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What Is The Best Way To Wean Off Intake Of Suboxone?

Hello, I was hoping for some information about the best way to kick suboxone. My fiancé and I had Ben down a long road of opioids for the last three years. We have ben clean for three months now with the help if suboxone. We have ben taking at the beginning maybe 3mg a day as not to take to much. During our three years of opioid use we used suboxone when we couldn t find opioids.The problem is we have weened down from that dosage to Maybe 1 to 2 mg a day depending on how bad we feel. We both just graduated college and just want to start a new life without opioids. We have no health insurance so a friend helped us with getting the suboxone. We now how job offers but have heard horror stories about withdrawals. We don t want to start a job and not be able to get out of the bed and get fired and we don t want to keep taking suboxone. I know it was made to take for a week at best as to ween yourself down and be done. We had to keep taking them to be able to finish school. The only bad thing is now my girlfriend and I have never felt better and want to free be off suboxone. We both feels strongly about this so I know we can do it. I know being a dr. You would never approve of taking opioids for two weeks to start taking the suboxone properly for a week and ween down off the suboxone. Any help?
Sat, 1 Feb 2014
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If you want to wean off suboxone, then do it gradually. Suboxone is available ib market in 0.4mg, 1mg and 2mg tablets. If your are taking 3-4mg of subxone in a day, then try to any reducing dose by 0.4 mg in a week or early that depends upon your will power. At such low dose you would not profound withdrawal. In case, you feel pain, you can take painkiller on sos basis.

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What Is The Best Way To Wean Off Intake Of Suboxone?

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic If you want to wean off suboxone, then do it gradually. Suboxone is available ib market in 0.4mg, 1mg and 2mg tablets. If your are taking 3-4mg of subxone in a day, then try to any reducing dose by 0.4 mg in a week or early that depends upon your will power. At such low dose you would not profound withdrawal. In case, you feel pain, you can take painkiller on sos basis. Thanks