What can you tell me about buprenorphine (Suboxone, Subutex)?
There is a new medication called buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) that can be prescribed by doctors who have taken the proper training, but it may be difficult for some patients to switch from methadone to this medication. You should reduce your dose to 30 mg or less in order to switch over, or you could be thrown into withdrawal. If you are doing okay on 60 mg of methadone, you would probably do fine on buprenorphine. Anyone who needs more than 60 mg of methadone may not do well on buprenorphine.
