Hey Jasmine,
Good to see your back and I do hope you are doing better. You did put a scare into us.
When I first started reading about Suboxone back in 2006, I read a lot and I mean a lot of stuff. Over the years though, I've learned by more reading, listening and trial and error as to what to do or not to do as far as subs are concerned. Hate the word Bupe though.
This is just my opinion as to the difference between the pills and strips. I just recently switched over from pills and have to admit I like the strips much better.
They (the strips) dissolve faster for me which means I get more benefit from them. With the tablets, even though they say they only take a few minutes to dissolve that is not true. 10 minutes min and sometimes 20. With the strips, it is within 5 minutes.
Smoking: Nicotine restricts the blood vessels or capillaries in which the Suboxone is absorbed. Constriction of those capillaries can prevent or slow the absorption of Suboxone. In earlier days I was taught that Suboxone was absorbed through the big veins under the tongue when it is actually the blood vessels or capillary's.
The difference between blood vessels and capillary?
Capillaries are tiny blood vessels that pass blood from the arteries into the veins.
Their walls are thin which allows materials to pass into them.
We had a member awhile back who said that if you drink something hot or hold hot water in your mouth before dosing it can help open up those capillaries. If you don't want to drink something hot, take a hot washcloth and place it in your mouth or under your tongue before dosing for a few minutes.
Cravings versus urges. There is a difference:
Craving:
Powerful desire for a substance that cannot be ignored. Unnaturally strong desire/urge for a substance. An overpowering urge that people are ill-equipped to control through will. Usually it cannot be suppressed indefinitely and results in taking the substance. Cravings are a symptom of the abnormal brain adaptations of addiction.
Craving (formerly called psychological dependence ) is an intense desire to re-experience the effects of a psychoactive substance. Craving is the cause of relapse after long periods of abstinence
Urges:
Unlike cravings, urges can usually be suppressed by willpower. Urges are less powerful than cravings. Urges are often passing and temporary. Cognitive skills can be learned to effectively suppress urges. Urges can usually be traced back to a source like stress, depression, anxiety, etc. which provides motivation for the escape or comfort of the substance, while cravings may have no external source and the person may have no idea why they are craving and may actually not want to take the drug at all.
I honestly don't know what to tell you about the Suboxone getting stuck to your teeth. I don't have that problem. Being the ripe old age that I am,
I don't have any. Well, yeah I do but can take them out when I dose. Can you try to cut the strip in half and place a half under each side? That way it is a smaller piece to deal with at a time.
Try this, cut it in half, place it under your tongue and then kind of cup your tongue up while gently closing your mouth, don't close it all of the way if you can't. Just enough so that your not standing there with it wide open.
Also take it when you are in a room by yourself such as a bathroom or even in the shower. That way if you are in the shower you won't be tempted to talk to anyone nor anyone to you.
Hope this helps
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- Jasmine
