r/recovery • u/Galacticcerealbox • 4d ago

Methadone & suboxone

I was on 10mg methadone. They wanted me to take 8 mg subs and work me up higher!???

I only took 4 and got way too high- nodding & itching.

I'm now on 3mg and barely feel it.

Is it wise to go back on methadone and taper down? I've only taken suboxone for 5 days time... I want out of copies! I'm in rehab right now too..

From what I'm reading the sub dose is waaay higher than the methadone dose?

Will I even find relief in my methadone dose again?

I have so many questions

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u/OwnMango7284 4d ago

yeah.. they are so stupid and I'm always hearing about how off the dosing is with these doctors. 8mg suboxone is like 70mg methadone

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u/PlzDntPanic 4d ago

Yes. Way to high.

U'm not sure the conversion, but know it's not almost mg to mg.

Ex: some people are on 100mg methadone while have been on 16mg suboxone.

I know for you, you could get away with 2mg sub. Maybe even 1, if you want off like you say.

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u/Lost-Soul-Surviving 4d ago

I just know from years of experience in addiction medicine that Suboxone is much easier to taper patients off of than methadone. In 10 years, I’ve one had 2 patients successfully taper off of methadone, then onto Suboxone, then I tapered them off the Bup. Idk where all this info is coming from. Methadone is toxic. I and all my colleagues do not prescribe methadone at all in our very successful addiction medicine clinic in Colorado.

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u/Difficult_Ad240 4d ago

You don’t feel subs after a few days ,,,, period only when you don’t have them