What is the common name for buphenorphine?
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Common and brand names are Temgesic; Subutex; Buprenex; Suboxone.
This drug was approved by the FDA in 2002 for use as an opiate addiction treatment like heroin and methadone.
Subutex is buprenorphine hydrochloride and Suboxone is buprenorphine combined with naloxone. These drugs are thought to be less powerful in treating addiction than methadone but also safer and with less side effects.
Buprenorphine is a partial opiate agonist that works by blocking withdrawals and cravings without producing a strong narcotic high and naltrexone is an opiate antagonist that causes unpleasant side-effects for opiate users that is used to prevent abuse because its effects are felt most acutely when the pills are crushed in order to be injected intraveneously. That is why Subutex is adviced to be used at the beginning of treatment and Suboxone for maintenance.
This drug was approved by the FDA in 2002 for use as an opiate addiction treatment like heroin and methadone.
Subutex is buprenorphine hydrochloride and Suboxone is buprenorphine combined with naloxone. These drugs are thought to be less powerful in treating addiction than methadone but also safer and with less side effects.
Buprenorphine is a partial opiate agonist that works by blocking withdrawals and cravings without producing a strong narcotic high and naltrexone is an opiate antagonist that causes unpleasant side-effects for opiate users that is used to prevent abuse because its effects are felt most acutely when the pills are crushed in order to be injected intraveneously. That is why Subutex is adviced to be used at the beginning of treatment and Suboxone for maintenance.
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