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Topic: Suboxone


In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
  Suboxone Resources
Suboxone is an orange, hexagonal tablet which is placed under the tongue and allowed to dissolve until it is gone.
Suboxone® treatment is supposed to begin with a supervised "induction" phase, during which you take the tablets under the doctor's supervision until you are comfortable.
Well, Suboxone® is only allowed to be used for one thing — handing that script to the pharmacist is like handing him or her a note that says, "I'm a heroin addict." Depending on your feelings about privacy, you may or may not want to do this.
www.etfrc.com /SuboxoneResources.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Suboxone
Suboxone, the partial agonist opioid buprenorphine combined with the opiate antagonist naltrexone, is used in the treatment of opioid dependence.
Tablets of Suboxone contain a ratio of 4:1 buprenorphine to naloxone (that is, tablets of 2/0.5 and 8/2 mg of buprenorphine/naloxone).
While suboxone might not make a person quite as as high as oxycontin, etc., it might have a high street value since some drug users not yet addicted to opiates might mistakenly think that it is less addictive.
www.modern-psychiatry.com /buprenorphine.htm   (5798 words)

  
 Suboxone (Buprenorphine)
The subject is Suboxone®, the first legal opioid substitution treatment available by prescription without attachment to a special clinic since the passage of the earliest anti-narcotics laws (e.g., the Harrison act).
The Suboxone® product is actually just a sublingual formulation of an extremely high dose of buprenorphine, a partial-agonist opioid available in the U.S., at far lower does, as an injectable analgesic, which goes by the brand name Buprenex®, and is also available in generic form.
The Suboxone® product is formulated for sublingual administration and is combined with the pure opioid antagonist naloxone, in an attempt to deter intravenous misuse of the product: sublingually absorbed naloxone is without signficant effect, but if it is injected, it will cause an immediate and extremely intense withdrawal reaction in opioid-dependent persons.
www.etfrc.com /suboxone.htm   (1349 words)

  
 Heroin Opiate Withdrawal Management With Suboxone Orange County Detox
Suboxone is one of the first heroin detox treatments approved for in-office prescribing under the Federal Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA).
Suboxone®, a sublingual tablet, comes in two dosage forms: 2 mg buprenorphine/0.5 mg naloxone and 8 mg buprenorphine/2 mg naloxone.
If the patient is not in the early stages of withdrawal, i.e., if he or she has other opioids in the bloodstream, then the buprenorphine dose could cause acute withdrawal.
www.orangecountydetox.com /suboxone.htm   (693 words)

  
 Suboxone Treatment for Valium, Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycontin, Heroin,and Methadone Addiction Yakima Washington
Suboxone was developed in October of 2002 to allow successful detoxification and monthly maintenance therapy to take place in an outpatient setting, such as a doctor’s office.
Suboxone is the only controlled substance approved for the treatment of opioid addiction and dependence to be used in an office setting.
Suboxone cannot be used if other addictions are present, such as those to alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines, etc. But, other treatment medications are available for a wide-range of addictive substances.
www.yakimamedicalclinic.com /suboxonetreatment.html   (303 words)

  
 European Union's CHMP Adopts Positive Opinion for Suboxone(R) (Buprenorphine/Naloxone) for Treatment of Opioid ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Suboxone is intended for use in adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older who have agreed to be treated for addiction.
The CHMP recommendation of Suboxone is based primarily on results of a one-year clinical trial in opiate-dependent patients, comprising a 4-week randomised double-blind comparison of Suboxone, buprenorphine monotherapy and placebo tablets followed by a 48-week safety study of Suboxone.
Suboxone and SUBUTEX were developed and are marketed in the United States and certain other countries by Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. Schering-Plough licenses international marketing rights to Suboxone and SUBUTEX (excluding the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand) from Reckitt Benckiser.
www.pslgroup.com /dg/25f21e.htm   (901 words)

  
 Suboxone, Suboxone Detox, and Suboxone Detox information - Suboxone Detox
Suboxone detox is treatment for addiction to the semi-synthetic narcotic Suboxone, which is a combination of Buprenorphine and Narcan.
Suboxone is a sublingual formulation, which means it is taken under the tongue.
Suboxone is part of a class of drugs called opiates, derived from opium.
www.opiates.org /suboxone-addiction.htm   (445 words)

