start with tamgesic(suboxone)

Kan alleen maar de eend gelijk geven! Blijf weg van de methadone!
Ik ben, zonder temgesic want ik was nu toch al eenmaal zover, afgebouwd tot nu net een week nul. Niet echt een leuke ervaring moet ik zeggen!
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Hi sorry to write in english as my dutch is too poor to put on paper.I am using Heroine from last 3 weeks as i changed from Methadone to heroine.now from last 3 weeks i am without methadone .I changed to Heroine not for pleasure but as part of treatment.I am afraid to stop with Methadone thajn heroine.
OK now i am tappering down Heroine daily as today i used 1/5 of gram.I want to start with Tamgesic next week when my Heroine dose is just nominal as 1/8 of gram.I am well determined to tapper down .my Doctor gave me 15 tablets of tamgesic(2mg).
Plz,guide me with your respected Knowledege and experiences .I need all information before i start my treatment.----Is tamgesic is good option with so little amount of Heroine i am using now and even going down.---------should i take any other supportive drug.--------Is it better to start tamgesic when i reach minimum amount of heroine .
I thanks all brothers and sisterds in advance to have maximum Guidance.As 2 minds are better than 1 and 2many minds are the best.--------well-wisher-m.a.moon

Hi there.

First off good that your trying to quit heroin.
But what i can not make up from your post is how long you have been using heroin for on a daily basis? If its really just 3 weeks then you don't really need to temper because coming of will be easy.

About the temgesic. It's very important you take the first tablet 24hours after your last heroin dose. If you take it any sooner you will have very bad withdrawls ,but i'm sure your doctor told you about that.

Temgesic are 0,2mg tablets not 2mg
The way i would use them is:

Take 5 tablets(put them under your tong) the first day. Then you take one less everyday. So on the 5the day you take just 1.( 5,4,3,2,1)
Of course it will be better going of on a even lower dose . So you can also try to just take 3 tabs the first day and see if it holds you. If they do and you feel ok. 3-2-1-0,5-0,25. So start with 3 and and with 0,25.

But you will have to be sure first that they are the 0,2 temgesic and not 2mg suboxone tablets.
Because you should not take 5 of them. If you take five 2mg suboxone will make you sick. And we will have to make a different tamper for you.

What do the tablets look like?

Good luck