs orders, developed a tolerance and hyper analgesia because of traditional opioids. People who have no drug abuse history or history of addiction. Traditional opiates simply stopped working due to tolerance. What is your expert opinion regarding these patients? We are still in chronic pain. What do u suggest?
what I can not understand and maybe you will not agree with me but I feel that if you have found the right amount of Suboxone to take per day what suits you and you are comfortable with and your life and everything is working well why the hell stop or taper???? like why fix something if it is not broke??
Great question. I was on them for 16 years and just got tired of dealing with pharmacy and insurance and drug screens. I just felt that I didn't need it anymore. So I tapered 3 months ago and now I'm FREE.
Hello J F, thank you so much for your reply it gives me hope as a mother. My son's name is Marcus and I am Sandi. Again thank you for your advice. God bless and be safe....You will also be in my prayers!!
I now this is about suboxone but i was on heroin an metherdone for over 33 years iv bin on suboxon aswell but i can honestly say bean on a script saved my life im now over 2 years clean i trewly wish everyone whos tryin to get clean it can be doune an trust me ones you get clean an get your life back its so werth it
Thinking about buprenorphine for my mother. She has a long history of substance abuse. She's 68, needs a hip replacement badly and has severe pain. She takes Nsaids mostly.....her doctor will prescribe her a teeny amount of hydrocodone, seriously like 15 pills every few months.....and she lives for those prescriptions. Obsessed with them. She will wait until her doctor is out of the office to try to get a refill. Also she drinks as well. I'm nervous for when she gets her hip replacement....if she will milk the pain meds for her surgery for 6 months... I'm in a buprenorphine program myself she doesn't know lol. Not sure how to tell her about it.... I had a problem pretty bad with rx drugs....I used to feel guilty not giving her any when she would have killed for something probably
So, I'm on Suboxone and don't want to be on it long term because I still wake up every day feeling like I'm dope sick until I take it. It's an uncomfortable feeling that reminds me too much of bad days, of addiction, of desperation and frustration and helplessness. I hate that I have to take it to feel okay BECAUSE of my addiction. I also hate that it's something that people are so willing to steal and sell, meaning if mine gets stolen I'm forced back into that hideous sickness without any reprieve unless I have the money to replace it out of pocket. I hate that my actions have made me dependent on it but that I don't HAVE to be dependent on it, and I hate that I have to be careful to have extra on my person in case I can't go home, but not ALL of it in case it gets lost or stolen. These are my problems with Suboxone. Not that I necessarily think of it as a crutch, but that the very act of using it is so deeply embedded within the addiction community still and feels so much like the worst parts of my addiction.
I just found Dr. B today just want to say his patients are very lucky he is very intelligent and easy-going addiction doctor that really thinks it’s a disease I haven’t found one of them in several years going through my addiction
i was prescribed suboxone after a battle with heroin addiction. i found myself homeless and lost. i was on MAT for 10.5 years and i moved from NY to Oregon for employment and i found myself in a world of hurt. I tapered myself after finding out my Dr wasnt able to prescriber suboxone outside of NY. i went through HELL! Withdrawls were so bad, worse than heroin withdrawl.... , even at the low dose i was tapering off of, here i am 2 yrs later and i struggle with major depression, drug dreams constantly, sadness, , Theres days I dont even want to get up out of bed or even shower for that matter. im still struggling with the mental chaos, I was doing well on suboxone, now while Im still not using opiates, what can I do to make myself feel better ? i cant go on feeling depressed and sad.
How on earth are you gonna know if an addict has changed their brain physiology! Because no insurance company is going to greenlight those tests which are incredibly expensive, just to find out if an addict brain physiology has improved so you can take them off Suboxone! 😂And you know this to be a fact, so I don’t even understand why you’re mentioning something that’s not even done- ever.
You are an Educated Dr. And NOT one did you mention that the human body in any and all BODY'S will form an addiction from opioids doesn't matter who the person. you have not one mentioned that Drs can also play a role in Addiction. My pain medicine is taken correct and by the FDA laws. Yet here I am with withdrawal when I don't take my meds every 4 hrs. You are sitting here just stating that people are only addicts if they are getting meds on the streets. What about Drs prescription for this. Most of this all stats with a Drs script. Also big medical insurances cover these opioids but DO NOT COVER DETOX! You scared to talk about that part??
I have a question. I been looking for this all over the internet and can't find an answer. I began subutex treatment 3 years ago. Everything has been great except for one thing. I get severe itching all over my body. I never had this problem before. I been to doctors and dermatologist and they can't figure out what is going on with me. This itch is so bad it really effects my quality of life. I went to see my primary doctor today and she believes it could be from the subutex I take. I don't know what to do. If anyone else has had this happen please let me know. I would appreciate any input. Thanks!
i feel like soboxone is a very good medication it saved my life but I am struggling with coming off i want to come off I don't want it to control me no more
I wish you practice here where I am I’m a chronic pain management patient and I never get my pain medicine done right I keep telling them that they are not helping me but they don’t listen I either stop taking them or run out of the medicine before my appointment and now they are saying I am an addict and if no medicine in my system again next appointment I am done I don’t know what to do I had radioactive iodine treatment in March and have esophageal problems so I don’t keep stuff down very well they are trying to find me a gastroenterologist
I have been on 10 percs for 15 years. I took my last one 7 days. My friend gave me one 8mg strip of subs and I took just a little piece when I started to get sick. I haven been sick yet.
Right now I take around 20-30 mg of oxy every 4 hours. I went and got Suboxone to try to get off but after reading a lot of these comments it’s almost making me just go through the oxy withdrawal
But there’s also evidence that using Suboxone is psychological. What is your point or ideas when only 8 mg saturates the opioid receptors but your patient are begging for 16 and 24 mg. Even research says that when you have a patient on 24 mg 80% of those patients are diverting the medication.I have taken care of some of the most hard-core heroin, opiate abusers that tell me that the real deal is people on the streets only need 4 mg and they sell the rest.
