Watching this while prescribed oxycodone and alprazolam together

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.

Salam brother. Fighting addiction. And your channel helped me a lot. Keep up the good wprk

This is very informative. Thank you!!

Nice inf. Like always ,Dr..

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.

Hi Dr B , excellent video!!! Stopped by the office today !!!! Hope you are well!!!!

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.

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. ❤

Dr B you are a real beauty!!

Your a good Dr Thanks

I wish he was my Dr.

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..

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.

Thank you ❣❣ ❣

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??

Im prescribed both For 5years now. Its just become an issue recently.

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

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.

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.

Hi Dr B,

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!!!!😢

My doc has me on 2mg ativan 50mg tramadol...nobissues.. should I get off both ?.

There are still people on methadone from a methadone clinic Dr. and psychiatrists prescribing benzos with total coordination of care.

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.

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

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

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.

Where is his office located

Could you do a video about long acting intramuscular (or sub cut - not sure) suboxone v’s sublingual please?

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 ?

how can buprenorphine be a partial agonist if it can cause a fatal overdose through respertory depression? are there any 'true' partial agonist opioids?

Can u take loranzpam 1 mg 11 hours after vikoden

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.

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.

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?

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!

By the way, why do doctors ndver like to talk about the risk of seizures in abrupt discontinuation of seizures?

It would seem too me it would depend on the amounts of each md prescribed, the persons mental and medical history.

Absolutely !!!!!!

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)

Very informative, my doc in UK prescribed me 35mg diazepam daily and 6mg buprenorphine daily

What about for hospice care

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.

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

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????

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

We can always treat pain with ketorolac . For breakthrough pain.

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 🙏🏻

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 … 🤔

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

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’m on methadone and Valium and I don’t think it’s dangerous

Yes , if used more than the doctors " Rx ".

לדר הנכבד..לקיחת סבוטקס ובנזו אינו גורם לדיכוי נשימתי למרות שזה לא מומלץ.. בגלל שבופרונורפין השפעה מועטה על הרצפטור K.

Is that bad practice??!!

Look I have Chronic Pain I'm in Pain Management and I have Panic Attacks

🤍🙏🏼 🥳MANY THANX DR B. FROM SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😀 #Peace

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

Video could haven been 4 minutes long

Is effor er a benzo

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 ???

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.

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.

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.

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 !!!

Just don’t take handfuls together. It’s not rocket science.

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, 🫡