john_mernow

as it puts opiate addicts into precipitated withdrawal without a taper, I highly doubt its more abused than methadonw. Usually a patient goes from active addiction > methadone > suboxone for this reason. Also suboxone is a partial antagonist so the high isn't nearly as good.

right. its not uncommon for opiate addicts to use while on suboxone. unfortunately, when this happens the person increases the dose of illicit substance, and especially with synthetics like fentanyl, they are not able to judge tolerance level correctly, so they OD.

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thanks for the clarification !