Author: Bboy42287
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 3:53 pm
I have talked with two Drs on this topic. My gp who was also my sub Dr for four years and than my methadone Dr who also runs his own private suboxone practice.
Ill start with my Sub/gp Dr. He is a open honest Dr who was 100% honest with me about subutext. I asked if he thought if subutext might work better for pain and would he b willing to switch me over. He said no but gave me reason and the only people he will put on subutext is of course pregnant women. And before i get into why he wouldnt, ill will state i asked him if it had anything to do with money and he laughed, he will get no more or less with suboxone vs subutext scripts. Well we started talking why he wont and simply bc hes not going to give a addict in the search of help subutext which is easier to abuse when theres a medication that is the same thing with lower abuse rates. And lets b honest subutext is much more abused than suboxone do the simple fact you can snort/inject it with less risk than doing both those things with suboxone.
Now on the other hand the Dr at my methadone clinic is more open to treatment with subutext but after all steps are taking to make suboxone work. He will not put any new patients on subutext period and you must have been in his program for at least six months with no failed drug test or failed to show da proper numbers with each pill counts. But he did state he has not seen anyone of these meds have a higher or lower sucess rate. And he willwork with a patient but only after trust has been earned and progress is made but if any patient has a set back on subutext after the switch will be given two options to leave the program fter a proper taper or could go back on suboxone and has one chance left to stay in treatment under his care.The reason he is sostrict with subutext patients
