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LatheDude

Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:21 am



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hey msummers -

I reread the question you asked about opiate receptors accepting various opiates the same or differently.  

I think, maybe, you could ask the question differently so I understand better?  

The reason suboxone is a tool in use today, is that opiate dependency is an illness.  As purely a medicine, suboxone has a lower dependency level, and is classified as such by a schedule.  It's like comparing codeine to oxycontin.  Both are possible for addiction/dependency - but oxycontin is stronger and more addictive.

I think I am a little confused with your question, as there are 2 ways to look at it.

1-  purely a medicine that a chemist/pharmacist is looking at.  
or 
2-  How can I use suboxone do ease w'd's and  use it as a person with an illness.

Good luck in your research.  I personally believe that for #2 - to be a user of any opiate - then to take it away - will have affects on you physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  If a person can taper slowly and let their body adjust as you go - the w'd's and agony is less.

In my case, I used  to think that if I just got it over with, paid the price, then the receptors would be clean and I'd be all better.

In my case, it is like a scrape on the skin.  Picking off the scab is like w'd's (painful) - and  the skin underneath is tender and very sensitive for quite a while.  If I leave the scab alone for a long time, and live through the itch's and it bugging me a little - by the time is 'sluffs' off normally - the skin underneath is not nearly as sensitive.

Best of luck to you!