Is Prescribing Benzos & Opiates Together Dangerous?
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Let's talk about prescription Benzodiazepines and Opiates and their combination together. This is important medical information. Learn about the combined effects of mixing opiates and benzos here: • The Effects of Mixing ...
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Watching this while prescribed oxycodone and alprazolam together
The problem our society has is drug addiction is treated as a law enforcement problem instead of a mental health problem. And chronic pain is treated as addiction. I despise politicians, the lying media, and dea thugs.
Informative & reassuring, as usual. It’s all about Dr / Clinic & client trust. Working together in honesty without prejudice for harm reduction & empowerment. Thank you for your terrific posts. You’re rebuilding the self esteem of countless vulnerable people.
It’s so refreshing to find a doctor who truly believes in harm reduction. Suboxone & benzo addiction are tricky but this doctor knows it’s better to be under a doctors care than left with no options. Especially for the patient who truly wants to get clean. ❤
I wish he was my Dr.
🤍 ME TOO!!! ✌🏼🏴🎊
Actually, many do, a little compassion & understanding, goes a long way, personality helps too.
i have been on both and they are not in the same family. If on methadone, for example, you still must taper safely from benzodiazepines (no matter how you want to look at it, the discontinuation of benzos must be psychiatrically sound ) .
The agony of benzo withdrawal for those who really need it (panic disorder, agoraphobia) can result in Grand Mal seizures (there is more than decreased respiratory drive with seizures). Also, it can result in suicide.
Salam brother. Fighting addiction. And your channel helped me a lot. Keep up the good wprk
By the way, why do doctors never talk about the risk of seizures in abrupt discontinuation of benzos? It cannot be predicted when they will happen (behind the wheel of a car or in the shower , as an example).
Also, this means possible blunt force trauma to the head and theres a chance you may not come out of it alive anyway because your body (respiration and all goes haywire). Its a 50/50 chance of survival. They speak of it NEVER However, overdose is always a favorite topic. The impairment of benzo withdrawal is severe enough that if i knew my patient were distraught and in a state of panic and was about to get behind the wheel of a car,, i would not permit that to happen. In other words, the person who has been on benzos will drive perfectly brcause their brain is used ro them and is now dependent as well just to be normal. Without it, a tragedy waiting to happen.
My Problem Exactly!!
Can Not Get My Dr To Understand That I Can Not Stop Benzo's In 3 Days!!!
If I Do Not Quit Before My Next Appt, In 3 Days.... Iam Getting Discharged From My Addiction Specialists That Perscribes Me Suboxone, But Won't Continue Perscribing Benzo's... (2mg Klonopin A Day!!)
Iam In Absolutely Desperate Need For A Dr That Is Knowledgeable On These Meds.
Now Iam Desperately Going To Be Fighting For My Life Quitting Cold Turkey Both Suboxone & Benzo's.
Here We Go... Today Is The Day I Go To Dr.... Find Out Iam Kicked Out Of Treatment For A Doctors Opinion!!??
RIDICULOUS!!
When I told my psychiatrist that I was on methadone, he immediately took away my Clonazepam and replaced it with bullshit-ass Buspirone and Hydroxyzine, which is a joke of a script for someone that suffers from a ton of anxiety. He asked me if the methadone clinic knew I was on benzos; I told him that they indeed knew and he got fucking pissed at them, mentioning that they were irresponsible and didn't give a shit about me.
I ended up putting myself in a mental health hospital to quit heroin and methadone. They put me on 800 mg Gabapentin 3x a day, and Clonidine (100 mg?), Lorazepam 1 mg 3x a day, and Seroquel 100 mg 2x a day for withdrawal symptoms alleviation.
I didn't get my Clonazepam back but at least they gave me Lorazepam. Not as good but much much better than the non-benzo alternatives for anxiety disorder treatment.
I’m on methadone and Valium and both my doctors know and it’s fine, I also have an anxiety disorder, I live in Australia though.
Im prescribed both For 5years now. Its just become an issue recently.
It was an issue the moment you swallowed your first benzo/opiate - you've only realized it became an issue 5 years later.
I can't pee so I can't get into my suboxone clinic. I told them it was easier to find people on the streets and continued to harm myself with Kratom until I found a phone app for suboxone
I would have been clean if tested
I had a false positive with a cotton swab test and have other proof where I passed clonazapam test even on probation. It said I was prescribed clonazapam and it says negative for benzos!
