Author: ClearAqua
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:51 am
BupHasMe…Let’s see…To drop from 6 to 3, I first dropped from 6 mgs to 4.5 mgs (stayed there for a week), then dropped from 4.5 to 4 (stayed there another week) and then went from 4 to 3. I have been at 3 mgs for 8 days now.
I really felt the drop from 4 to 3 more so than any other drop and am going to stay here until I stabilize..however long that takes.
I think it is so important to feel stable at one dose before dropping. Yes, I believe switching to the strips helped me to go lower faster. If I had stayed on tablets, I’d probably still be at 8 mgs or so. I was told that the absorption rate on tablets is so much less than strips…you ARE getting more medication on the strips. I agree that you could easily do 2-3 mgs LESS on strips than your current dose on tablets.
YOU’LL DO FINE ON YOUR TAPER!!! There is no set rule that works for everyone. I have been able to taper pretty quickly to this point and am finding at the lower doses that I am going slower. It just proves to me that the "less is more" theory about Suboxone is true!
I’m glad you’re here and look forward to watching your progress 
ladder…yes, I’ve been able to come off the higher doses pretty quickly but I can tell I need to slow down at these lower doses…and that’s ok. I have reached my first goal which was to get to under 4 mgs/day. When I really got educated on Bupe, I was frightened about the dosage I was on. I feel much better now being at 3 mgs…that say, if I needed emergency surgery or pain relief…I would have a better chance than when I was at 24 mgs/day. I now realize what an insane dose that was for a doctor to have me on for 3 years given my history….there needs to be more accountability from some of these "addiction doctors".
I share your frustration with the size of these strips! My doctor did switch me to the 2 mg strips which are easier to cut into small doses but still you hate handling and bending them so much. I think we all need to bombard the pharma co with emails asking for smaller dosages in strip form!
