Cocaine & Suboxone

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I was wondering if anyone has ever tried getting off cocaine by using suboxone??? My husband keeps going back to cocaine, but wants on suboxone to keep him from going to cocaine. He has also done cocaine & suboxone together and loved the feeling. When he takes just suboxone he is fine and doesn't want the cocaine. I was just wondering if anyone has tried suboxone to get off cocaine and if it actually worked.

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It has been a successful treatment to beat addiction for many, many people.

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saboxone does not block coke or any other upper.ive been there done that.it only blocks opiates.

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Its a shame there isnt a wonder drug that cures all. But this sabboxin is great for what it is for. Ive taken it for a week and im sold. The price is killing me. I was shareing my husbands methadone to cut cost someone told and now he got cut from the program. i was able to go to saboxin. I took little methadone, but he was doseing in the 200s. So now he is in terrible with draw. Im trying to find another clinic near us to take him. I also had a medical condition and started to take pain pills and one day one wasnt enough and thirity became the answer. Living to buy pills. I swear its the devil. I feel for anyone with any addiction. Its a bitch. I deal every day.Im still a little nervious feeling from the switch to saboxin. But it will go away. My body dosnt hurt. It kinda pisses me off the Dr. are makeing this a money game though. Its a 120 to get in the door and then weekly 40 just to pick up script then 50 for 7 pills. Little high.Pills wernt that high. I just dont understand why you cant get affordable help.We have no insurance so all cash. Any ways best of luck to all who are going to try to get help,or is and haveing a hard time. And to the ones who arnt there yet do it before its too late.

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suboxone does not treat cocain,amphetamines or any uppers.It is only for oxycodone,heroin,vicodin, or any other type of opiate nothing else i know because I've used all those and i being treated with suboxone 8mg three times a day.There is no way your husband will ever get off cocaine from suboxone.He probably likes taking it because it gets you a little high.

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Actually many people have had great success using Suboxone treatment to beat drug addictions. The only one it usually does not work well for is Heroine.

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verwon: you are wrong...It is MADE to treat opiod addiction..NOTHING else...it works GREAT for heroin...seems like you don't have any experience...i went on suboxone from a 2 gram a day brown powdered heroin habit and am kicked now, and felt ABSOLUTELY noooo withdrawal symptoms....so HOW can you say it doesn't work good with heroin?

and also, anyone who thinks suboxone treats uppers addiction or ANY other type of addiction besides opiod REALLY needs to go ask a DR. because they are ignorant...It's an opiod...It takes away opiod withdrawals; ie heroin, OC, morphine, methadone, vicodin, etc....People....go get educated.

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Yeah serious vernon u are wrong...i was doing a bundle of heroin a day and now i take 32 mg of suboxone a day and i dont even think about going to get high..It doesnt even cross my mind really..I can actually enjoy and live my life and not have the thought about getting high always on my mind..Actually not even getting high just the thought of i didnt wanna get sick..But its costly, if u dont have insurance and like me i take 4 a day so every 2 days i was going to the pharm and paying 60 bux...Now i pay 60 bux a moth for 120 tabs...It works wonders..

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I feel awful for you because your husband is taking you for a fool. I am a recovering addict. I did both Heroin and Coke... and using drug addicts are all liars... even I was. Suboxone has absolutely nothing to do with Coke. For me, I do not even really want to get high at all. But, if you were to take Suboxone and Coke to get high... you would only feel the Cocaine Sweety. Your husband is an idiot to say that he likes the high of taking them both together... Trust me, I have done it in the past and the Suboxone does absolutely nothing for you.
If you really want to get clean, you will. Plain and simple. Now, people like me need a little help becuase we simply cannot do it alone... Thank God for Suboxone, I would be dead right now if I did know about it. Try to tell your husband about Rehab. In~patient or even out~patient. He obviously needs some kind of help and Suboxone is for Opiate Abuse... NOT COCaine. Good Luck Sweetheart!

