Originally used for pain relief purposes over twenty years ago, Buprenorphine was eventually banned
because of its addictive qualities and illegal sales.
Patients have varying success with buprenorphine treatment. Some return to using their drug of
choice after finishing the treatment and turn to non-tapering treatments, such as anesthesia assisted rapid opiate
detoxification (ARROD), to rid their body of opiates. Many times patients repeatedly try to taper off opiates such
as heroin using a different opiate such as Buprenex® or Methadone. Unfortunately, patients must face
detoxification and withdrawal from these drugs as well.
Many patients have had success with rapid opiate detoxification followed by therapeutic treatment for
their addiction. The rapid detox process allows patients to manage their detoxification and withdrawal from opiates
within a 24-48 hour period. Methods such as Buprenex® or Suboxone® maintenance can last indefinitely. Please
contact us for more information on detoxification from opiates such as Buprenex® and Suboxone®.
Buprenex® or Suboxone® (buprenorphine hydrochloride) is an opiate currently being marketed in the United States
for the treatment of opiate addiction. Similar to opiates such as Methadone, Buprenex® and Suboxone® are
designed as a replacement for injected and snorted opiates such as Heroin. Buprenorphine, a derivative of thebaine,
provides pain relief and also produces a narcotic high. In fact, Drugs
such as Subutex® and Suboxone® combine burprenorphine with naloxone, an opiate antagonist, in
order to prevent overdoses and produce less of a high. In theory this makes Buprenex® or Subutex® easier to
eventually stop using, but its highly addictive qualities sometimes prevent that from happening.
Buprenex® does not prevent withdrawal symptoms. Patients typically undergo three phases of
treatment with Suboxone® or Buprenex®. They initially stop using opiates for a set period of time.
Then they are given varied amounts of Buprenex®, Subutex® or Suboxone® until they are
considered “stabilized.” In the withdrawal phase, the patient attempts to tapers off of Suboxone®
or Burprenex®, allowing for reduced withdrawal symptoms. Tapering off of Buprenex® or Suboxone® usually
takes about 10 days.
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