I'm freshly detoxed from suboxone but I used meds and an herbal tea that im not allowed to name on here. Actually 24mgs a day is the typical starting dose but I started it recreationally and always just took 2mg. Well there was that day I accidentally took two subutex thinking it was something else. But if you're at 1mg I think you should go to 1mg every other day or .5mg a day. I know it's hard to cut the strips that small but you can. If you have the tabs then you can't cut them down that low so make sure your doc is giving you strips. If you have any questions you can PM me.