You have likely heard of Suboxone, the most popular brand name medication for the treatment of opioid addiction. Suboxone, Subutex, and Zubsolv are all brand name formulations of buprenorphine. The value of treatment with Suboxone has long been debated by federal, state, and county substance abuse treatment boards, and with its use comes a degree of personal responsibility required on your ...
Buprenorphine Implant Available Soon?
We all know the federal government moves slowly, so with this good news we are urging only cautious optimism. However, substance abuse treatment professionals across the nation are perking up joyous ears, eager to learn more about a recommendation by an FDA Advisory Panel to approve the use of Probuphine, a buprenorphine implant, to treat opiate addiction. Liz Szabo of USA Today was the first ...
What Can You Get Away With at a Heroin Treatment Center?
You are thinking about your life as an opiate addict, and you wonder if it’s time to go to a heroin treatment center. You’ve finally accepted the advice from many that methadone or Suboxone treatment is the best way to achieve recovery. But you can’t help thinking about all the things people tell you about all those rules in treatment, and you can’t help wondering if you can make your own ...