I honestly am over worrying about getting off it iv tried I always end up fucking mg whole life up I spend 2800 dollars in 2 months last time I’m Over it I don’t give a fuck what people think anymore fuck em
I’m 23 and I’ve been on fentanyl for the last 3 years. I started suboxone on a taper while still using for about 2 weeks then completely quit and am just taking suboxone I am now just over a month clean from fentanyl. I haven’t needed to take more than a quarter of one of the two 8 milligram pills I’m prescribed. they have one hundred percent been what’s helped me beat fentanyl. I do not like the idea of relying on medication to feel alright and I intend on getting clean from all chemicals except pot but for now I’m on a longterm taper.
Agree with all you guys that after over 20 years of using, with all the colorful bells and whistles that come with that ride, 8 mgs Suboxone daily has given me a life worth living. 5 years in it still works perfectly. Never have cravings. Like never. I've had maybe a handful of using dreams but none that followed me out of bed. I will say I've lost some weight and muscle mass and some back pain and general inflammation but that maybe that I'm 52? Even still I'll take that over living in the bushes covered in lice and tics, robbing, begging, stealing, etc. Thank you Covenant Community Care on Michigan Ave in Detroit for saving my life and thank you Gloria, Dr Patti, and Dr G and all the beautiful people that make up that program!!! So grateful! Strength and Love!
Dr. I like you doctor. But to be honest nobody that has an experienced opioid withdrawal because it’s all the same thing at the end of the day I just can’t listen to them I came off of fentanyl with Suboxone I did the taper at the rehab center and then I shot they left me on two MG and then the day I left then I kept at two MG and it’s slowly went down to .25 and then I got off it was about 23 weeks after rehab and that’s how I came off and I know I didn’t even have any with drawls trust me you don’t want to take any type of opioid for long term it’s literally a miserable life you’re gonna always be worried about not being sick
I've been on for over 10 years i'm been wrestling with doing a taper. I do physical labor for work. I'm going to try starting this week I've been on 8mg pretty nervous about withdrawl.
@@chuckybful at first the taper really isn’t bad, I was on 8mg for a few years and just taper down 2mg but the lower you get the slower you go down, for example I went from 8mg to 6mg to 4mg and then from 4mg I went down to 3mg and then 2mg. I usually wait at least a month or two before going down again. I used to do it much faster and it backfired
@@kristenmarie3522 Thank you for the input I've been clean from illegal drugs for awhile and the obsession is long gone. I'm mostly worried about energy levels.
I have a family member on Sunoxone . And I have a question that relates to a lot of people. How do people keep a JOB if they keep having to go to the DOCTOR every month. There employer is going to fire them if they keep missing work to go to the doctor. That’s why people want of these drugs so they live a normal live with out this crutch.
Been on 1 mg everyday at noon for 10 years. Steals your motivation and zest. I do .5 2xday now so it's not hammering my synapse n endings. Only good thing it's done was keep me from doing anything which saves me money lol
No disrespect drug addiction is not a disease its 💯 a choice calling it a disease allows us addicts to fl sorry for ourselves which inturn enables us ,im a recovering herion addict at my worst i was doing 6grams a day plus everything else i got my hands on addiction is a choice!!!
You need to educate other doctors about this. I guarantee you the reason patients feel that way is because literally every doctor I've been to doesn't define addiction the way you do, and they make you feel like a dirty POS addict even if they were the one perscribing you the poison that got you where you are.
Sure there is a list of positive things about subs but there is no way that there is not some negative things it does to you long term. It is a addiction because your body becomes addicted to it and if you dont have it you will be very sick. Everything has side effects just saying i have used subs to taper then the Sublicade injection is a great route
It does nothing if your a addict like I am youll bang anything when the time is right and it's disco time. I hate it is the truth. It's a tormenting want. I don't get why I even do it for honestly.
I absolutely agree with everything you’d said! My in-laws spend over 50k on a rehab in Malibu . They did a short term suboxone taper and I was there for 2 months then a sober living g for another 2 months and did amazing for the time being. The moment I got back to my state (AR ) after 5 months cleaned I relapsed. That was in 2016. And I struggled with my addiction til nov. of 2019 when I found your channel and entered into an mat program. You have saved my life and my families thank you so much!
Doctor B I jumped off opiods with suboxone 4 days ago with 16mg the first day to the full 32mg (tto much! No good!) And down to 16 on day 3, to only 6mg on day 4. I am reacting badly to suboxone and am terrified of being addicted. I have read consistently that I can be addicted after only 5 days, and that WD are worse than fenty or heroin. Can I jump off safely now, before getting hooked.
Did u stop the subs and not have to go through sub withdrawals. I'm taking it 13 days decreased the dose the last 5 days. I have read about short-term and the theory is u get over opiate detox and stop before suboxone dependence and sub withdrawals. I'm a little terrified I want to stop after tomorrow but worried about withdrawals. I'm a long time heavy opiate user and this seems to good to be true. I don't mind some mild withdrawals slight body achs not sleeping a few nights but I can't handle serious suboxone withdrawals like long term suboxone users get when they stop suddenly. Suboxone wd is he'll from what I hear.
@kkrollingskkrollings3173 i got down to next to nothing and jumped off. It wasn't fun but not bad. About the same as stopping norco. I feel okay but not yet back to 100%
@@KillmaisyIt's been two months since your last comment, how are you doing now. I am planning to start suboxone from tomorrow and stop everything once the withdrawal period is over.
I wish I had a Dr like you, I'm tired of being a slave to addiction, I got crushed in the mines at age 21 I'm nearly 40 and I've been a slave for 18 years and I'm so tired of it, so tired of the stereotype, I've made over 100k a year for the past 15 years but because I take Suboxone my peers in the professional world look down on me, they talk shit constantly about ppl who have to take Suboxone and I wish I could just break free......
I'm from the U.K. and we get buprenorphine on the NHS, for free if we are on low income so it is an amazing replacement for costly street drugs. I am becoming stabilized on it and because of my age and long history of addiction would not mind if I had to take it for the rest of my life. This medication has been miraculous for me and allowed me to regain a normal like life.
