Suboxone is a medication used to treat Opiate Use Disorder, also known as Opiate Addiction or Opiate Dependence. Suboxone contains the drug Buprenorphine, which is the active ingredient. Buprenorphine is also an Opiate, but it is unique and different from all the other Opiates. Buprenorphine can be used for detoxification from Opiates or for maintenance therapy to stay off Opiates. Only qualified physicians with special licenses may prescribe Buprenorphine.
Suboxone contains the medication Buprenorphine, plus an Opiate blocker called Naloxone. When the Suboxone tablet is taken as intended, dissolving under the tongue; the Naloxone has no effects. If a person deliberately tries to melt down the Suboxone and inject it intravenously, or tries to snort the Suboxone; the Naloxone will block Opiates. As such, the Naloxone is added to create more of a safe product.
There are some important ways in which Buprenorphine is different than all other Opiates. First, Buprenorphine is taken by placing the tablet under the tongue. Buprenorphine only gets into one’s system through the veins under the tongue. Another major difference is that buprenorphine blocks all other Opiates a person might take to get high. One main advantage of Buprenorphine is that fatal overdoses are extremely rare and uncommon. The buprenorphine does take away the withdrawal symptoms, so one is not sick. It also takes away the cravings, so one doesn’t think about Opiates. Finally, Buprenorphine has a “ceiling effect,” whereby, unlike all other Opiates when a person takes progressively higher doses over time due to the development of tolerance; with Buprenorphine, the dose does not increase. In fact, most patients take less over time, not more over time as with all other Opiates.
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