The Suboxone Controversy

Last month I posted a new article on our website on Suboxone. I'm including a few paragraphs below.

There is a difference of opinions on whether patients should be maintained on Suboxone (buprenorphine) or go through a total detoxification for opiate addiction. A similar debate has been going on for decades about another medication used for opiate addiction treatment—methadone. I would like to propose a third option: using the medication as a transitional treatment intervention with eventual discontinuation.

Unlike methadone physicians are more likely to prescribe Suboxone in their offices for people who are dependent or addicted to opiates such as opiate pain medication, heroin, or methadone. Buprenorphine (the active treatment medication in Suboxone) is a more convenient maintenance medication for opiate addiction because it does not require daily or weekly visits to a clinic. Buprenorphine blocks the effects of other opiates; it reduces or eliminates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms such as pain and nausea.

Subutex and Suboxone are the brand names that buprenorphine is being marketed as for the treatment of opiate dependence. Both medications contain the active ingredient buprenorphine hydrochloride, which works to reduce the symptoms of opiate dependence. Subutex contains only buprenorphine hydrochloride which was developed as the initial product.

Please check out this entire article titled Revisiting Suboxone: Maintenance versus Total Detoxification that you can download for free on our Article page.

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