Nice inf. Like always ,Dr..
There are still people on methadone from a methadone clinic Dr. and psychiatrists prescribing benzos with total coordination of care.
I’m on methadone and I get Valium prescription from my gp..
I am on a methadone maintenance program but I am bipolar and have stressed induced seizures and I only asked my doctor if there is nothing helps when I go into panic and it last for days my doctor will call me in very few Valium. I have tried everything to help my attacks i go to counseling. I workout, I meditate, I also do stress relaxation techniques. I have tried every meditation to try to help with no luck is there anything else I could do besides the Valium. I feel guilty asking my doctor because I know its not good but nothing else works.
I’m on methadone and Valium and have been for years I get 20 ml of methadone a day with six take away doses and I’m on a script of 50 Valium tablets a month.
This is very informative. Thank you!!
Listen, this "o only give you pills for 5 days" statements gets me intensely furious. I'm tapering down for over a year know without going off my tapering plan. NOT EVEN ONCE. To say "oh you abused this substance for whatever amount of time and now you telling me that..." is so hurtful, lets people alone and ROBS them any kind of self-agency which is a crucial part. I was let down by five doctors before I eventually bought stash to the exact date my tapering ends. I had to. Because not even e single person believed me. Instead, they pulled out the same stigmatization standpoint you did. Who you guys think you are `? I don't want to even start about talking HOW LITTLE psychiatrist in Germany know about the topic at all and how insanely far away we are from actual science when it comes to Practice. Just imagine for a moment. You visit 5 reputable psychiatrist and realize after 15 minutes that you yourself were way deeper down the rabbit hole on how to taper correctly due to actual science. Ridiculous and slightly arrogant approach tbh, without wanting to offend anybody. Needed to get this off my chest.
I Feel You!
Exactly 100% Right. Complete Waste Of Time To Even Go Visit Any Dr's At This Point For Me, I Still Hope I Can Find A Dr That Is Not Ignorant In This Medication Class.. If I Talk To One More Highly Trained Professional aka Specialists Dr That Says I Can Taper/Quit In Less Than 2 Weeks... Well I Dont Know What I'll End Up Saying This Time.
I Try To Remain Respectful But I Reaching A Point Of No Return With These Doc's & Their "Opinions"!!!!✌🏼
Very informative. I have a family member that has struggled for years with abusing pain meds and has been in treatment now for over a year using suboxone. Recently that family member told us they were prescribed Valium or Ativan to be taken daily with there suboxone , they take I think 2 strips of suboxone daily. Of course many family members thought those meds were absolutely not to be mixed or taken together and worried they were back sliding into drug use.. so glad to see n hear that it is actually treatment that can be used together and they weren’t lying to us.. it’s hard to believe when dealing with someone who has past of using and doing whatever to get money for there habit..
Hi Dr B , excellent video!!! Stopped by the office today !!!! Hope you are well!!!!
This has been my struggle. Concurrent use of benzos 6 mg alprazolam and opioids; 6 mg suboxone daily. I’ve ran into so many suboxone doctors who say I can only choose one or the other. I can’t stop doing benzos abruptly, I tried. Didn’t work. Benzos are worse than opiates for the acute and post acute withdrawals. If given a choice id get off the suboxone. But discontinuing is a bad choice for me.
Thank you very much for making this video. I am a co-occurring patient who is now in recovery and prescribed suboxone (3 years now). Due to the nature of my mental health disorders and circumstances in my life that are very stressful to say the least, I am experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety, and cravings are getting to become very common. I am also prescribed an ADHD stimulant. I am in need of an anxiety medication (that works), but don't know how to communicate this with my doctor. I asked him if I could try Lyrica (as a last resort before a benzodiazepine) and he actually lied to me saying that he could not prescribe it because it does not have a generic. Which I looked up and found out was a lie. I have been honest, and taking my medications correctly for 3 years (since they were prescribed), and he won't even have the conversation with me. I know how it looks being on these medications, but once you're on them as long as I have been I barely even notice I took anything. Cravings are getting really bad, and the stress is making it difficult to cope with them. I am trying to do good in life, but how can I succeed if I can't even manage my anxiety? Not to mention the long-term health complications from suffering from anxiety my whole life. I am 28 and have no top teeth due to my past (and I believe partially the suboxone)... I just got diagnosed with asthma and another mental health disorder. I want to go to college but I need to be able to cope with my anxiety. I'm also staying at a clean and sober house... I just found my first white hair, i'm scared to death all my hair will turn white from stress. I'm trying the medications he prescribed me but the side effects are too much or they don't work at all. Also drink herbal tea to no avail even extracts... I have been on benzodiazepines in the past and they worked for me, since then I have not found anything that has been able to help much. Anyways I appreciate you making this video. I wish more doctors were like you. Also forgot to say i'm trying to quit cannabis but having a really hard time and due to my lounges I have to quit smoking tobacco... My anxiety is terrible, and I haven't even quit yet.. I don't know if I even can, especially without my anxiety being treated effectively.
