Newsom vetoes bill to set up drug overdose prevention programs in some California cities

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Agreed!

I've gotten off of bupe twice over the years. First time I stepped off at 2mg/day and that was friggin rough (although also pretty transformative). Didn't sleep for 3 nights ... then went to my sub doc for comfort meds ... clonidine, gabapentin, ambien. Once I had those I was pretty set. Stayed clean for years after, then messed up (though nowhere NEAR as badly as the first time).

The next time I weaned down to like .125mg/day, and although that took about 1.5 years to get down that low (at worst I was 4mg/day), both the weaning down and the stepping off were an absolute cakewalk. Barely felt it at all, weaning or finally quitting. I worked and had a normal life the whole time.

There are a lot of barriers to suboxone treatment though, way more than there should be. Cost being the biggest, but also limited 'spots' in doctor's schedules, special licenses to prescribe it, etc. It should be easier and cheaper to get treated with buprenorphine than it is, IMHO.