I always hate when someone says its trading one addiction for another. Now I take subutex because I had a bad reaction to suboxone and vivtrol. Do you know how common that is? My treatment doctor said he rarely has ever had patients but maybe 2 that had this issue so I had to be put on subutex ive currently been on it for 17 months and its changed my life I can finally live a normal life I was addicted to pain pills for 11 years due to a bad car accident and a doctor who gave them to me like candy for the first 5 years the last 6 years I got it off the street because the doctor who was giving them to me cut me off cold turkey didn't taper me down. Ive been doing outpatient for 17 months and have an amazing addiction doc and addiction counselor. I love all your educational videos!
If you take Ritalin, you can go from drug addiction to porn addiction; watch one pic or video of porn will suppress appetite and cravings for alcohol, drugs and food. Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
@Dr. B Addiction Recovery I am about to hit 3 years next month now! I have an awesome job now and so close to getting my life completely back on track. It's truly saved my life!
Just curious if a patient on buprenorphine can be put into a medically induced coma the way they're putting people in medical comas during this covid 19?
On heroin from 2002-2009 since then 24 mg a day of. Subutex since 2009-2021,,, I have giving up the idea of quitting it.,, Body on opiates for 20 yrs with no exceptions... Scary. I'm 44 yrs old
Dr B. Sorry I’ve not been on lately. Hoosier Daddy here. Aka. Tim. Question. I’ve been on subs for over 3 years! Stabile no relapses. Before that was on methadone up to 70 mg a day and over 3 x 30 mg of roxycodone before that! Before that I was taking handfuls of heydrocodones for pain. Is it bad to just cut down to help with something like testosterone and other side effects? I just am tired my friend of taking meds! I really understand that addiction is not taking meds everyday! I wish you were here in Indiana...
What exactly does “clean” mean? It means not taking any drugs or medication, and regardless of what you say, you know it deep down. There’s real help available, for free. Stop being a victim and ask for it.
I just took myself off kratom with suboxone tapering down over a 6 day period staring at 3and tapering to 1. Nowim dependent on suboxone! I havent slept in days. This sucks
I was on kratom extracts a bit for energy for almost three months. I didn't do enough research before I started fooling with it. I decided I had had enough spending money on the crap and it turned against me - bad constipation and rebound anxiety; it also caused nausea. I have never had a problem with opiates/opioids. I have taken them for dental extractions and broken limbs, but I have never bought them on the street. I was put on Suboxone to get off the kratom. I think it might be indicated for a patient in this situation to be on a short-term taper and I don't want to be on this opioid long-term. Just a thought.
I switched from methadone 10 mil to 1 mil subs yesterday. The reason I switched is because I was told by the MAT doctor that subs don’t cause nerve damage like the methadone did. But now I’m getting the same tingling and numb feeling swelling on my toes feet and fingers. My primary doctor says it’s because of the opioids. Now I don’t wanna lose any part of my body using subs and I don’t wanna stay on it longer then I have to be. Any advice?
I'm so confused.. if my body is withdrawing, that means nothing about cravings, and cravings, truly mean nothing if not acted upon. Just took my first .5mg of suboxone today.. yet was informed to continue use (I was using .5 a pill every 2 hours because I was self tapering my use) I was fine with the slight withdrawal symptoms as I self tapered.. now I have continued use as instructed and am maintaining the same schedule... should I have instead have been tapering by waiting until withdrawal symptoms and only using enough to feel normal? That would seem like far less amounts used and faster..
Thankyou for helping Educate people who do not understand suboxone... We as recovering addicts go thru enough judgement, We do not need it from other addicts. Take it slow yall. Get on a stable dose & Build your recovery foundation. If you shot dope for 10 yrs, you can not expect to be sober Over night. It takes time. Recovery comes from within. You can be completely sober from all substances & have No recovery at all. Addiction & dependence are 2 very different things!
Dr B taught us. No one is an addict. It’s people dealing with addiction. You are great you are amazing
Real talk
Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except Porn Addiction! Libido suppress appetite and cravings! Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
Amen
Exactly! I'm 76 severe chronic pain plus limited mobility due to a prior concussion. In day 5 of getting off opioids now using very small pieces of box...like 6 PC's per strip. It helps SOME for pain, but I am still DEPENDENT on SOMETHING for pain. Putting up with it so far.
Started with subx squirted under tounge 13 years ago. Then to suboxone. No sex drive, 10+ years, need oral sergery on gums. I would wake up sick and shit once a week. Cant get support from NA, AA. Day 25, over the hill but never been through withdrawl like this before. I dont believe there is enough research on the effects of long term 10+ years of treatment. Tough spot. I thank suboxone for saving my life, but I am seeing it does not provide the quality of life I want for myself at this point in my addition.❤ thanks for video. I think people need to know there is a routine for stopping withdrawl and the long term 10+ year effects of the suboxone on the body.
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Suboxone was the best thing that ever happened to me. Almost 5 years clean and I have a life, a life where I don't steal or lie daily. I will always be thankful for what it has done for me. 💞
That is fantastic, Robin!
Plz rply how long u can use this medicne . I m on it from last 6 years n wanna leave it .
If your on suboxone, your not clean
@@donkeyballs3307 FOH with that bullshit.
@@RP_76 being clean means u could pass a drug test at any time ,for all substances, if your on suboxone ,your not passing any drug test ,ever
It took me a long time to accept i need to be on Suboxone for life, but once i did, i felt like heavy load off my shoulders n can just live my life like a normal human being.
You should look up the side effects, long-term like potential liver damage, heart, problems, teeth rotting in your mouth mouth. And I’m only covering the tip of the iceberg.
@@aritina8379 I already have IGA NEPHROPATHY (Since 97) and stage 3 kidney failure.
But yea my teeth are all jacked up , I was homeless last 3 months of 2021 n didn't take care of them but never realized the subs are wearing down my teeth too.
Ty
Finally a video I can relate to. I just started 8 mg suboxone two days ago and my cravings immediately disappeared, I have more motivation for life, things interest me again and I am excited for long term recovery. I was always scared of long term effects or having to get off it in the future but right now I will just stay focused on my recovery. If I have to take it for life so be it. I've spent 20 years chasing drugs and ruining my life, it sucks that society has injected these fears into our minds. The AA community is also very one sided when it comes to recovery. If you are not fully abstinent they look at you like an outsider. It's definitely an ideology that can be dangerous for people in early recovery. That shame and guilt keeps people prisoners of an idea.
