Does Suboxone cause weight gain? I detoxed from hydrocodone and went on suboxone in April of 2009,?

Now because of the excessive weight gain they have switched me over to another prescription drug which is far better with less side effects. I'm a very private person but I am sharing this information because I think there are a lot of people out there with the same conditions and suffering and they need to know that this drug is detrimental to people with the same health problems I have. I have only been on my new medication for 2 days so I haven't seen any Improvement yet but I am looking forward to get back to my normal self again. My total weight gain was over a hundred pounds.

This along with my Mother being in a nursing home, and I, still trying to stay together with my alcoholic husband, trying to finish getting my 2 beautiful kids through high school and into college and a full time demanding job my future did not look so bright to me any longer. Six months after the hysterectomy I started having bad pain in my upper legs which made it hard to walk for any length of time. This was about the time the "miracle drug" Oxycontin came out and my Doctor immediately put me on this. Well, taking those little pills took the pain in my legs away, helped with my broken heart, helped me function at work as I never had and things were looking good again. But as my Mother's condition started deteriorating, the amount of Oxy started to increase to the point that I was abusing it and taking more than I was supposed to. I would run out, suffer horrific withdrawals and barely make it till I could fill my prescription. But I continued down this road in order to try and carry on my duties as Mother, Daughter, employee, wife, ect... I felt I had to stay on this highly addictive drug to keep working all day, taking care of the household, playing the role of both parents most of the time, and making sure I always visited my Mother, making sure she had all she needed and trying to keep her as content as she could be in that place. I knew my Mother did not have much longer and the thought of living in a world where she did not exist was more than I could bear. My Mother died in that nursing home from a fall which caused blunt force trauma to her head. For the first time in my life I went to sleep hoping that I would never have to wake again. But, for my children's sake I went to an addiction Psychiatrist and he put me on Suboxone. I had no withdrawals from stopping the Oxycontin and the Suboxone gave me energy and kept my mood lifted. But really all I was doing was continuing to mask the pain that was inside me. I too started to swell badly in my lower extremities and saw many doctors to try to find out why. None of them ever mentioned that it could possibly be the Suboxone. I guess they just did not know enough about this drug. I gained 100 lbs in about 14 months. I can not begin to describe the pain that caused me after all I had been through to loose it. So, I decided to taper off of the Suboxone and finally got off all together. Although, my depression was back full force I lost 70 of those lbs in 3 months and all swelling has stopped, and also lost my terrible craving for sweets the drug causes. So, yes, I believe 100% that Suboxone and Subutex causes weight gain and in some people can cause severe edema. What I have learned from this is that there are other ways to manage pain and other ways to help with depression and that by trying to mask pain and grief with the use of opioids is a terrible mistake. I know I will always have the danger of relapse and I just try to take 1 day at a time and trust in the Lord because without him I do not think I would be here writing to you today. I pray that this helps some of you and I pray your days get brighter and your burdens get lighter. Thanks for listening...

My doc also put me on an anti-depressant called cymbalta which is supposed to make you lose weight. My physical therapist has recommended some suppliments that might work... and he said that anything that elevates your thyroid levels would help as well. A low carb-high fiber diet is good too I was told... no more than 1500 calories a day. I just started all this so I will post again in 30 days to up any progress

Then i started suboxone and I stayed at 150 while i was taking the suboxone pill form the orange ones and then the stopped makeing the pills and made suboxone film and i have been taking the film for about 7 months now and I weigh 180 again..I have always been skinny so 180 is fat to me i feel so awful and worry about my weight every day i truly believe that the film has something in it that make me crave junk foood like choclote,candy,chips , salt ,,and especially soft drinks,the film leaves a n awful taste in my mouth, and nothing takes that taste away except Coca Cola,so i know for a fact that suboxone causes weight gain because i look at my fat ass everyday for the proof...