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How can a person get off of buprenorphine and naloxone sublinguals when using for addiction treatment?
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Gradual taper: Suboxone clinics manage opiate dependence with Buprenorphine maintenance and taper therapy. Programs will start you on 16 mg per day (4 half-tablets) and taper the dosage over 2-3 years, depending on how strong your cravings are and how quickly you progress. Achieving long-term abstinence depends on several factors, including quitting smoking, never using opiates again, and avoiding triggers.
Answered 11/13/2015
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Suboxone: This is quite easy. Your doctor will wean you off slowly. Then after you have been off for one week he may do once a month vivatrol injections for a few months.
Answered 7/9/2017
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Except: It is not so easy to wean.
Answered 3/26/2013
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