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I've read and heard that your not supposed to mix Suboxone with benzo's, like Valium or Xanax.  I take both Suboxone and Valium and never have any problems.  Is there some sort of long term affect? Why exacly arent you supposed to mix the two? Thanks :D

This is just a restatement of things that I have posted in other threads: 

The suboxone training site strongly discourages precribing benzodiazapines with suboxone, but I think it is primarily because of the addictive nature of benzodiazapines, and the fact that people with one addiction are more prone to be addicted to a second substance, and people with multiple drugs of abuse are generally more difficult to treat.  Methadone, for example, is particularly dangerous in combination with benzodiazapines because of its long half life and lack of a ceiling effect, respiratory depression is more likely and more unpredictable.  Benzodiazapines competatively inhibit the breakdown of methadone in the liver.  Suboxone does not seem to be associated with as high a risk of respiratory depression, so taking benzodiazapines with suboxone is probably not as dangerous as benzodiazapines with methadone.

In a patient with a clear diagnosis of an anxiety disorder that is not responsive to other medications who is properly supervised and at low risk of misusing their medications, benzodiazapines could be used with either suboxone or methadone, with the understanding that no drug is perfectly safe, and most medical treatment involves carefully weighing the risks and the benefits.  The risk-benefit decision should be made by the doctor and the patient together.