I was poppin vicodin for 10 years at 45 pills a day then ran out and wanted help, this one doc said you want to try methadone or suboxone? I said let me try suboxone, she cracked a 8mg pill in half and said here is 4mg put in in your mouth and let it melt, 20 minutes later ALL pains and aches were GONE! It is a marical drug BUT...here I am 6 and 1/2 yrs later still on it!!! That first doc was a script writter! I finally found a good doc who how has me down from 32mg a day to 1mg a day. I just got my last script for 15 pills and there 2mg so I krack them in half, I have asked several people on here am I sitll gonna go threw withdrawls? Most of them said yes yes yes, Thats what I am trying to avoid but...we shall see. Suboxone I was told is for short term only, the shorter your on it the better chances of getting off fast. As in my one friend was hooked to "H" and they had her on suboxone for one week, she has now been clean 3 years! Wish I went that way darn it! Any questions I can answer just ask away as I know a little about suboxone. Thanks