[header] How to get off suboxone [title] Do not quit suboxone cold turkey. [step] Suboxone has a long half life. A half-life is the amount of time it takes for a substance to deplete to half its value and suboxone's half-life is 37 hours. 
This means some traces of the substance stays in your system for over two days after your last dose. Despite this, quitting cold turkey is not recommended.