- Hubs »
- tagged naloxone
1-9 of 9 Hubssort by Hot Best Latest
84WHAT IS SUBOXONE?
Suboxone is a prescription medication that comes in a sublingual (under the tongue) tablet or sublingual film. Suboxone contains 2 ingredients: buprenorphine and naloxone. Suboxone is prescribed to treat opioid (pain killer) dependence. In other...
4 comments
85What is Naltrexone?
What is naltrexone? If you have tried to find a simple and straightforward answer to this question you may be somewhat frustrated by this point. As a pharmacist, I receive questions like this all the time. My goal in this article, and all my...
16 comments
91The Suboxone Ceiling Effect - Why Some People Need Methadone
Suboxone (buprenorphine) is a pretty great new drug, and for a lot of people, it's just a far preferable alternative to methadone and especially to naltrexone. When suboxone works well, withdrawal pains are largely avoided, and the eventual detox...
146 comments
91Drug Addiction Treatment: Suboxone & Subutex
For a long time, methadone detox or methadone maintenance coupled with Narcotics Anonymous meetings was the only way to treat drug abuse long-term on an outpatient basis. Clients with a bed at an inaptient rehab facility, however, had access to a...
220 comments
90First Dose of Suboxone - How Long Must You Wait After a Dose of Methadone, Oxycontin, Heroin, Oxycodone...?
How long do you have to wait after taking heroin, methadone, oxycontin, vicodin etc. before taking a dose of Suboxone? Information on avoiding precipitated withdrawal and a timeline guides.
298 comments
87Buprenorphine, Suboxone or Subutex – Which Do You Need?
If you are addicted to opiates, do you need to take buprenorphine, Suboxone or Subutex – and what's the difference between these anyway? Buprenorphine is an opiate, actually it's a partial opiate agonist (kind of like an opiate that doesn’t...
175 comments
85Pregnant or Breastfeeding? Buprenorphine, Suboxone, Subutex or Methadone - Safe for Baby and Mom During Pregnancy?
Is Suboxone safe for use during pregnancy? Will Suboxone cause NAS (infant withdrawal symptoms)? Is Suboxone better than methadone for use during pregnancy? If you are pregnant and addicted to opiates, you have 3 choices: Keep abusing your...
271 comments
70Suboxone Treatment
Drug dependence has already been termed as one of the most severe public health crises worldwide. Opioid dependence (which involves heroin as well as morphine) is a major part of this problem. In just Europe, there’re about 1 million intravenous...
4 comments
59Big Pharmacueticals Monopoly on Addiction Aftercare
Recently there have been big changes in out-patient opioid addiction treatment. Not to long ago, methadone clinics and abstinence were the recovering addicts only choice. All that has changed with the...
2 comments
