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Tapering Off Buprenorphine or Suboxone pt. 1

August 8, 2018 by admin 9 Comments

Many patients taking buprenorphine live in fear of a dark world around the corner where they will have to taper off the medication.  They see horror stories on YouTube posted by people who, for some reason, abruptly stopped the medication and kept a video log of their experiences.   My own patients sometimes ask, nervously, if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Buprenorphine, receptor actions, Suboxone, Withdrawal Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, opioid taper, stopping suboxone, Suboxone withdrawal

Missing the Point of Buprenorphine Treatment

June 17, 2017 by admin 39 Comments

A forum reader wrote about concerns over a partner on buprenorphine.  Her concerns pointed out a common misperception about the goals of treatment of opioid use disorder using buprenorphine, or using methadone for that matter. Her question, amended for privacy: I married the love of my life.  He is still he love of my life … [Read more…]

Posted in: Addiction, Buprenorphine, Suboxone, treatment Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, opioid taper, rapid detox, Suboxone taper

Raising the Suboxone Patient Cap

September 18, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced yesterday that the cap on buprenorphine patients would be raised in the near future.  Details were not released, but she emphasized that measures would be taken to increase availability of this life-saving treatment, while at the same time taking caution to prevent misuse of the medication.   Anyone who works with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Addiction, Buprenorphine, Legal, Public policy Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, data 2000 patient cap, heroin addiction, hhs secretary burwell, overdose deaths, Suboxone patient cap

Menzies Gets it Wrong

March 4, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

In Opioid Addiction Treatment Should Not Last a Lifetime, Percy Menzies resurrects old theories  to tarnish buprenorphine-based addiction treatment.  Methadone maintenance withstood similar attacks over the decades, and remains the gold standard for the most important aspect of treating opioid dependence:  preventing death. Menzies begins by claiming that a number of ideas that never had the support of modern … [Read more…]

Posted in: Addiction, Buprenorphine, recovery, relapse, Suboxone, treatment Tagged: addiction lasts a lifetime, buprenorphine treatment, can addiction be cured, opioid dependence

Another Suboxone Argument

February 14, 2015 by admin 1 Comment

It has been awhile since I posted a give and take with a misguided reader. I’ve taken that interval as good news that education is winning over misinformation. But then I read this comment.  I didn’t fix her typos, as I think they provide insight into her opinion: My daughter was on Suboxone, because she … [Read more…]

Posted in: Addiction, Buprenorphine, risks, Suboxone, treatment Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, facts about suboxone, problems with buprenorphine, suboxone information

Quantitative Urine Drug Testing and Buprenorphine: Tainted Motives?

November 27, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

First Posted 11/23/2013 As fear of buprenorphine diversion sweeps the nation, some states have passed legislation adding more rules for practices that treat addiction using buprenorphine.    Never mind that buprenorphine is linked to about 400 deaths over ten years, one tenth of the number of deaths from acetaminophen during that same time, and 0.1% of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Buprenorphine, Drug Testing, Legal, Public policy, Suboxone Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, quantitative drug testing, suboxone drug interactions, suboxone urine drug testing

Suboxone Abuse Pt I

November 12, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

First Posted 8/11/2013 We’ve all read articles about the epidemic of opioid dependence during the past ten years.  We’ve heard the concern over pain medications being overly-prescribed by some physicians.  Some of us older docs even remember the claims, by the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and other medical watchdogs, that physicians were undertreating pain and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Buprenorphine, Public policy, Suboxone, treatment Tagged: buprenorphine treatment, cost for suboxone treatment, greedy suboxone doctors, suboxone cost

Addicted to Suboxone

November 9, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

First Published 7/23/2013 I hear from the anti-buprenorphine people now and then, less than I used to.  I also hear from fans of this blog’s early days, when I routinely lost my temper in response to those people.  Their general line was that things on heroin weren’t all that bad, but now, on buprenorphine, things are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Addiction, Buprenorphine, Clean Enough, relapse, risks, Suboxone, terminal uniqueness Tagged: addicted to suboxone, buprenorphine treatment, can't stop suboxone, opioid dependence, Suboxone taper
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