RectaGel HC: Uses, Side Effects, Warnings, and Dosing Information

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call your physician to change medicine immediately if you've side effects like mine as this is what I did.

I began taking Subutex after experiencing nasty side effects while on Suboxone. I've heard that for some people, the Naloxone/Buprenorphine mix is bad; guess I was one of them. Subutex does the job in curbing opiate cravings. I do notice, however, that I get more of a temporary "high" feeling from Subutex than I did from Suboxone. This is why some addiction specialists will only prescribe Subutex to those who have demonstrated responsibility; apparently Subutex is much easier to abuse due to the lack of Naloxone as a deterrent. Because the name brand is so expensive, I go with generics but have learned a few things from the different formulas. There are some crappy generics, one of which is called Hi-tech (or something like that) and it is carried at Walgreens. This formula dissolves incredibly fast which renders the levels of the drug in the bloodstream erratic. This could lead to the need to take the drug more often. I found that Teva brand was excellent (operative word being "was" since their patent expired) so the next best is Roxane brand. I found that some days I need even less of my usual dose because Roxane brand works so well since it dissolves slowly. In all, Subutex has helped although the lack of libido is slowly killing my once happy marriage. I am in the process of tapering my dose (went from an initial 16mg a day down to my current 5mg) so I hope to get my libido back.

took one day then off another then took another one one day its day two since i took it and am still having dizziness and side effects. i wish it would go away gives me a sick feeling and an imbalanced gait. i hate this and will never take it again. Unless im bleeding from allcorners of my body .The dr should tell you teh effects last forever. yuk

I realize that all people process medicine differently, and the side effects that I suffered could just be the result of how my body processed the Bactrim. However, there's not a medicine that I have not been able to tolerate in the past, and about 2 hours after I took the first dose, the side effects starting coming on. I stopped after 5 days because I simply couldn't tolerate it anymore. I was taking this with Augmentin 875 and thought maybe the two drugs together were causing the problems. But, I've had Augmentin many times before and never suffered anything like this. My own personal reccommendation would be to stay as far away from Bactrim as possible. There's a least 2 or 3 failsafe antibiotics behind Bactrim that will do the trick.

In the beginning, mild drowsiness and surrealness. After a few weeks, my body adjusted and I had no side effects.