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“I've now been off of suboxone for 104 days, and going strong! Sr17018 is an absolute miracle, and i am so thankful to have my life back as a 100% sober individual. I had absolutely NO withdrawal whatsoever while stopping the nasty pharmaceutical that is suboxone. Looking back i wish I would have used suboxone as a taper med, and nothing more. I've lost so many teeth due to taking it for so long.”
“I was in a very very dark place after a blow up argument with my wife. We were in the brink of divorce due to the addiction I had to 7oh. I started hearing stories of sr17018 and thought what the heck, I’ll give it a shot as nothing else worked for me. I tried it once I felt like I was in withdrawal and was amazed as it had taken away the physical pain within an hour. Mentally was still a battle but I had more energy to deal with that due to the sr17018 battling the physical withdrawal. I stayed on sr17018 for one week and wanted to see what would happen if I had just stopped. I was expecting intense withdrawal as I felt like I had just traded one substance for another. One day turned into 2 then 4, then a full week and a half passed and that’s where I’m at today. I feel amazing physically. Like I had never had an addiction whatsoever. I cry almost daily from shame due to the levels I stooped to get 7oh. I’m so incredibly grateful to for this miracle. I am now repairing the damage my life had taken from this 2 year battle and I thank sr17018 everyday for giving me a second chance at life.”
“Once I got the SR 17018 I started feeling better the first day of my taper. Feeling like myself again and within the first day, I went from taking 1000 mg to taking 50 mg without issue. I felt so good in fact that I was able to take an amazing road trip with my family while in the first week of the taper. I did not feel high whatsoever. The second week of my taper, I was on less than 5 mg of 7oh a day and totally functional. The third week of my taper, I was only on the SR and I was taking only 25mg a day. I was able to hop off completely afterwards. Three weeks may not sound very fast but for someone that was on 1000 mg a day for two years and experienced almost no withdrawal I'm honestly still shocked. I have my life back completely. Everyone is like you're a different person now(positive). I am happy again and have been telling anyone who will listen that is addicted to illicit opiates or MAT to stock up on this because it's a miracle drug and they're going to get rid of it. I just happened to stumble upon the ban coming up and I am so saddened. This is the opposite of 7oh. It is an absolute lifesaver and the only reason I can think that they would get rid of it is because they want people to stay on MAT's like methadone and Suboxone instead of being able to completely get off opiates and other opioid compounds. I hope my story was helpful to someone and that somebody in power reads this because I am an everyday citizen not a street addict that people look down on you would never imagine I was going through this. No one knew- I even work in the addiction treatment field and no one knew. If it can help me, it could help anyone. God bless and I hope this can be used to heal those in need.”
“i sadly was not able to try it yet”
“SR17018 allowed me to quit a 100mg 7oh per day habit with ease in a matter of 5 days with NO side effects. As someone who has struggled with drug addiction off and on for 20 years I believe this is the biggest break through for opiate addiction. It didn’t get me high, had no side effects and I was able to quit it no problem. It’s absurd that it will become a schedule 1 substance. Research needs to be done on it but that can’t happen if it’s schedule 1.”
“I’ve not personally used this substance. But the stories I’ve heard about its usefulness in attenuating opioid withdrawal, sound nothing short of miraculous. It seems tremendously helpful to people , while having no recreational value. Please don’t place this substance in schedule I”
“I have not tried SR-17018, but I support the further research of this medication.”
“When I first heard of Sr 17I thought it was too good to be true. It sounds like a miracle and in my experience. It has been nothing short of I wish this was available everywhere. All people who need it was so helpful. It really is going to save so many lives. So many people stay addicted because of their fear of detoxification. Yes, it might need more study. But to just completely get rid of it is insane, and I can't think of any reason why they would happen. Do that, except for the suboxin lobbyists, wanting to get rid of it.”
“I took SR17 for two days as i preloaded it with the 7ob, tapering my dose of 7oh to 0. The transition from 7oh to SR17 was seamless, as i felt no withdrawal at all. It kinda sucked that the SR blocked any euphoria from the 7oh, but it was great for me. Once you start the SR there's no going back. Well flashback to 3 months later. i feel perfect, and didn't have a single withdrawal symptom through the entire process. i kept waiting for withdrawals to come after stopping the SR, but they just never came. I'm 21, and a pharm student at the university of Tennessee Knoxville. i would be in a rehab facility right now if SR didn't save me. i thank god for the chance at life again. i will never touch another scheduled drug again.”
“5 years microdose suboxone 1/2 mg a day. Nobody wants to be an opiate addict. The only reason there's an "opioid epidemic" at all is because the withdrawals are horrendous and there's currently no real medicine to help. It appears SR-17018 however may be the Godsend so many people need to get their lives back - and for our own government to so carelessly schedule it out of existence would be a far-reaching and utterly needless tragedy.”
“I tapered off of 25g of extremely high quality kratom powder in 3 days and tapered off of SR with near zero side effects 3 days after. I sat and cried in the the shower with gratitude numerous times. It gave me my life back. Ended the horrible cycle. I hate to use the word miraculous but this is among the closest things I’ve encountered.”
“I utilized Sr [presumably a supplement/compound] to transition off 7-hydroxymitragynine (7OH), which I had originally used to successfully taper off Suboxone. Anyone who has attempted to quit Suboxone understands the grueling reality of a 40-to-60-day withdrawal period. In contrast, 7OH withdrawal typically concludes within seven days, with the acute phase peaking at the 72-hour mark. Remarkably, by integrating Sr into the final phase for exactly five days, I bypassed the withdrawal process entirely. This compound is nothing short of revolutionary, which makes its impending regulatory ban tragic. The unfortunate truth is that pharmaceutical entities and regulatory bodies are well aware of its efficacy. They seem intent on keeping individuals trapped in a cycle of dependency—either tethered to costly Suboxone clinics indefinitely or pushed back onto the streets toward lethal illicit substances. Ultimately, it feels less like a healthcare initiative and more like a calculated effort by Big Pharma to prioritize profit and population control over genuine recovery.”
“With the upcoming 7oh ban, I decided to get ahead of the curve and purchase some SR to get off. 7oh also shouldn't be banned but, I took the compound for a full week and quit my 7oh usage. I had zero withdrawal effects. SR doesn't get you high, but just eliminates the withdrawal. I am now off and besides having PAWS I feel pretty good. This compound shouldn't be banned and should be readily available to the public as an alternative to jumping on suboxone. Big pharma probably wants it banned as its competition.”