How long has it been since Empire have had a stable team ? <| sep |> As stated in the parent comment , you shouldn ' t switch to an easily abused , short halflife opioid . The risks far outweigh the rewards . Plus the fact you tapered from 150 down to 12 IN SIX WEEKS is alarming . You have to be experiencing some type of withdrawal symptoms because that ' s an extremely small timeframe for such a drastic taper unless you were only at 150 for a short time . Either way , Suboxone is a way better alternative IMO . Whatever you do , make sure you do your own research . I ' m just having an opinion and making a suggestion . Do what ' s best for you . EDIT So now I ' m confused . Did you taper to 12 as the title says or 80 as you said later ? If you ' re at 80 then basically disregard my whole comment . EDIT 2 Nvm . I just read the changes you made to your post . Disregard everything but the Sub suggestion . I wish you well .