Killing the Suboxone Gift Horse with Naltrexone
I received an email update today with important news from the world of psychiatry and addiction. The email highlighted a study from the October issue of Jama Psychiatry, entitled ‘A Randomized,...
View ArticleSuboxone 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 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...
View ArticleSuboxone as Problem, Suboxone as Solution
Originally Posted 3/14/2013 A local District Attorney wrote to me last week to express his concern about the increased diversion of buprenorphine. I often sense an undercurrent of tension when I cross...
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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