suboxone doesn’t harm teeth. The lifestyle one leads while on drugs (mainly not seeing a dentist for preventative cleanings and xrays/checkups) does.
Stop taking ADHD stimulants. They ruin lives. My life was nearly crashed while on them, and now I’m recovering. The anxiety is CAUSED by the medicine. 🇺🇸
Your a good Dr Thanks
My doc has me on 2mg ativan 50mg tramadol...nobissues.. should I get off both ?.
been on both for years, like 10+!
What about for hospice care
Is that a serious question?
So would someone be able to take a low dose of hydrocodone in the morning for back pain, and then later in the day take a low dose of Ativan for sleep ??? 8 hours or so apart ?
Been on Xanax and opiates for many years, without a trace of a problem. I could not survive in society or interact without Xanax, and I have chronic pain....there has to be a case by case thinking on this.
We can always treat pain with ketorolac . For breakthrough pain.
Would love if you did a video about benzos with suboxone products. NVM lol I see you touched on this after watching the video all the way through. Great stuff
❤hoping you all find your best self and suitable answers . Dr B is genius.
I’m on methadone and Valium and I don’t think it’s dangerous
Dr B......I was prescribed 3mg of klotapin for a year and taking off of it pretty much cold turkey for my anxiety. My doctor prescribed me suboxone to help produce dopamine so she said because I couldn't get out of bed i was so bad and I've had opiate problems in the past.. my anxiety, tremors, shakes, are still there from the benzos. I dont know what to do , I need advice dr b im desperate.
Your doctor sounds like an idiot if she said suboxone will help you make dopamine.
And that this will help benzo withdrawal
U need to taper off the benzos an soboxone slowly or u can die
Look into beta blockers like propanalol or weaker benzos liek clobazam or lorazepam
Dr B you are a real beauty!!
Hi Dr B,
Is that bad practice??!!
Eye doctor thank you for all your work. I'm an insurance agent in many of my clients the doctors have cut them off from any controlled substance due to the DEA and their fear of prosecution. I believe this to be wrong. I wonder if you could address this in a video.
Thank you,
Wayne
Xanax is the only drug I crave after 5 years off of them!! Is it mental???? Why do I still want them dang things??? UgggghWhere are you located????
It would seem too me it would depend on the amounts of each md prescribed, the persons mental and medical history.
Look I have Chronic Pain I'm in Pain Management and I have Panic Attacks
20 mg oxycodone and 15 mg diazepam taken from in 12 hours. Weight 104 kg. Diazepam taken 3-4 tabl 5mg in one week for years. Some toleranse of oxycodone. Scared to fall asleep
Video could haven been 4 minutes long
When people are prescribed powerful pain killers most people don't even know what it is. When I was a teen they gave me percocet had no clue what it was thought it was just for pain like Tylenol or something bc a lot of docs won't tell you how strong and addictive that medication is long story short someone gave me a xanax and I was already on my medication next thing ik a cop is waking me up on the side of the road making sure I'm okay, I was honest and told him what I took and he told me what I took was very dangerous and it changed my life view on all that shit I'm scared to even think about doing it now and lucky to be Here
Didn’t know about bupenophrine when I’m overdose can’t be reversed scary I’ve felt a lot lately like my respiratory has slowed dangerously with my prescribed benzos and Suboxone I don’t want to be on suboxone but no doctor will prescribe Promethazine Codeine or low grade opiates for my chronic pain due to the camp fire in California among many other injuries and lung complications. Suboxone helps mildly which is why it is taken as the mu receptors control your cough center and respiratory. Many other survivors are having severe lung issues some are getting cancers already all the local doctors are overlooking it
I feel compelled to respond. I am sorry for your health issues. But, what you are saying does not add up. 1. Your resp rate “dang low” from subs and benzos? That is just number 1. In addition, you would not know if it is going low?! If you did, you would increase it. Are you having someone watch you? Why do they not call 911? What is the count? And finally, what benzo, dose, and dose of subs? That’s just first question
