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Buprenorphine
- Methadone vs Buprenorphine and Suboxone®-
Aware of my advocacy efforts with methadone and medically assisted recovery for opioid addiction, JamezD of the Island Recovery Centers asked about my stance on Buprenorphine.
There's certainly some history around this (there always is) that we're simply not aware of, but our addiction docs seem to think that "Bup" is a superior approach to dealing with opioid dependence… ~ Misleading on Methadone
Both drugs are used in treatment of heroin and pain killer addictions. Methadone and Buprenorphine work in a similar fashion but are usually administered and dosed differently to block opioid receptors in the brain to prevent withdrawal symptoms. Neither of the drugs produces the meteoric euphoric high that accompanies heroin and pain killer opioids and in fact cancel out the high of other opioid drugs taken during treatment. I feel Suboxone® is a superior form of Buprenorphine because of the additive naloxone which prevents misuse and abuse by injection and intranasal ingestion (snorting). Click "Read more" to continue...
