Author: hatmaker510
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:40 am
I hear what you’re saying. And I’ve tried time and again over the last 2.5 years to lower my dose (in different ways), but each time, my pain has come screaming back.
Also, the way I understand it, when the receptors are not saturated and KEPT saturated, it defeats the purpose of being on suboxone for addiction (which I am as well). Those low doses often simply don’t keep the cravings at bay. Also at such low doses, sub acts more like a full agonist rather than the partial agonist that it is. When one keeps stimulating the receptors on and off like that (below the ceiling), one will "feel" the dose. Keeping them saturated is the idea of suboxone treatment.
Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m merely relaying my experience with trying to decrease my dose and my pain level’s response to that and discussing maintenance dosing under the ceiling, as I understand it.
I’m glad you shared your perspective on it though. I do know someone who is able to dose in very small amounts and it does address her pain very well that way. It just doesn’t seem to work with me.
