buprenorphine

Suboxone

What is Suboxone? Suboxone is the brand name for a medication approved for the treatment of opioid use disorder combining buprenorphine and naloxone. In other words, it is approved for the treatment of patients who suffer from addiction to opioids (such as heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine). Buprenorphine is the active ingredient of the medication. It works principally as a partial agonist to the mu-opioid receptors of the brain, i.e. it partially…

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Naltrexone for opioid addiction

What is naltrexone? Naltrexone is a medication approved for the treatment of opioid use disorder (opioid dependence). It blocks the μ (mu) opioid receptor in the brain, displacing most other opioids and rendering them basically inactive in that regard. If a person under treatment with naltrexone, takes an opioid (e.g. heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone etc), the opioid ingestedcannot activate the μ opioid receptors and thus exert its actions to the body…

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