A.A. N.A. C.A. fuck A!! Get on suboxine and stay on it!!!
I’ve been on it for 10 months. My stomach isn’t the same and stool is thin and have to take miralax daily. I’m starting to taper so I can be fully off of everything. It’s served it’s purpose and allowed me to think about why the pills were my focus for so long, but now it’s time to get off.
@@confidential1035 right on. I'm on tapering as well. You can do it 🙏💪
@Max Smith yeah I'm off of it now. Tapered down to like 1/2 mg and jumped last week. I didn't want to be stuck on it for life.
@Max Smith I went from 8mg to 4mg for a week then 2 mg for a week, 1 mg for 3 days and 1/2 mg for 2 days, first 4 nights slept about 4-5 hrs. High dose vitamin c helped alot also magnesium at night and a ton of water. Physical fitness also helped me even if it was just forcing myself to do push ups.
it is trading one for another. Its definitely better than dope, and for some people taking subs forever works, but it is completely justified to not want to be on subs. Why live like that? not to mention all the jobs that drug test... its better to just get ENTIRELY clean. day 7 CT no subs EDIT - over one month no suboxone, almost one year no fentanyl/heroin.
No, it is not "trading one for another." Did you even listen to the difference between addiction and dependence that Dr B outlined?
It doesn't matter if a job drug tests if you're legally taking Suboxone
How did you get off Suboxone. I've had no option but to go cold turkey, there is no stock in South Africa. I'm really battling. Was never an addiction, my dr prescribed 2mg per day for my Trigeminal Neuralgia.
Sounds more like a great way to capitalize drug users... I thought the point of rehab and detox is to help the patient rid themselves of their dependency to any drug whether its legal or illegal...
I started this drug in 2006. It saved my life. I took it for 16 years and raised a family, paid my house off, and 25 years of marriage. I tapered off in November and now I'm FREE. So yeah, it was worth it.
@@rickp3753 for some people it’s worth it. Depending where they were before they started Suboxone. But for some people, Suboxone is a nightmare. They cannot get off it. It causes heart issues and liver damage. It can make you lose your teeth, it can make you poop once a week and the constipation is wreaking havoc in your intestines. It’s not for everyone but they’re making it seem like it should be. I wonder why. Could it be the pharmaceutical companies pushing this drug like they were pushing OxyContin in the early 2000s or in the 90s? 10 years from now they’re going to realize this drug is not as safe as they said it would be. And they’re gonna have another huge problem on their hands. F the western medical community! I’m so jaded after getting diagnosed with an autoimmune and getting no relief from western medicine. I finally found relief in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine).
Suboxone gave me my life back.
I hate to admit how overwhelmed with cravings and urges I was poisoned with.
It changed the narrative from me being an addict NEEDING TO USE, to I'm sick and this medicine helps me live a comfortable life again.
I been on 12 mg for about almost half a year. I was looking for this video!! Thanks brother
I recently been switched to the flim instead of the tablets. I don't find any difference other than the taste!
Been on subs for 3yrs...been completely clean for 3 years. I also have a wonderful life one hell of a job and a loving relationship with my wife.
Be careful with your teeth I have lost all of mine . I have been on Suboxone for 20 years. I had good oral hygiene don’t let them tell you it dose not bother your teeth my wife as well we are both on it and both lost our teeth
I was on subs 3 years. I am currently up at the crack of dawn because I quit taking them about 10 days ago with no taper. Why. Because I don’t know how to taper. I’m an ex junkie.
I did them for 10 years. No joke. I had to do 30 days in jail and was completely broke. It took me forever to get my body right. It still effects me. It's no joke. Don't take it anymore. Try in whatever way u can to get rid of it. It just about killed me and made me want to kill myself. Good luck and it does serve a purpose but the cure can't be worse than the disease. I understand the addiction and subs make it right but stop taking subs and it's insane. God bless
It’s now been 32 days. I’m done with them. Still not sleeping well and completely exhausted right now but I’m not looking back. I’m getting my life and freedom back after many years.
I should have also mentioned it was 3 years this time. Lol. I’ve been on and off dope/subs for about 15 years
My gut tells me this dudes just selling Suboxone and 20 years from now this is gonna look a lot like the pill mill crisis
Here’s what the doctor is basically saying, Suboxone is replacing one opioid for another. It does nothing to stop addiction. It just may be a safer alternative to buying street drugs. I agree with him there. But, isn’t the goal to get off opioids? Not to replace one opioid for another. I wish I could give an better solution, but I can’t. The addict has to want to quit and he or she has to go through withdrawals to get the body to reset. Now, I think instead of replacing one opioid for another, we should try to find more comfortable ways to go through the 7 to 10 days of pure hell from withdrawals. There could be some effective ways to combat the withdrawal phase. But you can’t withdraw if you’re replacing one opioid for another. Suboxone may be a cleaner way to deal with so many of the negative effects of street drugs but it still is an opioid. Like the doctor said, the body can’t distinguish one opioid from another. Most junkies want to quit. They hate all the negative effects of what the opioid abuse does. However, their biggest problem is getting through the pain of opioid withdrawal. The comparison of using insulin for a diabetic or blood thinners for heart issues to opioid usage does hold water, with all due respect. People use the insulin and blood thinners to survive. You don’t need opioids to survive. The body has to reset and the only way for the body took reset itself is by withdrawing completely. Let’s examine ways to making withdrawing less severe for the addict so they can really have a chance to succeed.
You didn’t listen at all, did you??!?! It is not trading one for the other! Obviously you have not ever been an addict so plz refrain from giving a bunch of addicts(not f*cling junkies) advice on what you think we should do! Stay in your own lane!
