“Coming off Suboxone or overdosing?”
I’ve been taking Suboxone for six years 8 mg two strips today. I tried to stop taking it a week ago and I got really really sick had to go to the hospital I’ve been back home I’m trying to regulate myself again and I am sweating real bad severe nausea. I need to know if I’m overdosing on the Suboxone or if I’m not taking enough.
Male | 42 years old
Complaint duration: 4 days
2 Answers
You can never just stop Suboxone. You will go into withdrawal and be very sick. To stop the medicine you need to gradually taper the medication over months of time.
Great question: a LOT of people try to come off Suboxone the way you did. They just stop taking it. That's a really bad idea. It takes MONTHS to come off Suboxone. If you cut the dose too quickly, you'll become dope sick: go into opiate withdrawal. That's what happened to you. Work with your prescribing physician to slowly cut the dose, something.
