Methadone or Subutex (buprenorphine)? Which do Doctors and/or people taking them, recomend or prefer? And why?

qfastic
#1. January 12th, 2009, at 4:45 PM.

Methadone is used to help people get OFF of meth.

vvvdickheadvvv
#2. January 14th, 2009, at 11:31 PM.

i’ve never done them. everyone i know that has;say they are harder to kick than heroin. i never saw them kick heroin . its a lifelong gig.that stuff is to let you function.for cheaper than what you pay allot for.i dont do any of it. but i have seen the death and destruction .

Dave A
#3. January 15th, 2009, at 1:58 AM.

Methadone-based treatment has been the traditional approach to get people off an addiction to opiates like heroin and morphine. However, it carries a definite risk of overdosing and can be addictive by itself. Buprenorphine, contrary to methadone, is a partial rather than a full agonist of the opiate receptor on cells, which facilitates the effect of opiates in the human body, thereby having a weaker effect than methadone. That means less chance of an overdose and possibly an easier withdrawal phase. encouraged. It exerts sufficient opiate effects to prevent or alleviate opioid withdrawal, but produces a milder, less euphoric and less sedating effect than high doses of heroin, methadone or morphine. According to this information, I think subutex should be preferred over methadone to treat opiate addicts by both doctors and patients.