Suboxone Treatment: Methadone Symptoms & Side Effects

Question: Suboxone treatment question?

(Posted by: JustMe on 2009-03-28 01:23:01)

Can a doctor that prescribes Suboxone as part of a treatment plan for opiod addiction, kick anyone out at any time if the doctor wants to? Also, Are doctors that prescribe Suboxone not supposed to call in this medicine if you need it urgently? I am asking because my friend is having some doubts about this treatment option... and the doctor he goes to is not always great to have for an addiction issue...such as this doctor has gone on vacation and been gone longer than planned so my friend had to withdrawl since he ran out of his suboxone. If the doctor was back or had an on call nurse then he would of gotten his medicine he is prescribe and wouldn't of had to withdrawl do the doctor being gone. He has had some issues with how the doctor treats him and I am just wanting to help him through this hard, expensive process. Your answers and any help about the rights patients have, what Suboxone prescribing doctors can and can't do for there patients, and anything else helps alot. Thanks again If you need to know the state is Washington. - Thanks everyone:) To answer #1- he has thought of doing the Methadone treatment and feels it wouldn't be good since he also abused methadone like he did with other opiates. So we didn't think that would be a good choice but who knows mabye it could work. I have heard good and bad about all treatments, I guess cause all medications for people addiction issues can be bad to some and good to others. Everyone has a different mind frame... Thanks for your thought:)

Posted by: Suki Chan on 2009-03-28, 01:58:52

Suboxone is in my opinion, the worst treatment option for drug addicts. Has your friend ever looked into a Methadone plan?

Posted by: Shey S on 2009-03-28, 13:29:33

Any opiates based treatments are not going to work very well for obvious reasons. I don't know why practitioners still insist on prescribing these things when there are better alternatives now; other than that is the way they earn their income of course. Honestly, I would change doctors. Methadone is no better, it traps a person within their addiction and makes lots of money for those who manufacture and dispense it. There is now a long acting opiates antagonist implant that keeps away cravings for up to 6 months and gradually repairs the damaged opiates receptors in the body so that the addiction illness can be beaten. Please read the articles below for more information, everyone should have access to this. Best wishes.