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buprenorphine

buprenorphine

1 8.7
A medicine doctors use to reduce pain and treat addiction to strong pain drugs
  • noun
  • /ˌbjuːprɪˈnɔːrfiːn/
  • Specialized
: buprenorfina
  • So with buprenorphine, some people may just want to show up and get a dose and that's it.
  • buprenorphine-naloxone
  • buprenorphine treatment
  • prescribe buprenorphine

Suboxone or buprenorphine is a superior, somewhat superior people think to methadone is widely available.

Examples

  • A total of 696 clients were treated with methadone and 347 with buprenorphine.

    Academic text (2007)
  • One of our buprenorphine sites is also going to be moving into another protocol.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Ten programs provide both methadone and buprenorphine, and one program provides buprenorphine only.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Among other things, the study pointed out the reasons for differences between methadone and buprenorphine programs.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Comprehensive care within methadone or buprenorphine treatment -- both in detoxification and maintenance programs -- is quite rare.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Today, there are a number of effective pain medications available to pets, like gabapentin, buprenorphine, and tramadol.

    Blog text (16)
  • For example, research could promote understanding of what doses of buprenorphine/naloxone are most effective on the basis of a person's level of tolerance of opioids.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In addition to the substitution centers, an unknown number of physicians prescribe buprenorphine in their practices to an unknown number of patients.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The increasing use of buprenorphine for detoxification and maintenance demonstrates how this Congressional action helped reduce barriers to agonist treatment.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Buprenorphine is often prescribed to help patients manage their buprenorphine effectively.

Synonyms

naltrexone
vsbuprenorphine
  • Specialized
2 9.3

A medicine taken by mouth that blocks the effect of drugs like heroin and helps people stop drinking alcohol

treats pain and addiction rather than only blocking opiate effects
methadone hydrochloride
vsbuprenorphine
  • NSFW
5.8

A man-made medicine that helps people with heroin addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms

treats both pain and addiction rather than focusing on maintenance therapy

Surface Forms

buprenorphine singular

Etymology

The word buprenorphine was made by scientists and includes the ending -orphine, which links it to morphine ('a well-known pain drug'). The first part bu- shows it is a 'made' or changed version of morphine, so the name helps you remember it is a medicine like morphine used for pain and to help people reduce their use of stronger pain medicines.