About Suboxone and Its Use Suboxone™ is the first opioid medication approved under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act 2000 (DATA 2000) for the treatment of opiate addiction and dependence, in an office- based setting. Suboxone™ (and its sister drug Subutex™) can also be dispensed for take- home use, just as any other medicine for the treatment of other medical conditions.
Medically supervised stabilization at the right level of treatment medications along with structured use of the medication. Intensive individual, group and family therapies to carry out an 16-20 week individualized treatment program, in order to get back your health, your job and your family. Continuing outpatient aftercare focusing on being completely drug-free by employing comprehensive counseling, therapy and state-of-the-art medications. individuals who have become dependent on or are addicted to opiates and whose goal is to abstain completely from all drug usage. SOS’s program integrates highly effective counseling with state-of-the- art medication treatments Buprenorphine (Suboxone). This treatment program is designed primarily for
The primary active ingredient in Suboxone™ is buprenorphine. Buprenorphine is a medication that can both activate and block opioid receptors. Depending on the conditions, partial agonists can produce effects similar to those of either agonists or antagonists. In combination with naloxone, it creates the opiate addiction treatment drug, Suboxone® and combined with naltrexone, it creates the opiate treatment medicaton Subutex®. Because buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, its opioid effects are limited compared with those produced by full opioid agonists, such as oxycodone or heroin. Suboxone™ also contains naloxone, an opioid antagonist.
The naloxone in Suboxone™ is there to discourage people from misusing the drug (i.e., dissolving the tablet and injecting it.) When Suboxone™ is used as directed (by placing the tablet under the tongue and allowing it to dissolve) very little naloxone reaches the bloodstream, so the patient primarily feels are the effects of the buprenorphine. However, if Suboxone™ is injected, the naloxone can cause that person to quickly go into withdrawal.
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