Legal

Who Can Write for Suboxone?

Tonight’s question:  who can write for Suboxone: To explain this situation requires a bit of history.  In the early 1900’s, morphine and other opiates were sold as ‘tonics’ (along with other drugs that are now ‘controlled substances’).  In the 1920’s doctors treated addicts by prescribing narcotics to relieve their withdrawal.  Read more…

By J Junig MD PhD, ago

Parole Officer demands stopping subox

This is irritating– a person is stable on suboxone, employed, turning their life around… and their PO from the case over a year ago wants them off ‘that drug suboxone’. Un-F-ing-believable. My letter to the PO: I treat XXXXXXX for opiate dependence. He and I have arrived at a taper Read more…

By J Junig MD PhD, ago