@@DrBAddictionRecovery it’s not like that all the time I’m just saying I’ve noticed it now I am a mega fire survivor and like I said I am using suboxone as a anti tussive becuase doctors around here are so stubborn with Codiene. I currently take max 3mg suboxone a day sometimes more if I have shortness of breath which as you know is different from respiratory depression. And benzos I take 4-6mg of alprazolam and one 30mg of temazepam at night if I’m having a hard day and ptsd nightmares will be probable
I forgot to add i take roughly 50mg of Promethazine a day as well either liquid or tablets
Also doctor someone is watching out for me and I always take a low dose I’m just saying I’ve felt more respiratory depression side effects with bupenophrine than Codiene or Hydrocodone
dr.B why do i feel like i can speak better and carry a conversation so much better while im on aa benzodiazapine? is that normal
Can u speak on the difference between effects and withdrawals of muscling injections of fentanyl, also gabapentin abuse and withdrawals, what about heroin maintenance programs? Also the soma why it has disappeared from use ( personal opinion is best muscle relaxers drug addicts abused them too much)
Thank you ❣❣ ❣
my Dr Prescribes 220mg of oxy a day plus 3 tablets of 5mg quick release oxy a day 15mg valium and 100mg of seroquel a night for Sleep. Dr B is this Unacceptable as I'm being treated as though I'm an Addict at the chemist. And i Still feel Pain on this Dosage So I'm reaching out to try and understand. Any help would be appreciated 🙏🏻 love the Channel 🙏🏻
Yes , if used more than the doctors " Rx ".
how can buprenorphine be a partial agonist if it can cause a fatal overdose through respertory depression? are there any 'true' partial agonist opioids?
Kratom/mitragynine, it's very unique as it doesn't recruit beta arrestin- which is responsible for the respiratory depression
Docs have me on … 180 mg co-codamol with 2/4mg diazepam a day is that deadly ?? Sometimes I wonder but when I ask they say it’s low to no risk really … 🤔
30 mg dosing? For what? and no it is not crazy at all.
@@DrBAddictionRecovery I have a small herniated disc due to what the mri says is possibly hereditary erosion so it’s 30/500mg co codamol but I’m also being given diazepam for server panic attacks in CBT management for it now …any videos on how to come off them in due course would be helpful
Very informative, my doc in UK prescribed me 35mg diazepam daily and 6mg buprenorphine daily
Theres no 35mg diazepam
By the way, why do doctors ndver like to talk about the risk of seizures in abrupt discontinuation of seizures?
לדר הנכבד..לקיחת סבוטקס ובנזו אינו גורם לדיכוי נשימתי למרות שזה לא מומלץ.. בגלל שבופרונורפין השפעה מועטה על הרצפטור K.
I take klonopin 0.5mg 2x daily and have for several years and recently had major oral surgery and I was prescribed hydrocodone 10-325 for the pain how do I safely take my anxiety meds and the pain meds together so I’m not in excruciating pain but still have my anxiety relief
I was on 65ml of methadone and 40ml of Diazipam daily.and the doctor told me just never take your benzol when you go to bed.
Could you do a video about long acting intramuscular (or sub cut - not sure) suboxone v’s sublingual please?
Thought I did
@@DrBAddictionRecovery can’t find it 😬. I’m self-tapering. Just dropped from 8mg’s to 6mg’s but in no rush, just can’t stand going to the chemist (& constipation) anymore. Should I stay on strips since my aim is to get off or give sublocaide / buvidal a try? My Dr has “checked out” & does whatever I suggest so I suppose you’re my real Dr 😂
median lethal dose, LD50 is the scientific standard for how we measure our medications. The Dose is the Poison or the Danger…
Where is his office located
If there is a ceiling level what would be the difference in 32 mg’s of SUBOXONE and 96 mgs of SUBOXONE? Isn’t 32 mgs where the ceiling level hits?
What do you do if thay did that and didnt give my any nollgh about this and i become disable c.v.a form 17 19 to 44 years old famly drs in isreal?help me!!!!😢
Can u take loranzpam 1 mg 11 hours after vikoden
Oh dam… did u really say that???? so if I am accidentally OD ing off Buprenorphine hypothetically speaking, I am dead then for sure…. oh wow.
