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gravityboy
Sex: M
Data Quality: 1 star
Major Depressive Disorder
Depression: 3
Mania: 0
Emotional: 2
Anxiety: 3
Compulsion: 0
External Stress: Severe
Rx
59 M
Function: Low
Distress: Moderate
gravityboy
Male, 59 years
Berea, OH
Primary Condition
Major Depressive Disorder and 9 more ▼
First symptom
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gravityboy's Suboxone is for:

  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Drug Addiction

gravityboy has not reported any side effects for Suboxone.

gravityboy's Suboxone History (Stopped)
Suboxone (buprenorphine-naloxone)
8 mg-2 mg Daily Oct 15, 2010 - Mar 01, 2011
8 mg-2 mg Daily Mar 01 - Aug 01, 2011
1 mg Daily Aug 01 - Sep 12, 2011
Stopped Course of treatment ended Sep 12, 2011
Stopped Course of treatment ended Sep 28, 2011
Evaluations
Date Dosage Drug Addiction Perceived effectiveness Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 28, 2011   Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default MildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Sep 12, 2011 1 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways VeryVeryVeryVery
Feb 01, 2011 8 mg-2 mg Daily   Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default MildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Sep 12, 2011
Advice & Tips
This a very good medicine for treating opiate addiction. Works especially well for me because I can't feel a thing from it except for the first dose. It takes away every bit of craving by adhering to those opiate receptors and not letting go for a long time. Yes it is a partial opiate agonist like any dope is - but I don't know of any opiate that reliably removes craving like this one. Methadone is slightly similar but sub is in a league of its own. Suboxone is painfully expensive and in most places impossible to find. There is a vague set of rules that doctors who prescribe suboxone are required to adhere to. Mainly the doctor must do frequent urine tests (to make sure you are taking it and nothing else). You must be in some sort of treatment at the same time as you're taking it. Most Suboxone doctors take advantage of this by requiring the patient to attend some sort of expensive counseling or treatment that the doctors then profit from. Then there are the 12-step groups. Going to these blantantly religious cult meetings with my little paper and having it signed to bring back to the physician proved to be too much for me. I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE STRUNG OUT, ADDICTED, AND UNHEALTY than to attend these things. Demeaning, insulting, useless and mind-numbingly boring are a few words I would use to describe this process. It's too bad that this useful medicine is not available or affordable for the vast majority of people who need it. It's too bad that the hoops one must jump through to continue this therapy as long as is needed will wear one down so quickly.
Cost
$50-99 monthly
Date
Feb 01, 2011
Advice & Tips
This drug is helping with the pain from a broken heel 5 yrs ago. It is hard to have to pretend I am in a twelve-step program when I really am not. I would like to get off of this medicine some time in the near future.
Cost
$50-99 monthly

About Suboxone (Prescription Drug)

Suboxone is a brand name for a combination of two medications, buprenorphine and naloxone, which is used to treat opiate drug addiction and withdrawal. Buprenorphine binds to parts of the brain to lower the need for pain drugs and help with withdrawal signs, while naloxone helps prevent abuse.

Learn more about Suboxone in our Suboxone Community Report.

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