Subutex and Suboxone withdrawal is very specific and symptoms may vary in severity and duration depending on the client. Usually these are both psychologically uncomfortable and physically unpleasant.
Our team are highly experienced in providing safe and effective Subutex and Suboxone detox programs. They aim to keep clients as comfortable and supported as possible so they can participate in the program.
The Seasons Bali program is internationally acclaimed and our staff are experienced in treating people addicted to Subutex and Suboxone. We recommend that clients, especially those with a long withdrawal period, stay in residential treatment for the full 90 days. However, we also run the program for 28 days and 60 days.
Seasons Bali provides the ideal environment to work through a program of recovery from Subutex addiction. This is further supported by our beautiful facility which provides a high level of comfort. All your housekeeping needs are taken care of by our domestic team and delicious healthy meals are served daily by our chef.
Our location in Chiang Mai offers both tranquillity and endless opportunities for exciting weekend excursions. Seasons Bali is the best place in the world to start a new way of life free from addiction to Subutex or Suboxone.
What are Subutex and Suboxone?
Subutex and Suboxone are the brand names used for the semi synthetic opiate, buprenorphine. This drug is used to prevent withdrawal symptoms from occurring when heroin or opiate prescription drugs are discontinued and in the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
Buprenorphine acts by attaching to the opioid receptors in the brain but it does not produce the same euphoria as taking other opioids and is long acting. However, just like every opioid it has addictive qualities and the potential for abuse.
Subutex is often misused and people crush the tablets and snort them or inject them. This is reason that Suboxone was developed.
Subutex contains a single active ingredient – buprenorphine while Suboxone contains two active ingredients – buprenorphine and naloxone. The drug is mixed with naloxone to prevent it from being snorted and injected.
Naloxone works as an opiate antagonist. It fills up the opiate receptors in the brain and it won't let other drugs activate these receptors. Unlike buprenorphine, which fills and activates receptors, naloxone will not activate the receptors. With all receptors full but not activated, a person feels immediate and intense withdrawal pains.
Subutex and Suboxone have a number of different street names and these often differ from country to country.
Scientists at Reckitt & Colman, now Reckitt & Benckiser spent 10 years developing an opioid compound that was more complex that morphine.
They hoped that by doing this they would make a drug with pain reliving properties that would not induce physical dependence. Sadly, physical dependence and withdrawal from buprenorphine remains an issue because it is a long-acting opiate.
In 1978, buprenorphine was first launched in the UK as an injection to treat severe pain and a sublingual formulation released in 1982. Subutex and Suboxone started being widely used by doctors for the treatment of heroin addiction in the USA from 2002 and in the European Union from 2006.
What are the effects of Subutex and Suboxone addiction?
Subutex and Suboxone, when prescribed as a replacement medication, mean that the addict possibly also has also the consequences from their primary addiction to contend with. Frequently, these have not been properly dealt with if this is the case relapse is a certainty. Just substituting one drug for another does not work in the long term as a solution to addiction.
The signs and symptoms of Subutex and Suboxone addiction get progressively worse over time and there will be no resolution until effective addiction treatment and aftercare are sought.
Often Subutex addicts think that because the consequences seem to be far less than that of their primary addiction that they are doing much better.
There are often two stages of withdrawal from Subutex addiction. The first stage has immediate acute symptoms and these are usually both physical and psychological. During stage two, former users experience post-acute withdrawal symptoms or PAWS.
These refer to a number of psychological symptoms which can last for weeks or months after the user has stopped taking the drug. This is one of many reasons why residential treatment is the most effective way to treat Subutex and Suboxone addiction.