The suboxone treatment isn't curing the addict. The person just gets hooked on another opioid to fill the receptors in the brain. The body needs to cleanse itself of receiving opioids in order for the reset to take place. It's painful but it's the only way to reset the body from years of abuse. Right around a week after no opioids are received, the body starts to sense there are no more opioids coming in to latch onto the opioid receptors and the body, being the great self-cleansing machine that it is, only then, the body starts to gradually make trace amounts of its own chemicals to balance the body's feelings of well-being. Once the reset takes place, you no longer have to be a slave to receiving another fix, whether it be suboxone, heroin or any other opioid. The goal is to free your body. It's not an easy road. It's about 10 days of hell but you can't do it by changing one opioid for another. You'll have to live the rest of your life on it. As far as the terminology or title of the addict, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. But the best terminology an addict can want to have is, recovered and staying clean! There is nothing funny about addiction. It's a painful road. I had a family member that overdosed from heroin and died. I also know after physically getting cleaned up, comes the psychological phase of addiction. I don't at all mean to trivialize this disease.
Ive been to an addiction recovery one's and put on subutex been on for 1 / half years never used since 😁
Got to love this guy he's so concerned about his clients not all doctors like this.. Much love ❤️
Joe Watts not inly concerned but ACTUALLY knows the stuff hes talking about
Thank you, Joe!
He reminds me a lot of my doctor.
Absolutely!!!!!
Not many like him
This man really cares, he's really trying to help save lives!!!
Sorry man I disagree with you a 110% because you are trading an addiction for an addiction because once you get off the Box and even if it's called turkey you go through withdrawal. I've been on suboxone for 2 years and every time I go to a dentist they keep asking me why I am not taking care of my teeth? I have lost more teeth and had more cavities happen in the past 2 years being on suboxone while taking care of my teeth mind you then when I was an addict not paying attention to my teeth at all for 8 years. If you look up suboxone as of January 21st 2022 they finally have to admit that it is very bad for your teeth because it is highly acidic. So my problem with a lot of doctors not you in particular but just in general is you don't have all the information and pharmaceutical companies will pay a lot of money to keep things hush hush. The whole opioid epidemic started started from the purdue family. I took my paying prescription when I hurt my back as directed and my daughthat's directed and my doctor knew if I did that I would become addicted how come that was never mentioned? The health system in America is not here to make us better it's here to keep us sick...
It’s better to have some dental issues than shoot up fentanyl on the streets. Opioid addiction statistically has 95% relapse rate.
I've been taking Suboxone for 8 years. I think I recently accepted being a lifer. This drug has saved my quality of life 100 fold. No way I would go back to that life.
I need help. I live in South Africa and cannot get Suboxone anywhere. So I've been off fir a solid week. I'm battling. Going through terrible withdrawal symptoms. I'm not an addict, Mr Dr put me on for my Trigeminal Neuralgia. What so I do? Can anyone help please.
Been on for 4 years.
“Going into detox and recovery and using Suboxone for a short term doesn’t help your addiction to Opiates” what are you saying? Are you an addict? Have you ever been addicted to heroin. I feel it’s ok to use it for short time along with therapy and program. Not sure why anyone would want to be dependent on this for years. Is not necessary
I'm trying short term now I pray I suffer minimum withdrawal after 14 days of suboxone.
@kkrollingskkrollings3173 how did you get on?
Because the chances that you go through those milder withdrawals with a 2 weeks long suboxone taper and remain clean after are extremely low.
@@Selicular remain calm? What’s your goal, is it to remain dependent on a substance for a so-called chemical imbalance that is not even real. Doctors will sell you anything. You’re going to be out of whack for a while, if you need this for an extremely brief. Assist with being fully absent that’s fine. This guy is suggesting permanent use, which is wacko.
3 years clean because of MAT & Suboxone ❤ Just got diagnosed with ADHD and hopefully will be medicated.
Okay. So I disagreed with this Doc about the last (& first) video I watched of him. This one is better. Except for the amounts of Suboxone that a patient should be on. While the makers of Suboxone have taught clinicians well that more is "better," this is def NOT the case, and leads to even more difficulty if someone wishes to stop taking it after long-term use. 16-24 mgs in insane!!! 12 TOPS. I cannot imagine how long it must take to come off of 24 mgs of Suboxone... smh. I've had patients who came into treatment to get off of *_2mgs!_* Kid could NOT do it on his own. 2 little mgs for one year. 24mgs is insane. Reminds me of the makers of Oxycontin. Big Pharma.
Right? They jumped me from WD to 28mg the first day, to 32 the second, I was not okay! Bad side effects, but it worked to get off other stuff. I read over and over not to take much or for more than a week so day 3 dropped to 6mg and then to 2mg on day 4 to nothing and am ok.
I am living my best life your right thanx I understand now I'm good I'm a healthcare provider I have a bank account I'm good but I've been on it for 10 years and I've tried to taper I got sooooooo sick I felt baddddd
Always dropping buckets of intelegent knowledgeable facts on the people. Much respect Dr. B 😎
I was a heroin addict for 23 years April last year I went onto buprenorphine for the first time I started on 16 mgs and I'm doing a reduction along with CBT therapy relapse prevention emotional regulation meditation lots of things I'm now on 2mg but taking it slow n steady I've been clean from heroin and street valium for a year now I lost my partner to a morphine n etizalame overdose in Dec I now work in addiction love and learn so much from you Dr B thanks Jx
H Henry Nice - what are your credentials
Behind your recommendations? I ask because you sound completely dismissive of a large group of people who were in pain management and in spite of following drs orders, developed a tolerance and hyper analgesia because of traditional opioids. People who have no drug abuse history or history of addiction. Traditional opiates simply stopped working due to tolerance. What is your expert opinion regarding these patients? We are still in chronic pain. What do u suggest?
What was the answer?
what I can not understand and maybe you will not agree with me but I feel that if you have found the right amount of Suboxone to take per day what suits you and you are comfortable with and your life and everything is working well why the hell stop or taper???? like why fix something if it is not broke??
Great question. I was on them for 16 years and just got tired of dealing with pharmacy and insurance and drug screens. I just felt that I didn't need it anymore. So I tapered 3 months ago and now I'm FREE.
Hello J F, thank you so much for your reply it gives me hope as a mother. My son's name is Marcus and I am Sandi. Again thank you for your advice. God bless and be safe....You will also be in my prayers!!
