Author: Romeo
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:16 am
Hey Kpurdy,
Welcome to the forum!!
It sounds to me like lowering your dose is gonna be your best bet. You had a full blood work up before you got on Suboxone, everything looked good. You didn’t have any of these symptoms prior to taking Suboxone, so it sounds like these symptoms would be directly related to you taking Suboxone.
You’ve been on Suboxone 10 days today, you should be pretty close to being stabilized on Suboxone and you certainly should have enough built up in your system to start trying to lower your dose safely. As with any medication, you should be on as low a dose as possible that still adresses your needs. You "may" be taking way more than you need?
Seeing as you’re taking Suboxone for pain too, splitting your dose up into multiple doses during the day might help. It’s certainly worth a shot.
If you do decide to lower your dose you have to remember that Suboxone has a long half life so those symptoms may persist for several days after. If I were you, I’d lower my dose on a weekly basis and see if this helps ease your symptoms.
Good luck and I hope you decide to keep us abreast of how you’re doing.
