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Pregnant. Using Suboxone. Can I Stop Using Suboxone?

hi im currently on suboxone and just found out im pregnant... my doc will no longer keep me and has been trying to find me another one i have been a good patient and done everthing theyve asked and have gone from two strips to 1 since march trying to ween myself off before march due date...but im having trouble lately contacting my current doc and have just recently ran out of my script...idk what i should do but i know they dont want me coming off of it like that especially preg...is there anyone who can help?
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Hello,
Since you can not quit SUBOXONE cold turkey for fear of getting withdrawl symptoms,the best would be to switch to a drug called as SUBUTEX.
SUBUTEX is much safer as compared to SUBOXONE because SUBOXONE contains NALOXONE( this is absent in SUBUTEX ),which is harmful for the pregnancy.
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Pregnant. Using Suboxone. Can I Stop Using Suboxone?

Hello, Since you can not quit SUBOXONE cold turkey for fear of getting withdrawl symptoms,the best would be to switch to a drug called as SUBUTEX. SUBUTEX is much safer as compared to SUBOXONE because SUBOXONE contains NALOXONE( this is absent in SUBUTEX ),which is harmful for the pregnancy. Thanks