Do People Abuse Suboxone?

Do People Abuse Suboxone?

Suboxone Abuse Is Rare
Heroin and prescription painkillers are powerful, and they deliver immense changes very quickly. Suboxone, by contrast, is much weaker, and it’s difficult to abuse.

Buprenorphine offers partial power, so it can’t deliver a big high. Naloxone offers even more protection, as it can block opioid activation for a short period. People accustomed to the big, immediate highs of heroin or painkillers just don’t get the same rush from Suboxone.

People with an OUD taking Suboxone tend to feel normal, not high. The medication blocks symptoms of withdrawal while reducing cravings.

This allows people in recovery to focus on therapy and rebuilding their lives rather than looking for another hit of drugs. They aren’t likely to abuse a weak drug that is helping them so much.

Some experts call Suboxone abuse a “myth.” They point out that anyone using this medication without a prescription is technically abusing it.

But some people with OUDs can’t get prescriptions or admission into treatment programs. So they buy Suboxone on the street in a misguided effort to get sober. They’re not trying to get high. They’re trying to get well.

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