Suboxone Talk Zone The Movie

Recovering psychiatrist Jeffrey T Junig MD PhD discusses opiate dependence treatment options including Suboxone. He is known as SuboxDoc at the blog Suboxone Talk Zone, at http://suboxonetalkzone.com

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Education

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• Suboxone
• suboxone treatment
• suboxone withdrawal
• opiate withdrawal
• opiate
• addiction
• buprenorphine
• recovery
• oxycodone
• methadone
• suboxone detox
• detox
• rehab
• pain pill addiction
• heroin
• suboxonetalkzone.com
• subutex
• suboxdoc
• junig

[cutebabies1]

I have been trying to find out if Suboxone is really that good for pain?? Right now I am detoxing from 25 mg. of Methadone (cold turkey). There is a major hospital that has a detox program said I can come in and they would detox me from Methadone with Suboxone. What is your opinion about that? Right now, I don't care if I get sick - I know I just can't stand the PAIN when it starts!! That is my main reason for being on Methadone. Tthank you for any info.

[SuboxDoc]

A very complicated question-- detoxing from methadone using buprenorphine. The bottom line is that there is no free lunch-- lowering tolerance and withdrawal MUST go together, as the process is one and the same in the brain. Any use of bupe will only change the PATTERN of the misery over a period fo time-- it will not reduce the overall level of misery. The same has been shown in studies with rapid detox-- the part that you 'sleep through' is a small fraction of the total experience of w/d.

[cbarrett34]

Jeff, you say that before subs, their was nothing really available, duh, what about methadone? It's been around for like 70 years

[SuboxDoc]

Oops-- partially guilty! Actually, methadone treatment was legalized as an exception to the Harrison Act in 1972. Before then, using it to treat addiction was illegal-- at least in the US, as it was for all opiate agonists. DATA 2000 for buprenorphine (actually for any schedule III opiate) was the second exception to the Harrison Act. But you are correct-- I shouldn't have disregarded it... although it will always have 'second class' status because of the way it started i.e. inner cities.

[cbarrett34]

I'm not endorsing methadone, I'm just saying that to be fair, when listening to your video here, it's almost like you were saying that their weren't any other options until subs. People didn't have to hit a bottom to take methadone. They call methadone liquid handcuffs, but I have a feeling that subs will handcuff people as well.

[SuboxDoc]

I used to be anti-methadone but after seeing the destruction from opiate addiction for so many years, I endorse ANYTHING that keeps people alive. And I will never see either as handcuffs-- it is OPIATE ADDICTION that is the handcuffs, and methadone or buprenorphine are ways to reduce the misery caused by the handcuffs. That is the mistake I see people make who hate bupe-- their ADDICTION is their permanent problem. But people need something to blame other then blaming their own mistakes.

[singinglady48]

WOW I agree with you 100% well said well said Dr Jeff Your understanding is amazing. Clearly youv'e been there. I love you and bless you I am an RN and without Suboxone I would have accidentally OD'd , which I had done before. I honor you and THANK YOU for your clarity and wisdom, born, I'm sure, from your own suffering!

[alexandreleverrier]

I was using 16 mg a day and I decided to quit (no diminution ) I took my last 16 mg the day before I went to rehab. I stayed 2 weeks and I just got out today, the first week was perfect, I was sleeping 16 hours a day, the second week I started to feel hyper emotional and I'm having trouble sleeping. I will laugh my ass off to tears but if something upsets me, I'll go in to a rage. right now my legs are restless and I can't sleep, I'll try to hang in there for an other week and see how things go.

[goldansam1]

im an addict of pain pills. it started when i got toxic shock syndrome 6 years ago... the doctors kept me dosed up in dahladid, morphine and demeral. now im on percacet 30mg. i take, snort 3 to 4 a day now. ive tried the detoxing method but im way beyond that now.the only help women get in my town is to sit in jail and detox. cant handle that. so now im at a lose for answers. is there anyway to get ahold of you? my e-mail is millerbates@yahoo.com. thank you.

[anphelps27]

Can you smoke weed while weaning off suboxone?

[waltzingpeter]

Hi there I'm on 1 mg buprenorphine daily for maintainance and since I take it early in the morning i'm feeling really unpleasant in the evening, is it not enough for my tolerance?

[waltzingpeter]

Hi there I'm on 1 mg buprenorphine daily for maintainance and since I take it early in the morning i'm feeling really unpleasant in the evening, is it not enough for my tolerance?

[ohpineapples]

Very, very good viedo Dr. God Bless you for you taking your time to talk to us & help us all. I think they should pay you for what you do here on youtube as you deserve it! Eveytime I see one of your videos I get more encouraged to stay clean. I thought it was "fun" while taking pain pills, but it's nothing as fun as being Clean : ) Clean is great! Life is Better without drugs. God Bless You!

[TAXavier]

I would definately be dead without suboxone maintinance. Although I should mention suboxone isn't a cure all, as many of us know, as I ended up in the ER twice on suboxone (and combined poly substance abuse) alone. I'm so glad to be back on it in recent weeks and to actually be working on staying clean. I definately expected way too much with suboxone before. I also highly reccomend beta blockers. Benzodiazepines are far too addictive for me. I'm actually in BZD detox right now. -good luck!

[cutebabies1]

I am currently detoxing from 25 mg. of Methadone and a major hospital has an inpatient detox dept. where I live and I was told anybody on 30 mg or less of Methadone can be detoxed inpatient with Suboxone. Any input you have on this I would appreciate!!! And my other question - Is Suboxone really that good for PAIN??? Thank you for any info.