This is a great doctor, he has the big picture in mind and realizes that it's about his patient's quality of life. His patients are very lucky.
Thankyou. I appreciate that.
Yes absolutely considering I’m lucky if I talk to my official doctor once a year. Otherwise I’m interfacing with counselors.
I now this is about suboxone but i was on heroin an metherdone for over 33 years iv bin on suboxon aswell but i can honestly say bean on a script saved my life im now over 2 years clean i trewly wish everyone whos tryin to get clean it can be doune an trust me ones you get clean an get your life back its so werth it
Thinking about buprenorphine for my mother. She has a long history of substance abuse. She's 68, needs a hip replacement badly and has severe pain. She takes Nsaids mostly.....her doctor will prescribe her a teeny amount of hydrocodone, seriously like 15 pills every few months.....and she lives for those prescriptions. Obsessed with them. She will wait until her doctor is out of the office to try to get a refill. Also she drinks as well. I'm nervous for when she gets her hip replacement....if she will milk the pain meds for her surgery for 6 months...
I'm in a buprenorphine program myself she doesn't know lol. Not sure how to tell her about it....
I had a problem pretty bad with rx drugs....I used to feel guilty not giving her any when she would have killed for something probably
So, I'm on Suboxone and don't want to be on it long term because I still wake up every day feeling like I'm dope sick until I take it. It's an uncomfortable feeling that reminds me too much of bad days, of addiction, of desperation and frustration and helplessness. I hate that I have to take it to feel okay BECAUSE of my addiction.
I also hate that it's something that people are so willing to steal and sell, meaning if mine gets stolen I'm forced back into that hideous sickness without any reprieve unless I have the money to replace it out of pocket.
I hate that my actions have made me dependent on it but that I don't HAVE to be dependent on it, and I hate that I have to be careful to have extra on my person in case I can't go home, but not ALL of it in case it gets lost or stolen.
These are my problems with Suboxone. Not that I necessarily think of it as a crutch, but that the very act of using it is so deeply embedded within the addiction community still and feels so much like the worst parts of my addiction.
Sounds like you need to increase your dose
That will pass! Give it more time.
I’m in Tennessee and I’ll tell you one thing we don’t have doctors like Dr. B we need more of him. I sure wish he was around here.
There is a good program at Vanderbilt if you’re near Nashville.
I just found Dr. B today just want to say his patients are very lucky he is very intelligent and easy-going addiction doctor that really thinks it’s a disease I haven’t found one of them in several years going through my addiction
Whoaaaa how did u make the cup change colors?
lol
i was prescribed suboxone after a battle with heroin addiction. i found myself homeless and lost. i was on MAT for 10.5 years and i moved from NY to Oregon for employment and i found myself in a world of hurt. I tapered myself after finding out my Dr wasnt able to prescriber suboxone outside of NY. i went through HELL! Withdrawls were so bad, worse than heroin withdrawl.... , even at the low dose i was tapering off of, here i am 2 yrs later and i struggle with major depression, drug dreams constantly, sadness, , Theres days I dont even want to get up out of bed or even shower for that matter. im still struggling with the mental chaos, I was doing well on suboxone, now while Im still not using opiates, what can I do to make myself feel better ? i cant go on feeling depressed and sad.
EXCELLENT VIDEO! SO INFORMATIVE.
How on earth are you gonna know if an addict has changed their brain physiology! Because no insurance company is going to greenlight those tests which are incredibly expensive, just to find out if an addict brain physiology has improved so you can take them off Suboxone! 😂And you know this to be a fact, so I don’t even understand why you’re mentioning something that’s not even done- ever.
Awesome video dr been on it 16 years and have no plan to get off love ya
We love you too!
You are an Educated Dr. And NOT one did you mention that the human body in any and all BODY'S will form an addiction from opioids doesn't matter who the person. you have not one mentioned that Drs can also play a role in Addiction. My pain medicine is taken correct and by the FDA laws. Yet here I am with withdrawal when I don't take my meds every 4 hrs. You are sitting here just stating that people are only addicts if they are getting meds on the streets. What about Drs prescription for this. Most of this all stats with a Drs script. Also big medical insurances cover these opioids but DO NOT COVER DETOX! You scared to talk about that part??
I have a question. I been looking for this all over the internet and can't find an answer.
I began subutex treatment 3 years ago. Everything has been great except for one thing. I get severe itching all over my body. I never had this problem before. I been to doctors and dermatologist and they can't figure out what is going on with me.
This itch is so bad it really effects my quality of life.
I went to see my primary doctor today and she believes it could be from the subutex I take. I don't know what to do. If anyone else has had this happen please let me know. I would appreciate any input.
Thanks!
i feel like soboxone is a very good medication it saved my life but I am struggling with coming off i want to come off I don't want it to control me no more
I wish you practice here where I am I’m a chronic pain management patient and I never get my pain medicine done right I keep telling them that they are not helping me but they don’t listen I either stop taking them or run out of the medicine before my appointment and now they are saying I am an addict and if no medicine in my system again next appointment I am done I don’t know what to do I had radioactive iodine treatment in March and have esophageal problems so I don’t keep stuff down very well they are trying to find me a gastroenterologist
I have been on 10 percs for 15 years. I took my last one 7 days. My friend gave me one 8mg strip of subs and I took just a little piece when I started to get sick. I haven been sick yet.
Right now I take around 20-30 mg of oxy every 4 hours. I went and got Suboxone to try to get off but after reading a lot of these comments it’s almost making me just go through the oxy withdrawal
But there’s also evidence that using Suboxone is psychological. What is your point or ideas when only 8 mg saturates the opioid receptors but your patient are begging for 16 and 24 mg. Even research says that when you have a patient on 24 mg 80% of those patients are diverting the medication.I have taken care of some of the most hard-core heroin, opiate abusers that tell me that the real deal is people on the streets only need 4 mg and they sell the rest.
I honestly am over worrying about getting off it iv tried I always end up fucking mg whole life up I spend 2800 dollars in 2 months last time I’m Over it I don’t give a fuck what people think anymore fuck em
Bull!!!! I'm an addict so I'm staying on my suboxine or I'll die or go to jail. I'm 68 so I KNOW. Because I've relapsed too many times!
