overdose
That Darn Suboxforum (and buprenorphine)
As he puts SuboxForum back together. Dr. Junig reflects on stigma about buprenorphie and medication assisted treatment.
Addiction
Addiction Treatment Has it ALL WRONG
Today on SuboxForum members discussed how long they have been treated with buprenorphine medications. Most agreed that buprenorphine turned their lives around, and most are afraid they will eventually be pushed off the medication. Most buprenorphine patients described a reprieve from a horrible illness when they discovered buprenorphine. But most Read more…
Addiction
I am Addicted to Heroin. What Should I Do?
I’ve been spending more time answering questions on SuboxForum, and less time writing blog posts. I’ll share a comment from today in the hopes that someone looking for help will stumble across this page.A newcomer to SuboxForum posted this succinct question. In short, I am Addicted to Heroin. What Should Read more…
Addiction
The Suboxone Business Fix
I have shared my thoughts about ‘Suboxone Film,’ a product that serves only one purpose: to block generic competition from entering the Suboxone market. Below I’ve copied a Bloomberg article that discusses the current nature of the buprenorphine/naloxone business, and the efforts by RB to prevent market penetration by generics– Read more…
Addiction
Do You Prescribe Buprenorphine?
I’m not sure about the make-up of readers of this blog. I know that there are about 20,000 page views each month, but I don’t know how many are by people addicted to opioids, people taking buprenorphine, family members of addicts, or physicians who prescribe buprenorphine. If you fall into Read more…
Education
User's Guide to Suboxone
Many of you are familiar with my e-book, ‘User’s Guide to Suboxone,’ that has been available for sale on the web. The copy that is sold through that site is ‘print-protected’ and copy protected; a password is required to open the document and it cannot be printed– at least not Read more…
Addiction
Treatments for Opioid Withdrawal
I have written about this topic multiple times, but perhaps a summary is appropriate. More and more evidence and clinical experience suggest that buprenorphine is best considered a long-term ‘remission agent’ for opioid dependence. Such a conclusion would have been obvious years ago if not for the hesitancy to do Read more…
Addiction
Allergic to Suboxone taste additive/sweetener
Something I haven’t yet come across: Well, i’ve been clean with the help of Suboxone for 14 months now. Throughout my treatment I’d been getting tongue blisters and ulcers at least two at a time. I’ve probably had them six to eight different times in this 14 month period. I Read more…
Buprenorphine
Purdue’s Butrans Approved by FDA
Over a year ago I wrote about the transdermal formulation of buprenorphine available in Europe called ‘Butrans.’ One problem with the treatment of opioid dependence using buprenorphine has been the limited dose options available; while 2 and 8 mg sublingual tablets are fine for maintenance, they are wholly inadequate when Read more…
12 steps
Demanding Total Abstinence Misses the Point of Addiction Treatment
I worked for several years as the medical director of a residential treatment center in Wisconsin, leaving the position several weeks ago because they were angry about my support for buprenorphine. On my last evening in the place I took a moment to look around and think about how addiction treatment Read more…
12 steps
Why Will Power Doesn’t Work
For those of you who prefer watching to reading, here is a video with a few thoughts about why will power is NOT any kind of strategy for staying clean. As I describe, believing in will power is not only unhelpful; it even INCREASES one’s chance for relapse, and serves Read more…
Buprenorphine
Generic Suboxone i.e. buprenorphine
Great news from SuboxForum.com, a.k.a. buprenorphorum.com, where today Chris55552 posted the following about generic Suboxone i.e. buprenorphine. Hey everyone, Not sure who all keeps up with pharma news or the reputation/quality of generic drug companies but I recently discovered that Teva Pharmaceuticals (generics) has their version of generic subutex available. Teva Read more…