Suboxone

I got my Class A back in October 2015. I've been working for a local company here in Wisconsin. After lack of hours and never guaranteed a truck, I left that company. So I've had my CDL for about 6 months now. My question is, I've been on Suboxone for 1 year now due to a drug addiction I had. I just got off the phone with a recruiter that told me that they will not look at me due to me being on Suboxone. Is that normal for trucking companies, or is it just certain ones? I am needing another job, and this one I was really interested in sounded really good. With regular home time, etc. any and all feed back would be wonderful!!!

Suboxone is treated the same as the opiates you're using it to get off of, as far as DOT , insurance and safety are concerned.

You will most likely NOT PASS a drug screen on suboxone, and like methadone is 100% PROHIBITED - even though it is not specifically named on "the list".

You are going to need to be 100% clean from it - before even considering a CDL trucking job. And for companies that do hair testing, perhaps clean over 6 months.

Now, from a recovering addict standpoint (15+ years sober) - a 1 year sub "habit" is going to be as difficult (if not more) than the opiate you were originally given it to detox from.

Even if you decide NOT to go into trucking, it would be a REALLY GOOD IDEA for you to consider coming off it. Even after totally off it, you're going to feel like a$$ for quite some time (30-60 days, especially with the tolerance you've developed over a year).

Really get's me P.O.'d how the treatment/medical industry uses this drug as a "maintenance" drug, instead of the short-term-detox it was designed for. I've gotten people down off a 200MG a day habit, in 5-7 days of subox, tapering rapidly from 8mg a day to nothing. Are they 100% happy after 5-7 days? Nope - but you aren't sick with the major withdrawal symptoms either.

Not trying to judge here - just stating fact from years of experience being one, and working with addicts. I feel sad and angry for folks that get "trapped onto" a substance that's even more addicting than the one they were trying to get off. And the fact that doctors just keep charging for office visits and scrips, makes them as bad as "corner boys" selling dope in my not-so-humble opinion.

Rick

Thanks for the reply. Like I stated, I've been on this med for a year now, and I've been driving local for about 6 months now. I left due to no hours and never guaranteed a truck.

Thanks for the reply. Like I stated, I've been on this med for a year now, and I've been driving local for about 6 months now. I left due to no hours and never guaranteed a truck.

You passed a DOT Physical and Drug Screen after stating you were on Subox?

From what I've seen from OTR CDL-A companies, they won't take someone on it.

Again - not judging - but as someone in recovery myself, best to get off it ANYWAY.

Rick