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Old Nov 16, 2015, 11:10 AM
Mygrandjourney Mygrandjourney is offline
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Originally Posted by waggiedog View Post


Hi there. I just thought I'd drop a line about Suboxone (Subutex in England). ....... I agree with the person who says it would be better to be on a programme which doesn't use these substitutes, and cut down little by little on whatever the drug was/is you were addicted to in the first place.
Subutex is buprenorphine without naloxone. It is available here (in the U.S.) and only used for specific cases where a relapse or abuse of Suboxone would cause more harm than good (such as with pregnant women). Research shows that with heroin and other opiates, relapse is over 80% likely when not taking a replacement medication. Addicts lose their tolerance while off the drugs, cold turkey, which is why many of them OD when relapsing. They try to start back on the dose they last used. There may be individual cases of "cold turkey" and rapid detoxes, etc that were successful, but they aren't supported by science, which is what the medical community relies on.