Comments on: Symptoms and Treatment of Prescription Drug Addiction http://www.spiritualriver.com/prescription-drug-addiction/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: GGhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/prescription-drug-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-113397 GG Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:57:09 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=575#comment-113397 Hi, my husband has been in recovery for 2 yrs through AA for his prescription pill addiction, with at least one relapse that I know about. He has been extra moody for several months, snapping at me for little things. I go to Al Anon & it really helps, but I got frustrated after the way he kept snapping, and my defense is to pull away & not say anything. He blames me for the snapping saying I'm bugging him about something, and he's now mad at me about how I'm giving him the cold shoulder. We have been together 15+ years, and I have helped to raise his son (now 20), and I am just so tired & feel like the whipping post. I just try to take care of me, hanging with friends & going to meetings & working the steps. Still very hard. Hi, my husband has been in recovery for 2 yrs through AA for his prescription pill addiction, with at least one relapse that I know about. He has been extra moody for several months, snapping at me for little things. I go to Al Anon & it really helps, but I got frustrated after the way he kept snapping, and my defense is to pull away & not say anything. He blames me for the snapping saying I’m bugging him about something, and he’s now mad at me about how I’m giving him the cold shoulder. We have been together 15+ years, and I have helped to raise his son (now 20), and I am just so tired & feel like the whipping post. I just try to take care of me, hanging with friends & going to meetings & working the steps. Still very hard.

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]]> By: Patrickhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/prescription-drug-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-76588 Patrick Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:57:37 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=575#comment-76588 @ Nina - Being on Suboxone long term is actually a desired outcome for some people. That may not be your son's intention but it is a lot better than some of the alternatives. Suboxone has a much lower abuse potential than other opiates. I know it is expensive, and it is still a dependency of sorts, but it is definitely not as bad as using other pain pills (such as Vicodin or Percocet or Oxycontin, etc.). Ask the doctor who is prescribing the medication if it would be possible to taper off of it. The doctor will instruct you on how to taper off slowly so that any withdrawal symptoms are minimal. If the addict cannot do so on their own, then go to a detox facility and they will taper you off of Suboxone. Those are the basic options. @ Nina – Being on Suboxone long term is actually a desired outcome for some people. That may not be your son’s intention but it is a lot better than some of the alternatives.

Suboxone has a much lower abuse potential than other opiates. I know it is expensive, and it is still a dependency of sorts, but it is definitely not as bad as using other pain pills (such as Vicodin or Percocet or Oxycontin, etc.).

Ask the doctor who is prescribing the medication if it would be possible to taper off of it. The doctor will instruct you on how to taper off slowly so that any withdrawal symptoms are minimal.

If the addict cannot do so on their own, then go to a detox facility and they will taper you off of Suboxone. Those are the basic options.

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