  
 Suboxone - Talk Medical
Suboxone is not for occasional ("as needed") use.
If Suboxone is injected, naloxone will block the effects of buprenorphine and lead to withdrawal symptoms in a person with an opioid addiction.
Suboxone may be a target for people who abuse prescription or street drugs.
www.talkmedical.com /medications/5769/Suboxone   (1334 words)

  
 buprenex/suboxone
I do not have any suggestions on the suboxone tabs since hubby did IM bup right at the docs office or his sister who is a nurse gave it to him.
Anyone interested in suboxone should not concern themselves with what dose they might be on, rather on the lack of withdrawl symtoms.
I was under the impression that that could only be persribed for pain and not for addiction, and that until oct. of 2002 and the fda approval of suboxone was illegal for a doctor to perscibe opaites to a patient for addiction.
www.medhelp.org /perl6/Addiction/messages/31686a.html   (5106 words)

  
 Suboxone Subutex Buprenorphine for Opiate Addiction Treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
SUBOXONE and SUBUTEX are not for occasional (“as needed”) use.
SUBOXONE and SUBUTEX are prescription medicines used to treat adults addicted to opioid (narcotic painkillers) medicines and drugs, such as morphine and heroin.
SUBOXONE and SUBUTEX are part of a complete addiction treatment program that also includes counseling or behavioral therapy.
www.suboxonerehab.com /index.html   (397 words)

  
 Consumer Medicine Information
SUBOXONE is used as part of a medical, social and psychological treatment program for patients addicted to opiate drugs like heroin.
SUBOXONE is not intended for occasional use and should be taken only as prescribed.
SUBOXONE containing 2mg buprenorphine and 0.5mg naloxone is referred to as the '2mg' tablets and SUBOXONE containing 8mg buprenorphine and 2mg naloxone is referred to as the '8mg' tablets.
www.medsafe.govt.nz /Consumers/CMI/s/suboxone.htm   (1757 words)

  
 Suboxone, Buprenorphine, Detox and California Drug Treatment Centers
Suboxone: For most of the last century, the ability of doctors and treatment centers to help opioid addicts has been limited by the federal government.
Suboxone eliminates the danger of abuse of the opioid component of the medication: administered sublingually, only the buprenorphine is absorbed, but if the patient attempts to inject Suboxone, the opioid antagonist blocks the effect of the buprenorphine.
Perhaps the most important feature of the Drug Abuse Treatment Act and the availability of Subutex and Suboxone, is that it gives the ability of physicians to treat addicts in the privacy of their office.
www.soberliving.com /suboxone.htm   (624 words)

  
 Opiate Addiction Detox Suboxone Subutex Treatment
Suboxone has been approved for use with opiate addiction treatment.
Suboxone is one of the first opiate addiction treatments approved for in-office prescribing under the federal Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA).
Ideal candidates for opiate addiction treatment with Suboxone® are individuals who have been objectively diagnosed with an opiate addiction, are willing to follow safety precautions for treatment, can be expected to comply with the treatment, have no contraindications to buprenorphine therapy, and who agree to buprenorphine treatment after a review of treatment options.
www.detox-suboxone.com /index.html   (729 words)

  
 Suboxone® and its success in treating opiate dependency at Bay Recovery Centers, Inc. - Revolutionary treatment for ...
Suboxone® and its success in treating opiate dependency at Bay Recovery Centers, Inc. - Revolutionary treatment for drug addiction, opiate dependency with Suboxone, pain management and treatment for chronic pain.
Ideal candidates for opioid addiction treatment with buprenorphine are individuals who have been objectively diagnosed with opioid addiction, are willing to follow safety precautions for treatment, can be expected to comply with the treatment, have no contraindications to buprenorphine therapy, and who agree to buprenorphine treatment after a review of treatment options.
If the patient is not in the early stages of withdrawal, i.e., if he or she has other opioids in the bloodstream, then the buprenorphine dose could precipitate acute withdrawal.
www.suboxone-outpatient-services.com /index.html   (670 words)

  
 Buprenorphine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Suboxone and Subutex preparations were approved for this indication by the United States FDA in October 2002.
Buprenorphine sublingual tablets (Suboxone and Subutex for opioid addiction) have a long duration of action which may allow for dosing every two or three days, as tolerated by the patient, compared with the daily dosing required to prevent withdrawals with methadone.
The Suboxone preparation contains the μ-opioid receptor antagonist naloxone which is intended only to prevent abuse of the buprenorphine, not, as is commonly misunderstood, to block the effects of other opiates.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suboxone   (2825 words)