I’m 23 and I’ve been on fentanyl for the last 3 years. I started suboxone on a taper while still using for about 2 weeks then completely quit and am just taking suboxone I am now just over a month clean from fentanyl. I haven’t needed to take more than a quarter of one of the two 8 milligram pills I’m prescribed. they have one hundred percent been what’s helped me beat fentanyl. I do not like the idea of relying on medication to feel alright and I intend on getting clean from all chemicals except pot but for now I’m on a longterm taper.
Agree with all you guys that after over 20 years of using, with all the colorful bells and whistles that come with that ride, 8 mgs Suboxone daily has given me a life worth living. 5 years in it still works perfectly. Never have cravings. Like never. I've had maybe a handful of using dreams but none that followed me out of bed.
I will say I've lost some weight and muscle mass and some back pain and general inflammation but that maybe that I'm 52? Even still I'll take that over living in the bushes covered in lice and tics, robbing, begging, stealing, etc.
Thank you Covenant Community Care on Michigan Ave in Detroit for saving my life and thank you Gloria, Dr Patti, and Dr G and all the beautiful people that make up that program!!! So grateful! Strength and Love!
Dr. I like you doctor. But to be honest nobody that has an experienced opioid withdrawal because it’s all the same thing at the end of the day I just can’t listen to them I came off of fentanyl with Suboxone I did the taper at the rehab center and then I shot they left me on two MG and then the day I left then I kept at two MG and it’s slowly went down to .25 and then I got off it was about 23 weeks after rehab and that’s how I came off and I know I didn’t even have any with drawls trust me you don’t want to take any type of opioid for long term it’s literally a miserable life you’re gonna always be worried about not being sick
I’ve been on it for 9 years, I’m so scared to taper off bc of what everyone says but I am down to 2mg down and will keep slowly going down :(
I've been on for over 10 years i'm been wrestling with doing a taper. I do physical labor for work. I'm going to try starting this week I've been on 8mg pretty nervous about withdrawl.
@@chuckybful at first the taper really isn’t bad, I was on 8mg for a few years and just taper down 2mg but the lower you get the slower you go down, for example I went from 8mg to 6mg to 4mg and then from 4mg I went down to 3mg and then 2mg. I usually wait at least a month or two before going down again. I used to do it much faster and it backfired
@@chuckybful I have been on 2mg for over a month now, in another month or so I’ll go to 1.5 then 1mg and so on
@@kristenmarie3522 Thank you for the input I've been clean from illegal drugs for awhile and the obsession is long gone. I'm mostly worried about energy levels.
@@chuckybful no matter what for a month or more energy wise it won’t be great and depression but i still think it’s worth it
I have a family member on Sunoxone . And I have a question that relates to a lot of people. How do people keep a JOB if they keep having to go to the DOCTOR every month. There employer is going to fire them if they keep missing work to go to the doctor. That’s why people want of these drugs so they live a normal live with out this crutch.
Been on 1 mg everyday at noon for 10 years. Steals your motivation and zest. I do .5 2xday now so it's not hammering my synapse n endings.
Only good thing it's done was keep me from doing anything which saves me money lol
No disrespect drug addiction is not a disease its 💯 a choice calling it a disease allows us addicts to fl sorry for ourselves which inturn enables us ,im a recovering herion addict at my worst i was doing 6grams a day plus everything else i got my hands on addiction is a choice!!!
You need to educate other doctors about this. I guarantee you the reason patients feel that way is because literally every doctor I've been to doesn't define addiction the way you do, and they make you feel like a dirty POS addict even if they were the one perscribing you the poison that got you where you are.
I’m so glad I’ve found this channel there’s hope
Sure there is a list of positive things about subs but there is no way that there is not some negative things it does to you long term. It is a addiction because your body becomes addicted to it and if you dont have it you will be very sick. Everything has side effects just saying i have used subs to taper then the Sublicade injection is a great route
It does nothing if your a addict like I am youll bang anything when the time is right and it's disco time. I hate it is the truth. It's a tormenting want. I don't get why I even do it for honestly.
Thank u my doc..
I absolutely agree with everything you’d said! My in-laws spend over 50k on a rehab in Malibu . They did a short term suboxone taper and I was there for 2 months then a sober living g for another 2 months and did amazing for the time being. The moment I got back to my state (AR ) after 5 months cleaned I relapsed. That was in 2016. And I struggled with my addiction til nov. of 2019 when I found your channel and entered into an mat program. You have saved my life and my families thank you so much!
Thankyou! Nicole live in Arkansas also! Give us a call so she can hear your success story! 1800-779-4715
Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except Porn Addiction! Libido suppress appetite and cravings! Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 lmao whats wrong with you😂
@@oc80mg75 I have a song in Dreams 04 this is me
@@oc80mg75 If I said Ritalin is the cure for sex addicts, it would be a lie
Your a great person Dr.B!
Definition of Addiction is a Slave to ones own master, Ive battled with Alcohol and opioids for over 25 yrs .
Well said
Thanks for this video. This is very helpful.. Just found your channel and already love the new info.
Thankyou for being here
Gots to love on every topic . my come to place for recovery on line..
I been on Suboxone for a 1 year at 12mg a day and it has helped me but now I feel so tired now and I don't know why?
There is no such thing as sbort term use of suboxone, the half life and withdrawals are so long , that it is impossible to take it short term
So I have a question. How many of your long term patients (%) that have used Sub for over 2 years eventually completely quit?
Doctor B I jumped off opiods with suboxone 4 days ago with 16mg the first day to the full 32mg (tto much! No good!) And down to 16 on day 3, to only 6mg on day 4. I am reacting badly to suboxone and am terrified of being addicted.
I have read consistently that I can be addicted after only 5 days, and that WD are worse than fenty or heroin. Can I jump off safely now, before getting hooked.
