Experiences with

Buprenorphine and Naloxone

Also known as Buprenorphine and Naloxone 2 mg/0.5 mg. It is a sublingual film that I put under my tongue. It was life changing. My first dose was at noon, and I slept all night with no kicking. It was nothing short of amazing. Life was worth living again.

Lately due to frequent cold I have to increase Buprenorphine and Naloxone to 1.5 mg sublingually (3 quarters of film (2 mg), then I have experienced horrendous heart palpitation and my heart rate goes down to 42 to 44 /minute.

I started taking Buprenorphine and Naloxone three weeks ago. Initially the RLS symptoms are pretty much relieved.

I tried methadone ( didn’t like the drug hangover), oxycodone ( worked fairly well for about 8 months) and am now on Buprenorphine/Naloxone sublingual film 1/5 or 1/4 of a film in evening. For the most that has been working pretty well.

Perhaps those who have been declined Buprenorphine could try again and ask for Suboxone version of buprenorphine which contains naloxone - just a thought

The oxycodone I have been taking since 2015 has lost effect therefore Doctor B prescribed Buprenorphine and Naloxone for me. The first day I experienced horrendous side effects, severe vertigo, nausea and vomting and anxiety.

Hi all. I really hope that you are all coping with this horrible ' Syndrome '! I was wondering whether anybody had found that the 100mg Slow Release Tapentadol had helped them? My Dr. put me on them twice a day but they didn't help me at all so I am now taking 50 mg Quick Release 4 times a day though

A bit of news that might be of interest for members living in Sussex and trying to obtain a prescription for Buprenorphine. Sussex, like most UK areas, has Buprenorphine restricted/red-listed, however I was able to obtain the following clarification from the Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist,

Never thought this would happen but after three and half years on Horizant, has stopped working. Even taking twice dose didn’t do any good. I know I can’t take methadone, but I was wondering what people’s experience might be with the partial opiate called Buprenorphine. Like what is the dosage, etc.

I first want to thank all of you for responding to my initial post on this subject. I am overwhelmed by the kindness, advice and support you continue to show me. I wanted to provide an update after seeing my doctor today. I hope I am not charting too many paths in my attempt to find relief. Today, my

Morning all I have had problems obtaining my Buprenorphine script over the last couple of months. Often having to call the chemist 3 times over the 28 days of my monthly script. This is tricky as I have MA/CFS and repeated calls and visits to pick my script up seems to dominate each month. I have

I am currently on 200 microgram Buprenorphine sub lingual. I am still getting up three or four times a night to walk so i am seeing my GP on Friday to ask for another 200 microgram Buprenorphine Hopefully she will agree to give it to me How should I take it? Now I take 200 at 2300 and go

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:9851b74c-f0ac-4604-abb0-90d4d7ce0678 Dr Winkelman's Massachusetts Opioid Study has just released its fifth year results. What is very interesting is how many people have switched to Buprenorphine. Feel free to share the results with your medical doctors.

I’m curious- Is anyone out there having trouble getting coverage from Medicare for “regular”Gabapentin and Pregabalin? I’m getting STRONG resistance for the Buprenorphine due to its off label use and “lack of medical necessity”. Regular Gabapentin and Pregabalin still do not have FDA approval(Gabapentin

Hi All, Taking Buprenorphine (usually 4 x .2mg) daily and my RLS is off the scale at the moment. I am at my wits end , it is about 6 months now since I finally stopped the Mirapexin so I don't think it is a reaction to that). I am getting 1-2 hours sleep at night. I take the Buprenorphine at around

My husband had his blood drawn for the iron panel this morning, they said results would take a few days so I don't suppose we'll know anything until next week. This afternoon we had the telehealth appointment with Dr Walters at Vanderbilt. Best we could gather, Buprenorphine isn't a readily viable option

I haven't been here for a while because I have been and am quite ill and have had MRI Scanon my spine. My RLS was helped by Buprenorphine Sublingual tablets. I couldn't tolerate the patches because they caused a bad skin reaction. Then my Dr. for some reason decided to take me off Buprenorphine and he

I have a very good friend who has suffered with severe RLS since he was in his teens. I have suggested to him to join this group but for some reason has decided not to. He has been through all the usual meds. Fortunately he was only on Ropinirole for a very short time quite a while ago. Some years ago

Hello community - I have stage 4 ovarian cancer metastases in the stomach and have been on Targin 25mg a day. Within 3 months my RLS came back with a vengeance. As per advice from this community I asked my doctor to change my medication from Oxycodone and Targin to Buprenophine. She calculated that

Just wondering what others here do if you want an afternoon nap? I understand that many people take their RLS meds throughout the day, so napping probably isn't an issue. But I think most of us just take meds at night. If so, are you able to nap without RLS symptoms? I'm on buprenorphine, taking