I was on both and severely abusing them..I don't know how I didn't die but came off the Xanax first n now im 5YRS clean from Xanax but just got clean from 25yrs plus of opiate pain pills plus pain patches and didn't think I was gonna live coming off them but have 5 months clean from pain pills but the pain is out of control n not on Suboxone but should I be??
Absolutely !!!!!!
If a patient will take these meds the way they are suppose to there is no problem but now the way the system works against all Dr’s they won’t give these in most places !! Drs now days have a attitude against the patient taking these meds it just all screwed if you ask me !!!
I take 110mgs of methadone daily for 18years have only missed about 7 days of doses here and there among that time, I also have been using 2-4-mg of Xanax daily for about 3 years and have used them periodically for about 15 years for panic attack disorder and GED.
There are people who could walk into your office on 110mg methadone then take 4mgs Xanax or more and basically not have any effect and stand around and talk to you for 3 hours and wouldn’t even notice a difference.
I have almost done this same thing at my doctors office and do it in front of him just to prove I’m nowhere near od’ing and it can be safe, and he might wonder yeah but what about 12 hours later or when you go to sleep and I would be willing to stay all day just to prove to him that the tolerance is real and even after not taking Xanax for 2-3 months the tolerance is STILL there and I don’t know why. What do you think Dr. B ???
Good
This law in NYC with methadone and Klonopin came into affect about 6-7 years ago I was on 60 mils meth , and 3-.05 mils of clonipin , coming down from 6 mils - 2 mil 3 times a day of Xanax , I might have been clean from klonipins and meth but I left the program for Suboxone which I do 1mil twice a day strip , but has forced me to get klonipins on the street because I went thru some serious panic attacks where I would be sweating and my heart seemed like it was gonna just blow out my chest , I had issues with over anxiety , so I was given Xanax back then . Now I want out but cannot seem to do this correct and detox is a joke out here , I need help , want out of all this garbage
What law are you talking about ? i live in NYC (south Bronx) and am on a clinic in Riverdale. im on 200mg mathadone and 1mg klonopin 3x daily. i have no dirty urine in a long ;llong time and my councilors are very happy with my progress. i have no problem getting them. WHEN I TAKE THEM(METHADONE 200MG/K-PIN1MG3XDAILY), NOTHING HAPPENS EXCEP THEIR IS NO NEEDLE IN MY ARM. tHIS DRUG REGIMENN GOT ME OFF OF A HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE HEROIN /CRACK ADDICTION. 19 years off coke/heroin/crack/dmt/pcp. They must do research on: Methadone took my alcohol cravings 100% away!!!
I get precribed diazepam with dihydrocodenie in uk ,i used to get a high off it but now it just makes me feel so called normal ,doctors here dont like precribing benzos or opiods theres been quite a crack down ive noticed for especially the last 3 years i think diazepam is now precibed at 2mg 3 times a day as a general rule instead off 5mg tablets,doctors have tried to cut dihydrocodeine a couple off times and it never went well so am stuck on the dose that am on 8- 30mg digydrocodine per day ,dam i wish i never took them and never understood what opiod withdrawal is like until it was to late and then it was me going through opiod withdrawal, its unexplainable how debilitating withdrawal it is .its like god and the devil all in one pill ,please stay away from opiods and behzos if you can
Just don’t take handfuls together. It’s not rocket science.
I live to shovel bottles in my mouth! Hell i jam full pills into my veins! Ohhhhhhh yereeeeeahhhhh (said in Macho Man Randy Savage style)
Heath ledger's death wasn't good time for opioids use with benzos and it cut off many people scripts. Since then it's hard time going any Dr to get any mix of either types. I say it's going harder going onwards. Rip heath ledger and he was going to several docs and had 3 benzos 4 opioids for one guy who addicted killed many people. I had a oxycodone and temazepam mix and it's very severely bad. He was on both those last night saw the story got me thinking.
Is effor er a benzo
Effexor....No
Effexor? No
🤍🙏🏼 🥳MANY THANX DR B. FROM SCOTLAND 🏴😀 #Peace
I wish there were more understanding doctors like you Dr B ,I've learned alot about benzos and opiods from you, thank you for your good work and getting it out there, 🫡