Can suboxone and methadone be taken together?

Taking Suboxone (buprenorphine) properly— i.e. sublingually— at the same time as basically any full agonist opiate is a waste of the other opiate. Except when a doctor is managing p... ... The methadone and suboxone can cause respiratory trouble if taken in sufficiently expansive amount. read more

Methadone can be taken AFTER suboxone. But if you have methadone in your system and you take suboxone, it will induce intense opiate withdrawal. The reason for this is because suboxone displaces the methadone in the dopamine receptors in the brain. read more

If you were taking the methadone regularly and then took the suboxone without waiting the appropriate amount of time from the last dose of methadone then it would cause withdrawals. If you have only taken methadone that one time and took some suboxone then it won't be much of a problem. read more