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Oh yeah... For those of you that live in Maryland.... Get the PAC card. Pharmacy Assistance Program through Social Services... All it does is help with perscriptions!! I would never be able to pay for Suboxone after a couple of weeks but, now it is only $8.76... I will repeat ~~$8.76 every 3 weeks!! I get 60 8mg Suboxone. If other states have this program... look for it. No one tells people about these programs or if addicts are even elligable because people tend to think that Heroin Addicts are scum...

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My husband is an addict with addictions to both opiates and cocaine. Suboxone has taken away all of his cravings .His shrink said that sometimes this drug can do that , true its primary usage is for opiate addiction, but for us it has done the trick...

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To the writer who wanted to know anout Suboxone (Boprenorphine/Naloxone). Would not help get off cocaine. It's action as an opiate agonist/antagonist is useful in keeping people off of opiates since the oiate in Suboxone has a much stroger affinity or the opiate receptors. In Suboxone the Naloxone is an antagonist and will remove any opiates on the receptors and not allow any other opiate to work.

It is very helpful in getting off opiate dependency but would have no effect on cocaine which blocks the re-uptake of dopamine-causing the high. This is similar to (meth)amohetamines which also act on dopamine but cause your body to manufacture more.

The psychological withdrawl from both of these is a certain amount of dpression and lislissness until the body can stabilize its own (much lower) dopamine production.

Some possible suggestions-though Cocanie is a tough one. Anything dopaminergic will relieve the w/ds and compulsion. One antdepressant that seems to help a little is Cymbalta. If you can mailorder from Europe they have a commonly used anti-depressant brand name Stablon generic Tianeptine-these are dopaminergics. Some nootropics or nutraceuticals that might help would be DL-Phenylalnine, Tyrosine, Piracetam.

It takes the body some time to reach homeostasis, until that happens I'd strongly recommend CA, NA, AA as he's going to need all the support he can get. You might want to consider al-anon-it really helps. Good luck

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Wow, I just read other many the other replies. FYI, it's Bprenorphine in Suboxone- I had it misspelled as Bop...

Most of the respodersare correct in that Suboxone is strictly used w/ opiates (occassionally as a prescribed pain reliever) and will have no impact on cocaine. Anecdotal studies claim Naltrexone (and opiate antagonist, helps with coke) but I don't see any neurochemical basis for that.

Inpatient treatment is almost imperative for cocaine addiction since the urge to score will be overwhelming. There is nothing physically addicting about cocaine but it's incredibly psychologically addicting. Definitely recommend 1) Minimum 14 day, preferably 28 day in patient). 2) Daily NA/AA meetings for at least 1 year-DAILY. #) No exposure to any old friends ho may have been users/dealers.

Nobody likes that kind of news but ib one year you can have n incredibly new life.

In the meantime, take care of yourself and go to Al-Anon.

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Ash, I had to reply to you because I was in a similiar situation. I found when I look back, not intentionaly, that I kicked my coke habit by replacing it with an opiate habit. I only did pills, mostly percs & vics and did over 100mg daily sometimes. What I realized is that my focus/desire switched... and I used to dream about doing lines of coke. The pill habit got bad, but have recently went clean and am now on subs. I dont have any desire for coke now and the subs are working. I feel and look great. No more nose bleeds, ive beenlifting and gaining my muscle back. My situation was/is dangerous and stupid. I just wanted to share. Feel free to ask me questions. good luck

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and to give you some more of my bacground, and im wrting this partly as a catharsis, but maybe it will arm you with some knowledge too. Just like the other are saying, Coke is a phsycological addiction. I thought about it all the time, especially at work when i was stressed. b ut after years of using it, i started to get really paranoid. thats when i hit rock bottom. After even just a decent line, i would be so paranoid I thought the DEA were about to come through my bedroom door. When I got more into the pills, it was a welcome relief. I could function on the pills where coke made me paranoid. Opiates on the otherhand are a phisical addiction. I needed the pills just to get out of bed without feeling sick. So i basically treded one addiction for another. However, the subs are keeping me straight and I have turned the page on my life for the better...

