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Can you swallow Suboxone?

Is suboxone ONLY sublingual/nasal or can you just swallow it whole?
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Old 28-01-2009, 23:06
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Well anyone can swallow it whole but I think you were referring to if the buprenorphine would still be active if swallowed and my best guess would be very little to none. That's why they recommend that someone take it sublingually instead of just swallowing the pill.
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Okay, Im still looking for more input here and possibly some links.

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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Just a friendly reminder but I am sure this has been covered several times in the several years this forum has been around. Try using the forum search engine and maybe some of the answers you are looking for are already there as people have probably asked the same exact question as you have
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

I couldnt find anything. And the more posts on a forum, the better it is, the more active it is.
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Try reading through these threads:

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...administration

the answer might not be in the very first post but sometimes you have to search to find your information just like i took the time to find these threads for you
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Swim's always heard against doing it from both users and health/legal officials. A lot of it will go to waste and will likely end up hugging the toilet.
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

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Try reading through these threads:

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...=oral+suboxone

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/sho...administration

the answer might not be in the very first post but sometimes you have to search to find your information just like i took the time to find these threads for you
dude those threads were horrible. one didnt even have replies to it!!

if anyone has more information, thank you.

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Swim's always heard against doing it from both users and health/legal officials. A lot of it will go to waste and will likely end up hugging the toilet.
thank you for your input. im still looking for more personal info. thanks.

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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

it would fuck up swiy's stomach, swim has a friend who once did this. And he didn't feel any effects whatsoever.
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

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Well anyone can swallow it whole but I think you were referring to if the buprenorphine would still be active if swallowed and my best guess would be very little to none. That's why they recommend that someone take it sublingually instead of just swallowing the pill.
And this is my answer still. May I ask why SWIY wants to take the Suboxone orally instead of sublingually?

Also, for the sake of it, I went and did some easy searching on Google for you and f ound this from Suboxone.com
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SUBOXONE takes a short time (about 5 to 10 minutes, but sometimes more) to dissolve completely. Don't chew or swallow the tablets, because less SUBOXONE will be absorbed into your bloodstream, it will not work as well, and your withdrawal symptoms could worsen
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Suboxone is taken sublingually. When the pill is dissolved under the tongue – the buprenorphine in the pill is absorbed into the body, but the Naloxone is not. Naloxone just doesn't work very well sublingually.
If you take Suboxone as directed, sublingually, the Naloxone does not work, and you only get the effects of the opiate buprenorphine.http://hubpages.com/hub/Buprenorphin...ch-Do-You-Need

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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

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And this is my answer still. May I ask why SWIY wants to take the Suboxone orally instead of sublingually?

Also, for the sake of it, I went and did some easy searching on Google for you and f ound this from Suboxone . com
Also,
I dont like the taste of it. Also, if I am in a hurry, its difficult to let a pill sit in my mouth for 10-15 minutes. I'd rather wake up, eat my pill, and continue with my morning.

Thanks for the info guys.


Also, does anyone know the BIO-AVAILABILITY of suboxone ORALLY?

Thanks!
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

From http://www.naabt.org/education/pharm...renorphine.cfm

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Buprenorphine has poor gastrointestinal (GI) bioavailability, and fair sublingual bioavailability. FDA-approved formulations of the drug for treatment of opioid addiction are in the form of sublingual tablets that are held under the tongue and absorbed through the sublingual mucosa. Studies of sublingually administered Buprenorphine have employed either an alcohol-based solution or a tablet formulation of the drug. Confusion may result when reviewing the literature on the effectiveness of Buprenorphine at various doses because most early trials and clinical studies of Buprenorphine were performed with a sublingually administered liquid preparation, whereas the oral formulations marketed in the United States are sublingual tablets. Studies have shown that the bioavailability of Buprenorphine in sublingual tablet form is significantly less than via sublingual liquid solution – about 50[IMG]file://localhost/private/tmp/501/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.png[/IMG]70 percent that of the liquid form, so the dosages of Buprenorphine sublingual tablets must be significantly higher than those used in the liquid form to achieve the same therapeutic effect.
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I have searched the forums, and read the bioavailability mega thread, but i cant seem to find any solid percentages for intranasal buprenorphine. i have read on the forum that it is around 48%, with sublingual being 30% and oral 22%. can anyone confirm that intranasal bioavailability is higher than sublingual? i noticed a thread about rectal, but it didnt give any solid facts about that either.

im enjoying snorting it, but if it is higher sublingual or hell, rectally, i might consider giving that a shot.

my apologies if this information is staring me right in the face.
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ive Always heard 33 percent sublingual, Ten percent oral, 50 percent nasal, and 100 percent IV
and im pretty sure thats correct, though I dont know cause I havent studied and comfirmed this myself though I have tried all the different methods of administration and I would say that the numbers i just listed are SPOT on.
but i have also found that subligual lasts aLot longer than other methods.
there s no reason why rectal shouldnt/wouldnt work ive heard of people doing it, and i dont know but ive heard the bio is around 50 percent
And just found this as well from http://www.thatspoppycock.com/opiates/buprenorphine.htm
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Buprenorphine Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics for Various Routes of Administration[1] [2] [3]
Method of Administration
 
Bioavailability
Peak Plasma
Half-life
Sublingual
13 - 51.4%
2 hours
37 hours
Intraarterial
100%
Intravenous
98%
1.5 minutes
< 37 hours
Intrahepatoportal
49%
9.7%
Buccal
27.8%
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Re: Can you swallow Suboxone?

Thanks ChillinWind, you really went to town on looking that info up. My thanks on behalf of the thread-starter.
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Thanks ChillinWind, you really went to town on looking that info up. My thanks on behalf of the thread-starter.
Just in case I didnt say thank you enough?

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