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About Buprenorphine

Published August 21, 2008

Some of our readers have contacted us with questions regarding Buprenorphine. In response to these questions, we’ve assembled some resources below.

In 2002, the FDA approved the use of Suboxone® and Subutex®—high doses of Buprenorphine in pill form—for opioid addiction. This followed the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000, which allowed doctors to legally prescribe opioids to manage addiction. Opioid addiction includes dependence on heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, oxymorphone, and fentanyl, among others.

In the US, using medicine to manage opioid dependence is highly regulated. In order to prescribe Suboxone® and Subutex® for opioid addiction treatment, doctors must meet certain federal requirements. In addition, once doctors become approved subscribers, they are limited in the number of patients they may treat with these drugs.

For more detailed information on Buprenorphine and its use to treat addiction, please refer to the following resources:

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