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Google "Ibogaine"

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Let me just say to you that I have yet to hear a more intelligent answer than yours. Finally, Someone who I feel is REAL to the bone. Man I get 45 8mg Suboxone strips every month and I have 15 left over every month. I'll even be cutting back to 6mg a day in Sept. I have a s***load of strips and I will never go back to the way I was before and sell my Meds. But by all means I would love to be able to give you every one I have had over (81 Strips) since Feb. cause I think you really want to stay clean but I know how hard it is w/o ins. I pay $6.30 a month for 45-8mg strips man and it sucks to sit here and know that I could help someone else out that really wants the clean life...I'm Truely Sorry but I know you will get right...Good Luck to You...Joe, Soddy Daisy, T

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You guys are dump pill are good for the body my dads a dr and he say pill are the best thing invented i on pills 24/7 f*** its nice to have a dad as a doctor he dont know I'm taking them tho

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Are you serious? Did you really just say that the only drug Suboxpne doesn't work for is heroin? You're all mixed up. It works on heroin (opiates) ONLY. I've been taking Suboxone (12 mgs/day) for 8 months for previous opiate addiction and it works like a charm. I never, ever crave opiates. It is not designed to ease withdrawal from any other drug. Opiates (pain killers and heroin) ONLY. If you're very serious about getting clean, don't listen to the advice of a bunch of dips***s on a message board. Go to a doctor. Go to a clinic. Ask a proven professional, otherwise some idiot is going to tell you that a drug designed to help you kick an opiate addiction will cure you of your cocaine habit. They are two different classes of drugs. It would be like eating an orange to curb your apple craving. Only an apple would cure your apple craving.

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Great advice! But since that obviously wont work, I suggest seeing an addiction specialist and trying to get stable on some stimulant, maybe monitor his meds if possible. I think start with that, if he sees some progress maybe he'll be a little more willing to do some counseling which may also help. I think you gotta just do whatever works, and you know telling him "OK NA meetings for minimum 1 year, we'll start Tuesday" is a joke.

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your of your nut a 2gram brown habit nooooo withdrawals haha av sold to clowns like you more like a dodo habit

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I’ve noticed that when taking suboxone, cocaine and alcohol are less enjoyable or that there are side effects (anxiety, headaches, nausea, etc.) that make it non-enjoyable.

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Yes it does break down the way it works by blocking receptors into thinking you need street drugs as well. It's benefited many people. Mixing them is a ticking time bomb.

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Michigan has a substance program if on Medicare or cade it's covered my wife pays 0 for her script of 60

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Ok i know from first hand experience. This was back in the day. But i noticed when i was on subs it would sorrta block the coke. I would have to take more. And still the effects were nothing like when I was off subs. And there are studies being done, don't know how legit tho, of subs being used to get off coke. Cause I know some people who stopped coke with opiates but then they were hooked on opiates.

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Shows ur friend are not true friends if they ratted u guys out

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I disagree with u on that. I was really bad on H n now i have been on suboxone for a year now n im doing great
So subs helped me get off H. Along with some other people i know.

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How long did you have to wait after dosing to take the suboxone without getting sick on coke?

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Hi there all I can say is you're lucky my Dr is 250 a month every month well 300 the first month then 97.00 for 10 8mg/2. I'm in Tennessee where r u ?

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Swim boss reply to post 18

Actually you should research the subject matter since you obviously have no comprehension of the pharmacological properties nor indications for use of this diverse substance.lastly your arrogance and confrontational style only speaks to your ignorance.Should anyone truly seek a valid answer refer to POST 31 Jrog explained it in a precise yet condensed manner. It's informative articulate posts like jrogs that serves this community best.

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Actually, naloxone, HAS been used with some success in the treatment of stimulants, and alcohol, along with its main use in meds such as suboxone (buprenorphine/ naloxone). Buprenorphine on the other hand is affective only on opiates, having a higher affinity(ability to bond to receptors) than other opiates/ opioids).

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