Deborah, I really appreciate your help and reaching out to get another addict along their way to recovery. I don't have any compliants about Suboxone. It was better when I was at 8 mgs three times a day cause it did help with the pain and there wasn't a slightest feeling of withdrawal. Now two years later, I can feel the pains from arthritis and old injuries, but nothing like it was when I was on Oxicontin. It's strange how a lot of the pain subsided after I had gotten off of them. I still find it a hassel to hold the medication under my tongue. It seems to take me longer than most people to get it down. I've set my alarm for a few hours before I get up, put it under my tongue, made sure I was proped up....so when I got up, most of it was gone and I can start my day without having to shower, get dressed with it under my tongue. What do you think of this. One thing I'm afaid of is slipping off my pillow and the medicine going into my sinuses. Will this be harmful? Why can't they make a smaller dose than 2 mgs? Why wasn't the tapering part of it more thought out? Closing for now. Barbara Rue