The National Alliance of Advocates
for Buprenorphine Treatment
Buprenorphine (Suboxone®, Subutex®) is an opioid medication used to treat opioid
addiction in the privacy of a physician's office.1 Buprenorphine can be dispensed
for take-home use, by prescription.1 This, in addition to the pharmacological
and safety
profile of buprenorphine, makes it an attractive treatment for patients addicted to opioids.2
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CBS Evening News: Generation Rx: Fighting Addiction with a PillExperts say nearly five million Americans are abusing prescription drugs. But a new pill may help them kick the habit, and it can be prescribed by your family doctor. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports. |
Substance abuse treatment is committed to abstinence from nonmedical drug use. Yet, continued nonmedical drug and alcohol use and relapse are so common that they are often defined as part of the disease itself, says Robert L. DuPont, MD of the Institute for Behavior and Health.
Date: 02/03/2012
A new study of siblings’ brain structure and function may provide clues to addiction. Time reports that the study suggests at least some brain changes seen in addiction are a cause of excessive drug use, not the result.
Date: 02/03/2012
A new study links smoking with an increased risk of psoriasis. Heavy smokers, and those who smoke for many years, are at greatest risk.
Date: 02/03/2012
Indiana’s “blue law,” which bans carryout liquor sales on Sundays, may leave some unprepared Super Bowl visitors alcohol-free, according to the Associated Press.
Date: 02/03/2012
The U.S. Army is investigating a possible link between the death of two soldiers and popular dietary supplements containing dimethylamylamine, or DMAA.
Date: 02/03/2012
Substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists will meet February 6-9 in Washington, D.C., for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) 22nd annual National Leadership Forum.
Date: 02/02/2012
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon suggested Wednesday that a federal rule that would require cigarette packages to carry graphic warning labels could violate tobacco companies’ free speech rights, Reuters reports.
Date: 02/02/2012
The Defense Department announced this week it is expanding its drug testing program to include hydrocodone and benzodiazepines. The program already tests for codeine and morphine.
Date: 02/02/2012
Reducing alcohol consumption may decrease the incidence of colon cancer in people with a family history of the cancer, a new study suggests.
Date: 02/02/2012
Sales of oxycodone fell 20 percent last year in Florida, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced.
Date: 02/01/2012
Support and Resources for Parents Dealing with Teen Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA Talk Paper, T0238, October 8, 2002, Subutex and Suboxone approved to treat opiate dependence.
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 40. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 04-3939. Rockville, Md: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004.