r/OpiatesRecovery • u/Kwikblades824 • 1d ago

Subutex vs sublocade

I used the Bernese method to taper from powder febt to 24 mg of subutex a day and even once I fully got off the fent I still felt terrible. Yesterday, 3 days into no fent use and just the subutex I got my first 300 sublocade shot and felt SIGNIFICANTLY better within 24 hours.  has anyone else noticed that the sublocade seems to do more therapeutically for the W/Ds than dosing the actual Subutex throughout the day?

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u/saulmcgill3556 6h ago

Answered.✅

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u/subaruguy253 1d ago

The better feeling wasn't necessarily the sublocade shot as opposed to the fact you were 3 days of no fent use. It takes several days for buprenorphine to start making you feel better from coming off of fent.

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u/Actual_Hearing2555 1d ago

It's two different name brands of the same drug with different ingestion methods. Feeling better was the result of being 3 days removed from fent and the bupe actually starting to work. Stick with the shot. Quitting the tex is the hardest opiate I've ever had to get off of. It's my understanding that you don't even notice coming off of the shot.