Suboxone

[applekat26]

Has anyone tried soboxone for alcohol addiction? If so, does it work? Thanks!

[skullbabyland]

Suboxone

Hi Apple,
I've heard of people using Suboxone for opiate/painkiller withdrawal successfully, but never heard of anyone using it for alcohol addiction. Where did you hear about this?

PS, I could be wrong about this, but I believe I've heard that Suboxone itself can be hard to come off of.

[RedThread12]

Suboxone

Oh, my, Applekat . . . Do. Not. Go. There, please. As horrible as alcoholism is, you would be trading UP and not down, to take suboxone for any reason other than it's standard use in the protocol for heroin addicts trying to find relief.

At least, that is my understanding. And the extent of my actual experience. I know of one person who battled his way off heroin with suboxone, then battled his way off the sub with baclofen. It was a long, hard row. The other person I know who takes suboxone daily says it is the biggest mistake he has made in his life. And I'm talkin' about a man whose name everyone would know as a premier musician, if not for his heroin addiction that drove him to theivery, imprisonment, and the entire litany of a career that could have been. All of that pales, for him, against what he refers to as the only real mistake he has made - the suboxone.

There are several forums where folks talk about suboxone. I haven"t looked in some time, and I may be missing something that has appeared in the last year or two regarding sub and alcohol. They are individually wicked, and taken together can be lethal.

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON !!!!

[zone]

Suboxone

Theoretically, it may work, since alcohol hits the endorphin receptors (rationale for naltrexone in alcoholism treatment). But, you may be trading one addiction for a worse one. Also, you can't get Suboxone over the Internet. No doctor will prescribe it for you for alcoholism, though you can lie and claim that you are a heroin addict instead. Or, you can get it at some of the shady street corners of large urban areas.

I do not recommend it.

Alcohol is a "dirty" drug, in that it hits multiple neuroreceptors - endorphin, GABA, dopamine, whatever.

[RedThread12]

Suboxone

Since I was writing only from my direct experience, I did take a few minutes to google " alcohol suboxone." There is no "theoretical" way that suboxone can be a viable way to address ingesting alcohol, as an alcoholic compelled to drink against one's will. Seriously.

The only outcomes of this clash of reality vs. "theortically" could only be suboxone dependence, the ER, or death.

[applekat26]

Suboxone

Wow! Okay, thanks so much for the replies. I will def. steer clear of suboxone! I just haven't had any luck with Baclofen. Topomax helped some, but also makes me too tired and my hair falls out! I just wish someone could truly discover a medication that cures alcoholism!!!

[RedThread12]

Suboxone

Applekat, can you tell me - specifically - about your baclofen experience? It's not a "one-size-fits-all" solution, by any means. Evan if it doesn't work for you, knowing what you've done and what happened would be very helpful for all of us.

Thanks so much, and . . . yeah - really glad you hear me about subosoxne. You CAN find your way out. I know you can!!

[Corleone25]

Suboxone

Apple, I know personally that suboxone would be a BIG mistake for a way out of alcoholism. I was put on it for a pretty severe 3 month painkiller dependence I'd developed, and then I was in suboxone handcuffs for the next two years of my life. Coming off high dose suboxone can be just as terrible as coming off heroin. And it takes months and months after the physical side effects wear off to feel anything remotely close to "normal." I'm glad you're taking the advice already given by other members in your thread. I was forced to go off suboxone cold turkey in a hotel room in Las Vegas, where I suffered alone for a week. That memory still haunts me, and it was over 5 years ago.
Good luck finding a better treatment that works for you.