Synonyms for buprenorphine
buprenor·phine

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1. buprenorphine

   Synonyms:
   Suboxone, Subutex

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1. Indra Cidambi:

   When you mix buprenorphine with opioids, there is an increased risk of respiratory depression. That’s what you see when a parent goes into a child’s room and they’re not audible, when someone is on these four rods, they’re not following therapy— they’re easily combining the drugs, and that can lead to death.

2. Caleb Banta-Green:

   It’s a conversation starter. It’s life-saving for the individual. It’s not a game-changer at the population level, we need to do more. And we need to use treatment medications – methadone and buprenorphine – which are far higher overdose preventive approaches.

3. Caleb Banta-Green:

   The good news is that among all drugs of abuse, heroin and opioids have by far the best treatment medications available. Methadone and buprenorphine have proven effectiveness data, they not only reduce the chances of dying from an opioid overdose by 50%, they support people being in recovery from their addiction and reduce health care costs and improve a wide array of other outcomes.