An orange tablet containing Buprenorphine and Naloxone in a 4:1 ratio, used for detox or maintenance treatment of opiate addiction (to heroin or other narcotic painkillers). Methadone is used for the same purposes. Pills come in 2 and 8 mg dosages. Subutex is similar to Suboxone, but has only Buprenorphine and no Naloxone. The Naloxone is an opiate antagonist, and is put in Suboxone in order to prevent the tablets from being injected. Naloxone is not active when the pill is used sublingually, orally, or insufflated. Not commonly used recreationally, because it won't get someone with any tolerance high like Vicodin, Oxy, or Heroin would. It is valued on the street by some opiate addicts who want to have something to keep them from withdrawing if their dope supply runs short.
If you take Suboxone too soon after an opiate, you will go into withdrawal. If you take an opiate too soon after Bupe, the bupe will block the effects and you won't get high.
If you take Suboxone too soon after an opiate, you will go into withdrawal. If you take an opiate too soon after Bupe, the bupe will block the effects and you won't get high.
"I've been banging H on a daily basis for 6 months, but I think it's time to throw in the towel, and get prescribed Suboxone"
by WSB15 February 22, 2006
Suboxone is buprenorphine and naloxone in a 4:1 ratio. Buprenorphine itself is a partial opioid agonist and partial antagonist at the same time. It has a blocking effect against other full mu- agonists ( I.E hydrocodone, oxycodone, diacetylmorphine, morphine etc etc ) in sufficient doses, yet produces typical opioid effects. It is meant to help opioid dependant people with a maintenence or taper programn to allieviate withdrawl symptoms and give the user time to get thier head straight before getting completely clean from the opioids.
The naloxone is supposed to be a blocking agent to deter use from IV, but in all reality the addition of naloxone was a marketing ploy to get it scheduled lower and thus be easier prescribed. The buprenorphine itself binds much higher to the opioid receptors, even higher than the naloxone. The claim that suboxone does not work when injected is not real....but if you're trying to get clean ( and given suboxone's cost and hassle to go find a doctor and deal with him ) what's the use of injecting it, you're just perpetuating the same behavior and might as well just go score a full agonist with more euphoria to inject.
The naloxone is supposed to be a blocking agent to deter use from IV, but in all reality the addition of naloxone was a marketing ploy to get it scheduled lower and thus be easier prescribed. The buprenorphine itself binds much higher to the opioid receptors, even higher than the naloxone. The claim that suboxone does not work when injected is not real....but if you're trying to get clean ( and given suboxone's cost and hassle to go find a doctor and deal with him ) what's the use of injecting it, you're just perpetuating the same behavior and might as well just go score a full agonist with more euphoria to inject.
I felt sick this morning until i took my suboxone.
A friend gave me a suboxone and i threw up all day long
A friend gave me a suboxone and i threw up all day long
by Jphenethylamine September 24, 2009
The other entries for Suboxone don't really go into recreational use, so I'll shed some light on it as a recreational Suboxone user of two years.
The pills (and god forsaken sublingual strips) contain 8mg of buprenorphine. A typical (insuflated) recreational dose for someone who doesn't otherwise use opiates is 2 milligrams, simply referred to as "a quarter", because it's a quarter of the pill/strip. First time users should begin with 1mg, or "an eighth".
Suboxone doesn't need to be insuflated, although it is most common among recreational users. Taking it orally/sublingually, as medically intended, does not yield great results as the bioavailibility with these routes of administration are very low.
Shooting it yields the best results. Despite people saying that Naloxone (present in Suboxone) prevents people from administering it intravenously, it works best. Only an eighth is needed to get high, even for fairly tolerant users, and effects are felt in as little as ten minutes.
Always begin with an eighth of a sub when trying it for the first time, and take Dramamine or Benadryl with it, as the high is unusually long and can cause nausea.
Always use sterile rigs when shooting up, and don't share.
The pills (and god forsaken sublingual strips) contain 8mg of buprenorphine. A typical (insuflated) recreational dose for someone who doesn't otherwise use opiates is 2 milligrams, simply referred to as "a quarter", because it's a quarter of the pill/strip. First time users should begin with 1mg, or "an eighth".
Suboxone doesn't need to be insuflated, although it is most common among recreational users. Taking it orally/sublingually, as medically intended, does not yield great results as the bioavailibility with these routes of administration are very low.
Shooting it yields the best results. Despite people saying that Naloxone (present in Suboxone) prevents people from administering it intravenously, it works best. Only an eighth is needed to get high, even for fairly tolerant users, and effects are felt in as little as ten minutes.
Always begin with an eighth of a sub when trying it for the first time, and take Dramamine or Benadryl with it, as the high is unusually long and can cause nausea.
Always use sterile rigs when shooting up, and don't share.
"Man, Bryce wouldn't sell me the quarter when I was dry and he just bough seven subs! What a fiend."
"I'd better not drink too much tonight, I just hit the sub."
"Bummer, Andrew's parents cut off his Suboxone prescription."
"I'd better not drink too much tonight, I just hit the sub."
"Bummer, Andrew's parents cut off his Suboxone prescription."
by LouieLouieLouie August 26, 2011
Buprenorphine. Orange pill that you stick under your tongue. Helps stop withdrawal symptoms of opiates. It works by tricking your brain into thinking it has an opiate, by putting opioid receptors back into your brain. DO NOT CRUSH OR TRY TO SHOOT THESE UP, or you'll go into immediate withdrawal.
by L0VE December 03, 2005
I nicknamed it yellow pledge... It is exactly what it tastes like. it can be snorted and works as well as putting it under your tongue but trust me, within days of snorting it you will get sensitive to it's bittersweet taste after puking and prefer to put it under your tongue. Take caution when putting it under your tongue. To make sure you get its entire worth, try not to move your tongue around or even talk for that matter and use as least spit as possible. For a full 8 milligram to desolve, if done correctly, will take about an hour....
I hate talk like it's the cure for opiate dependency, it is simply another vice, another soul attaching addiction consumed drug. If you are prescribed and truely use the drug, do not tell anyone you may think would want it when your are going threw a two week independent phase where you only need a small piece to perform daily. I say this for suboxone is addicting and you will be short on your script when the doctor wants to take a look at it.
I hate talk like it's the cure for opiate dependency, it is simply another vice, another soul attaching addiction consumed drug. If you are prescribed and truely use the drug, do not tell anyone you may think would want it when your are going threw a two week independent phase where you only need a small piece to perform daily. I say this for suboxone is addicting and you will be short on your script when the doctor wants to take a look at it.
by foxxxxxx June 08, 2009
Suboxone is a drug prescribed to help people who want to quit shooting up heroin, or the babies who are afraid of needles and snort it, or the really big fat babies who get addicted to pills.
Suboxone can only be prescribed by DEA-certified doctors who are not allowed to treat more than 100 patients at any one time. Congress created the Suboxone program as an experiment and alternative to extant treatments for opiate addicts. Suboxone is not a drug which one should take experimentally.
Those who claim they get high from Suboxone are fooling themselves. The "real deal" is that these people so desperately want to be seen getting high so as to impress their friends that they imagine they're high so they can tell everyone they're high.
I've taken 8 mg of Suboxone daily for 2½ years after a heroin addiction I was fortunate to survive. Suboxone has never gotten me high. It does not get anyone high.
Not that I recommend it, but try shooting up actual heroin sometime and you'll very quickly realize that Suboxone does not get you high. Any high you experience from Suboxone is imaginary. Get real, people.
To summarize for those who still don't get it -- Suboxone does not get you high. It is not "cool" to acquire it because the more it's found on the street, the less likely it is that Congress will extend the suboxone program, and the more likely it is that real addicts will not get the treatment they need. If you're that selfish then you should probably look into getting a life.
Suboxone can only be prescribed by DEA-certified doctors who are not allowed to treat more than 100 patients at any one time. Congress created the Suboxone program as an experiment and alternative to extant treatments for opiate addicts. Suboxone is not a drug which one should take experimentally.
Those who claim they get high from Suboxone are fooling themselves. The "real deal" is that these people so desperately want to be seen getting high so as to impress their friends that they imagine they're high so they can tell everyone they're high.
I've taken 8 mg of Suboxone daily for 2½ years after a heroin addiction I was fortunate to survive. Suboxone has never gotten me high. It does not get anyone high.
Not that I recommend it, but try shooting up actual heroin sometime and you'll very quickly realize that Suboxone does not get you high. Any high you experience from Suboxone is imaginary. Get real, people.
To summarize for those who still don't get it -- Suboxone does not get you high. It is not "cool" to acquire it because the more it's found on the street, the less likely it is that Congress will extend the suboxone program, and the more likely it is that real addicts will not get the treatment they need. If you're that selfish then you should probably look into getting a life.
by DopeAddict June 04, 2010
The slight back and forth rocking done by someone who has just taken a dose of Suboxone. Sometimes it involves sitting in a chair, falling asleep sitting up or just swaying gently while standing up.
Guy #1: Dude, check out that girl over there. She's just rocking back and forth next to the door to the Clinic...
Guy #2: Oh, that's my friend Amy, she's on Suboxone to kick her Heroin habit. She takes that shit and is basically in a trance for a while.
Guy #1: So... she's doing the Suboxone Sway?
Guy #2: nice one!
Guy #2: Oh, that's my friend Amy, she's on Suboxone to kick her Heroin habit. She takes that shit and is basically in a trance for a while.
Guy #1: So... she's doing the Suboxone Sway?
Guy #2: nice one!
by Rev. Johnny Blumpkin May 18, 2018