  
 Rapid Detox 888-DETOX-4-U - 888-338-6948 Detoxification Suboxone Rapid Opiate Detox
Ideal candidates for opioid addiction treatment with Suboxone are individuals who have been objectively diagnosed with opioid addiction, are willing to follow safety precautions for treatment, can be expected to comply with the treatment, have no contraindications to Suboxone therapy, and who agree to suboxone treatment after a review of treatment options.
Suboxone for induction therapy is administered when an opiate-dependent individual has abstained from using opiates for 12-24 hours and is in the early stages of opiate withdrawal.
Because of the long half-life of suboxone it is sometimes possible to switch clients to alternate-day dosing once stabilization has been achieved.
www.detox4u.org /Suboxone.htm   (371 words)

  
 California Suboxone Subutex Buprenorphine Physician Directory (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Suboxone California is a listing service for any and all California based physicians or treatment programs that are licenced to use suboxone (aka subutex or buprenorphine) for treatment of drug addiction.
Suboxone is used to dampen the symptoms of withdrawal during detox to opiates.
Suboxone, which is regulated and administered by a licenced physician, allows patients to rapidly detox from opiates with less withdrawal and therefore a higher likelyhood of overall addiction recovery.
www.suboxonecalifornia.com.cob-web.org:8888   (213 words)

  
 RemedyFind: patient ratings of Suboxone (Buprenorphine; Naloxone) for Opioids (Narcotics)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Suboxone was developed as an alternative to Subutex (Buprenorphine).
Suboxone etc. (Buprenorphine; Naloxone) is administered in tablet form under the tongue.
Suboxone does block the physical addiction, which for me is most importan...
www.remedyfind.com /treatments/67/924   (1771 words)

  
 Suboxone(R) (Buprenorphine/Naloxone) Approved In European Union For Treatment Of Opioid Dependence
The European Commission's approval of SUBOXONE is based primarily on results of a one-year clinical trial in opiate-dependent patients, comprising a 4-week randomized double-blind comparison of SUBOXONE, buprenorphine monotherapy and placebo tablets followed by a 48-week safety study of SUBOXONE.
In the study, SUBOXONE demonstrated similar efficacy and safety to buprenorphine, with a higher percentage of thrice-weekly urine samples testing negative for non-study opiates for both SUBOXONE versus placebo and buprenorphine versus placebo.
The reported adverse events during the study for SUBOXONE were similar to those seen with buprenorphine monotherapy and were those generally seen with other opioid-agonist treatments (e.g., headache, withdrawal syndrome and insomnia).
www.medilexicon.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=53606   (925 words)

  
 Subutex and Suboxone: Questions and Answers
Yes, Suboxone is the formulation used in the majority of patients.
Subutex and Suboxone are the first narcotic drugs available under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 for the treatment of opiate dependence that can be prescribed in a doctor’s office.
Subutex and Suboxone are less tightly controlled than methadone because they have a lower potential for abuse and are less dangerous in an overdose.
www.fda.gov /cder/drug/infopage/subutex_suboxone/subutex-qa.htm   (639 words)

  
 Suboxone.com - About SUBOXONE
SUBOXONE is the first opioid medication approved under DATA 2000 for the treatment of opioid dependence in an office-based setting.
SUBOXONE also can be dispensed for take-home use, just as any other medicine for other medical conditions.
When SUBOXONE is placed under the tongue, as directed, very little naloxone reaches the bloodstream, so what the patient feels are the effects of the buprenorphine.
www.suboxone.com /patients/suboxone   (331 words)

  
 Newly Approved Drug Therapies (804): Subutex/Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone), Reckitt Benckiser
Suboxone and Subutex were the first therapies approved for in-office prescribing under the federal Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000.
Suboxone and Subutex are prescribed in 2mg and 8mg oral tablets.
Suboxone tablets have been studied in 575 patients, Subutex tablets in 1834 patients and buprenorphine sublingual solutions in 2470 patients.
www.centerwatch.com /patient/drugs/dru804.html   (499 words)

  
 suboxone drug information, suboxone side effects
Subutex and Suboxone are medications approved for the treatment of opiate dependence...
Suboxone® (buprenorphine hydrochloride), Buprenex® and Subutex® treat opiate addiction, but they simply replace an illegel addiction with a legal one.
Suboxone is a combination of two proven medications...
www.drugs.com /sch/suboxone   (443 words)

  
 Suboxone Treatment | Suboxone Detox | Suboxone Withdrawal Help-**Suboxone**
Suboxone is the main form of buprenorphine that is used in The United States for opiate detox treatment.
Suboxone is a combination medication containing both buprenorphine and naloxone.
They are not at risk for becoming addicted as long as it is taken as prescribed and use stops as soon as the pain subsides.
www.suboxone-treatment-newyork.com   (1505 words)

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