Suboxone is one of three federally approved medications used for treating opioid use disorders. Because the medication is an opiate itself, some people misuse it by snorting or injecting it to get high. Patients who have a prescription for suboxone sometimes sell it or give it away, which is known as diversion. Because of the […]
In June 2018, two companies received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to market generic suboxone film for treating opiate addiction. However, ongoing patent litigation involving brand-name marketers of the drug ties up the release and complicates matters. One question a lot of people may have is whether or not suboxone doctors […]
Opiates are a class of drugs that are made from opium, and synthetic or semi-synthetic drugs that resemble opiate based medications. Many opiates are available by prescription and this includes morphine, oxycodone, codeine and fentanyl. Heroin is an illegal opiate and it is deadly, resulting in thousands of overdose deaths each year. At our suboxone […]
Do you ever wonder about the guidelines for a doctor to prescribe suboxone? There are no real special guidelines for a physician to be able to write a prescription for suboxone. However, all suboxone prescriptions should have a suboxone DEA number on it, or a pharmacy may not fill it. What to Know About Patient […]
The chemical structure of methadone was first produced in the 1930’s as a team of German scientists was searching for a pain-killing drug (analgesic) that would not be as addictive as morphine. In 1937, two scientists (Max Bockmhl and Gustav Ehrhart) uncovered a synthetic substance that they called Hoechst 10820 or polamidon. Years later during […]
