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What Is Suboxone?
Suboxone is a prescription medication that combines buprenorphine and naloxone. It’s used to treat opioid addiction. (Heroin and narcotic painkillers are common opioid drugs.) Buprenorphine belongs to a class of drugs called opioid partial agonists, which help relieve symptoms of opiate withdrawal.
BENEFITS
Suboxone can decrease cravings and relieve withdrawal symptoms. This can help you remain in treatment and gain control over your opiate addiction without the distraction of cravings and fear of withdrawal. Suboxone detox offers a way to treat opioid dependence—under supervision—with privacy, confidentiality, and safety. People treated with Suboxone generally don’t need to be hospitalized, make daily visits to a clinic, or go away from home for residential treatment. As a result, treatment with Suboxone may allow more time for work, family, and other activities.
OVERVIEW
This suppresses withdrawal symptoms and drug cravings. Second, because Suboxone excites the brain’s opioid receptors only a little – it is a partial agonist – the patient does not get the same strong effects that are caused by full agonists such as prescription painkillers, heroin, and methadone.