Did u stop the subs and not have to go through sub withdrawals. I'm taking it 13 days decreased the dose the last 5 days. I have read about short-term and the theory is u get over opiate detox and stop before suboxone dependence and sub withdrawals. I'm a little terrified I want to stop after tomorrow but worried about withdrawals. I'm a long time heavy opiate user and this seems to good to be true. I don't mind some mild withdrawals slight body achs not sleeping a few nights but I can't handle serious suboxone withdrawals like long term suboxone users get when they stop suddenly. Suboxone wd is he'll from what I hear.
@kkrollingskkrollings3173 i got down to next to nothing and jumped off. It wasn't fun but not bad. About the same as stopping norco. I feel okay but not yet back to 100%
@kkrollingskkrollings3173 I took 2 mg next to last day and then 1/2 mg last day. Keep up posted on your progress. You got this.
@@KillmaisyIt's been two months since your last comment, how are you doing now. I am planning to start suboxone from tomorrow and stop everything once the withdrawal period is over.
@limayaden8458 hi how did you get on?
all the research and evidence proves suboxone saves lives. Case closed.
I’m so glad you spoke on what addiction actually means. Ty
I been on for a long time, the reason i want off is because i get all the side effects and it sucks ass
Hey Jake. It's Nicole. I work for Dr.B - Have you tried tapering?
I wish I had a Dr like you, I'm tired of being a slave to addiction, I got crushed in the mines at age 21 I'm nearly 40 and I've been a slave for 18 years and I'm so tired of it, so tired of the stereotype, I've made over 100k a year for the past 15 years but because I take Suboxone my peers in the professional world look down on me, they talk shit constantly about ppl who have to take Suboxone and I wish I could just break free......
How do they even know that you're taking it?
I'm from the U.K. and we get buprenorphine on the NHS, for free if we are on low income so it is an amazing replacement for costly street drugs.
I am becoming stabilized on it and because of my age and long history of addiction would not mind if I had to take it for the rest of my life.
This medication has been miraculous for me and allowed me to regain a normal like life.
Thanks for explaining this 👍
U can control bupro by light Tramadol
This makes absolute sense….I am so tired of this trading one addiction for another crap…. Thank you for your scientific approach
Bro I ❤ this Dr!!!!
Its 100$ for one sub in jail
I always hate when someone says its trading one addiction for another. Now I take subutex because I had a bad reaction to suboxone and vivtrol. Do you know how common that is? My treatment doctor said he rarely has ever had patients but maybe 2 that had this issue so I had to be put on subutex ive currently been on it for 17 months and its changed my life I can finally live a normal life I was addicted to pain pills for 11 years due to a bad car accident and a doctor who gave them to me like candy for the first 5 years the last 6 years I got it off the street because the doctor who was giving them to me cut me off cold turkey didn't taper me down. Ive been doing outpatient for 17 months and have an amazing addiction doc and addiction counselor. I love all your educational videos!
You are a success story! Great Job!
If you take Ritalin, you can go from drug addiction to porn addiction; watch one pic or video of porn will suppress appetite and cravings for alcohol, drugs and food. Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
@Dr. B Addiction Recovery I am about to hit 3 years next month now! I have an awesome job now and so close to getting my life completely back on track. It's truly saved my life!
It is nice to hear someone make sense about suboxone!
Just curious if a patient on buprenorphine can be put into a medically induced coma the way they're putting people in medical comas during this covid 19?
Yes
@@DrBAddictionRecovery how does a person do this? Is it from taking too much Buprenorphine?
On heroin from 2002-2009 since then 24 mg a day of. Subutex since 2009-2021,,, I have giving up the idea of quitting it.,, Body on opiates for 20 yrs with no exceptions... Scary. I'm 44 yrs old
Dr B. Sorry I’ve not been on lately. Hoosier Daddy here. Aka. Tim. Question. I’ve been on subs for over 3 years! Stabile no relapses. Before that was on methadone up to 70 mg a day and over 3 x 30 mg of roxycodone before that! Before that I was taking handfuls of heydrocodones for pain. Is it bad to just cut down to help with something like testosterone and other side effects? I just am tired my friend of taking meds! I really understand that addiction is not taking meds everyday! I wish you were here in Indiana...
The best video on hear about this
Real medicine
What exactly does “clean” mean? It means not taking any drugs or medication, and regardless of what you say, you know it deep down. There’s real help available, for free. Stop being a victim and ask for it.
16 to 24mg a day Jesus. Good luck with that. That’s insane yo. This would be my favorite doctor back in the day ha. Benzos too. Perfect 😘
I just took myself off kratom with suboxone tapering down over a 6 day period staring at 3and tapering to 1. Nowim dependent on suboxone! I havent slept in days. This sucks
One of the good guys
What an awesome explanation, Thank you!!
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I was on kratom extracts a bit for energy for almost three months. I didn't do enough research before I started fooling with it. I decided I had had enough spending money on the crap and it turned against me - bad constipation and rebound anxiety; it also caused nausea. I have never had a problem with opiates/opioids. I have taken them for dental extractions and broken limbs, but I have never bought them on the street. I was put on Suboxone to get off the kratom. I think it might be indicated for a patient in this situation to be on a short-term taper and I don't want to be on this opioid long-term. Just a thought.
I switched from methadone 10 mil to 1 mil subs yesterday. The reason I switched is because I was told by the MAT doctor that subs don’t cause nerve damage like the methadone did. But now I’m getting the same tingling and numb feeling swelling on my toes feet and fingers. My primary doctor says it’s because of the opioids. Now I don’t wanna lose any part of my body using subs and I don’t wanna stay on it longer then I have to be. Any advice?
Food is a addiction
The standard American diet
I'm so confused.. if my body is withdrawing, that means nothing about cravings, and cravings, truly mean nothing if not acted upon. Just took my first .5mg of suboxone today.. yet was informed to continue use (I was using .5 a pill every 2 hours because I was self tapering my use) I was fine with the slight withdrawal symptoms as I self tapered.. now I have continued use as instructed and am maintaining the same schedule... should I have instead have been tapering by waiting until withdrawal symptoms and only using enough to feel normal? That would seem like far less amounts used and faster..
Great video
I believe that zubsolve drastically changes his personality......is that possible?
What about purely for pain? In California, not a single doctor will treat pain. The DEA is practicing medicine without a license.