Suboxone Side Effects Pt. 2
Originally posted 1/2/2013 We can now leave naloxone out of the discussion, and focus on the side effects of Suboxone that are caused by buprenorphine. Side effects are symptoms caused by a given...
View ArticleDoes Suboxone Cause SIDS?
Originally posted 1/13/2013 In a recent Google search about Suboxone and pregnancy, one of the top links included the frightening statement that Suboxone and buprenorphine have been linked to SIDS or...
View ArticleWasting Resources on Suboxone
Originally posted 1/26/2013 Readers of this blog know that I have often questioned whether there is any clinical difference between Suboxone and generic buprenorphine. Naloxone is an opioid-blocking...
View ArticleUrine Drug Testing on Suboxone
First Posted 2/15/2013 A recent exchange with a reader: I have been on buprenorphine for 5 yrs. Recently my doctor stated that my u/a t looked like I have been ‘loading my meds.’ He said my levels...
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Suboxone Maker’s Petition Denied by FDA
Originally Posted 2/23/2013 I’ve written in detail about the bold move by Reckitt-Benckiser, maker of Suboxone, that few people outside the company saw coming. In brief, the company has been cruising...
View ArticleReckitt Benckiser Citizen Petition for Suboxone: DENIED
Posted 2/23/2013 For those who missed my explanation, I’m adding these old posts to reconstruct the archive. The site’s database was damaged by something, somehow… New posts coming soon. Find a copy...
View ArticleSuboxone Makes Me Fat and Boring and Stupid
Originally posted 3/6/2013 A late post tonight, since my new exercise program has pushed my blogging back by an hour or so each night. My suspicions about exercise were correct, by the way; it is much...
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Who Pays For Health Care? (Hint: We ALL Do)
First Published 4/20/2013I realize that practice patterns differ between practices, even those treating the same condition (opioid dependence) with the same medication (buprenorphine). Differing...
View ArticlePregnant Taking Suboxone: Should Social Services be Involved?
First Posted 11/4/2013 I recently saw a new patient who described treating her own opioid dependence with diverted Suboxone. She sheepishly described reading everything she could find about...
View ArticleBuprenorphine Diversion: Beyond a Superficial Understanding
First Posted 11/19/2013 In ‘Addiction Treatment with a Dark Side’, Deborah Sontag of the New York Times shared her observations of the clinical use of buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence,...
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