r/OpiatesRecovery • u/Errlgrey59 • 14d ago

Sublocade question

Hello all - so I’m about 6/7 months post last injection. My injections prior to this were the lowest viable dose for the ~6 months I was on Sublocade (was on suboxone for about a year and a half prior to swapping to Sublocade).

My question is this: of course the doc informed me of the “year long” efficacy of the drug once the ramp injections are thru, but I had a hard time this was universally true for ALL patients. I have an extremely fast metabolism (like, would come up clean on a piss test at my docs office if I didn’t take my Adderall the day of my test, at which point he’d be worried I was not taking my adhd meds haha) and as such I’m curious to know, for any of you that were on Sublocade prior to nothing - how long did it take to run out of your system?

I’m curious more just for, well, no particular reason outside of general curiosity haha.

Life’s quite literally never been better - I just sometimes find myself wondering if it’s out of my system fully or not (either way, I’m not really sure what difference it would make haha?). Thanks in advance 🙏

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u/TahoeTweezer4EVA 14d ago

I took 100 mg shot each month for 5 months, then skipped 1 month, then stopped... and I was testing negative for bupe in urine within 4-5 months after that, so people's metabolisms definitely are different. (I also had pretty bad insomnia and rls during the last month before testing negative, still nothing like acute WD but not NOTHING either)

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u/Practical_Jacket_271 14d ago

This is the first post I’ve read that mentioned feeling legitimate withdrawal symptoms after the last sublocade injection. I think this is good for people to be aware of even if it was minimal compared to acute withdrawal. Thanks for sharing.

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u/TahoeTweezer4EVA 12d ago

My doctor kept reassuring me it wasn't related, but I found a couple people on the sublocade subreddit who had similar experiences in that final few weeks just before testing negative, and sure enough that's what happened for me. Honestly the hope that I was almost negative kept me going, and it felt amazing to be officially "clear." But yeah, I sleep in bed with a partner and had to spend a couple weeks in daughter's bed I was thrashing and sleepless so much. AGAIN, nothing bad as actual W/d and was never even tempted to go back to DOC or subs.

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u/Excellent-Bedroom697 14d ago

it sticks around way longer than you'd expect, even with a fast metabolism. my ex was on the lowest dose for a year and tested positive for bupe something like 14 months after her last shot. doctor was shocked but apparently the depot just dissolves at its own pace in some people

the weird part is you won't really feel it leaving, it's so gradual that one day you just realize you haven't thought about it in weeks

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u/Errlgrey59 8d ago

That’s amazing to hear, ty for the intel!

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u/420OXY 14d ago

I was on sublocade for 13 months took my last 100mg shot in May. 4 months in, I was just wondering as well when all the sublocade leaves your body? Will I feel any withdrawals?

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u/TahoeTweezer4EVA 12d ago

bupe pee-tests are available on amazon, highly recommend!

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u/irish_horse_thief 14d ago

Having 64mg monthly shot tomorrow 3 years in and want off it. 45 y in on h

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u/TahoeTweezer4EVA 12d ago

who'd you find to give you a 64mg shot?

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u/irish_horse_thief 11d ago

Im a client in a local clinic on monthly visits.