Take Oxys And Want To Go On Suboxone. How Long Should I Wait Before Taking One Suboxone?

Posted on Mon, 3 Jun 2013

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Question : hi i take roughly 5 -80 ct oxys and i want to go on suboxone . how long should i wait before taking one suboxone
are there any over the counter things i can take to make it easier. and what symptoms come with withdrawal

Answered by Dr. Payman Hajiazim (3 hours later)

Hi there thanks for asking. You should wait for 48 to 72 hours to let the withdrawal symptoms to appear. Then you can start suboxone. Suboxone is a a medication which acts partially on its place. It has some good advantagets. However, you should be careful about how to begin it in order to avoid any withdrawal symptoms from any other medication in your blood.
During that window time that you are waiting to start this medication (suboxone) you can ask your doctor to give you a medication from the class of alpha 2 agonist ( i give the patients clonidine) to minimize the symptoms which are not desirable. Best of luck.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar