http://www.nationaldrugabusehelpline.com/226/treating-addiction-with-subutex/ National Drug Abuse Helpline - Looking for help with drug abuse? Our national drug abuse hotline can provide answers. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.nationaldrugabusehelpline.com/226/treating-addiction-with-subutex/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Tom Lane Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:58:39 +0000 http://www.nationaldrugabusehelpline.com/226/treating-addiction-with-subutex/#comment-786 I just read the article on Subutex, and I couldn't agree more. I spent all of about THREE MONTHS, that is right, MONTHS, abusing hydrocodone. By the time I was taking 12-15 pills/day, I sought help after trying to stop, or wean down, and was unable. The time frame was late June 05 through late Sep 05, that's it. Now, it is a full five years later since I first sought help, and I am STILL taking the subutex, at a higher dose than when I started. I am taking 32 mg/day of Subutex, which I think is absurd. I have a trained medical doctor who does not take insurance, who demands that I see him every two weeks at $185/visit to keep me "hooked" on subutex. What motivation does he have to make me well again? He will lose a patient and the nearly $400/month that I pay him. There are times when I see him more than twice a month. I have every receipt from every visit bc my medical insurance reimburses me at 60% of what I pay the Dr., so I can say and prove that I pay at least $5000/year to this trained MD who is certifed in addiction medicine taking at least $5000/yr to keep me addicted to Subutex. There should be a law against this type of behavior. Thank you for letting me share, although I am not even sure to whom I am writing. I just read the article on Subutex, and I couldn’t agree more. I spent all of about THREE MONTHS, that is right, MONTHS, abusing hydrocodone. By the time I was taking 12-15 pills/day, I sought help after trying to stop, or wean down, and was unable. The time frame was late June 05 through late Sep 05, that’s it. Now, it is a full five years later since I first sought help, and I am STILL taking the subutex, at a higher dose than when I started. I am taking 32 mg/day of Subutex, which I think is absurd. I have a trained medical doctor who does not take insurance, who demands that I see him every two weeks at $185/visit to keep me “hooked” on subutex. What motivation does he have to make me well again? He will lose a patient and the nearly $400/month that I pay him. There are times when I see him more than twice a month. I have every receipt from every visit bc my medical insurance reimburses me at 60% of what I pay the Dr., so I can say and prove that I pay at least $5000/year to this trained MD who is certifed in addiction medicine taking at least $5000/yr to keep me addicted to Subutex. There should be a law against this type of behavior. Thank you for letting me share, although I am not even sure to whom I am writing.

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