Still a horrible outcome of course; opioid dependence sucks. The Buvidal injection is a life changer for me.
My total clean time is almost 7 years now. I wish more people knew about Sublocade and Buvidal. I always tell people that opioid addiction pretty much has a cure these days but they are so hesitant to start the injections because they never heard of it.
It’s infinitely better not waking up every morning in mild withdrawals. It’s a godsend, and everything I’ve heard is coming off it is pretty easy, well as easy as it could really be anyway.
The "worst" part of quitting Sublocade so far was the one day, also around 3 months, when I felt a little tired and my emotions came back. I felt like I had the most mild cold ever, but what bothered me was the intense fear that I was about to go into legitimate withdrawal.
8 hours later I felt fine and have felt fine since.
If the US and state governments really wanted to solve the opioid crisis, getting Buvidal/Sublockade to anyone who asks for it, for free, would go a very long way.
It’s free for me paid for by my state government here in Aus, and it changed my life.