Does Suboxone Stop Working Over Time?
I’m taking a few moments before the New Year to answer a question I received by email. For reader WisdomQuest in the comments section– NO. For others, I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year, and thank you for stopping by SuboxoneTalkZone now and then. Buprenorphine is relatively unique among opioids in having… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Buprenorphine pharmacology receptor actions tolerance buprenorphine and opioid tolerance buprenorphine ceiling effect does suboxone stop working how long can I take suboxone Source Type: blogs
Toward Understanding Ibogaine
Paul Dessauer, Outreach Coordinator at WASUA, the Western Australian Substance Users’ Association, often adds insight to issues that come up on my blog. He shared a few comments in response to my post about ibogaine, and at my request gave permission to post his remarks here. His comments include a summary of the receptor actions… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 31, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: pharmacology receptor actions Research ibogaine effects ibogaine for opioid dependence ibogaine treatment safety of ibogaine Source Type: blogs
Opioid Dependence Treatment with Ibogaine
I would have posted this sooner, but I held back to avoid ruining a reader’s Showtime Homeland experience. Spoiler Alert… Viewers of Homeland should be aware that reading the following will take away some of the surprise in Season 3, episode 9 (aired 11.24.2013). I’ve written about ibogaine before, but I’ve assumed that the reported effectiveness… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 29, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Pharma treatment help for addiction ibogaine addiction ibogaine treatment natural addiction treatments opioid dependence Source Type: blogs
Suboxone Zona de Charla en Español
Con perdón , estoy confiando en el traductor de Google para llegar a una versión española precisa de mis comentarios sobre la adicción a los opioides y Suboxone ( buprenorfina) . Miro a la distribución de los lectores de mi blog, y aunque tengo lectores en Egipto, Jordania , Suecia, Francia y Alemania , que… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 28, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction Suboxone buprenorfina embarazada en suboxone la abstinencia de opiáceos la adicción la adicción a la heroína la dependencia de opiáceos Source Type: blogs
Health Privacy at the Pharmacy
In the middle of an already-hectic schedule, my office received a call from a pharmacist at Roundy’s Pharmacy, Sheboygan WI saying that he couldn’t fill a script for oxycodone without the patient’s ICD-9 number. The ICD-9 is soon to be replaced by ICD-10, a system that applies numbers to every medical illness under the sun. … (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Costs Legal Public policy healthcare privacy hipaa icd10 icd9 code opioids oxycodone pain Source Type: blogs
Merck Fined $21M By French Regulators For Bad Behavior
In response to some bad behavior by the former Schering-Plough, French antitrust regulators have fined the Merck unit about $21 million for a campaign to thwart the introduction of a generic version of the Subutex drug that is used to treat opioid addiction. The decision was taken after reviewing a complaint filed by Arrow Generiques, which launched the generic in March 2006.
The Merck (MRK) unit had previously been warned about its practices, which were described as defamation, and manipulating the market by stock saturation and offering pharmacies discounts and longer payment terms. The drugmaker, which had purchased the...
Source: Pharmalot - December 20, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
How and When to Stop Buprenorphine or Suboxone
People know my bias—that many people should think of buprenorphine as a chronic, perhaps life-long treatment for a chronic, life-long disease. That said, I am aware of how many people out there are convinced that they need to be ‘off everything,’ no matter the misery opioids have caused in their lives. I don’t get it;… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 16, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Tapering buprenorphine taper how to stop suboxone should I stop suboxone when to stop buprenorphine Source Type: blogs
Celebrities with Addictions
I came across a list of celebrities with known histories of addiction on a different web site. Sharing the list does not disclose private information or betray confidences (believe it or not, I haven’t been invited to the Academy Awards even once!). I don’t share the names to ‘shame’ anyone. I’m sharing it because I was… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 14, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction addicted celebrities famous people with addiction how common is addiction Source Type: blogs
Reckitt Benckiser Pharma Unit In The US Is Raided By The Feds
Several weeks after Reckitt Benckiser signaled its intent to sell its pharmaceutical business, the company has received an intense level of interest – but not from investors. Instead, agents from the US HHS Office of Inspector General, the US Internal Revenue Service and local police raised its offices in Virginia and were seen leaving with numerous boxes of documents, according to television reports.
A Reckitt spokesman, meanwhile, sends us this: “We can confirm that federal officers from the US government presented a search warrant at the offices of Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday ...
Source: Pharmalot - December 5, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
Buprenorphine Odds and Ends
Bummer…. I recently had an SEO expert review my blog and forum, wondering why my hundreds of pages about buprenorphine and Suboxone are a page or so further down the Google lists than a single-page web site offering rapid detox. I learned that the theme I used for the blog, while fresh with features 6… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 5, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Pharma Buprenorphine buprenorphine regulations overdose death Suboxone zubsolv Source Type: blogs
Odds and Ends
Bummer…. I recently had an SEO expert review my blog and forum, wondering why my hundreds of pages about buprenorphine and Suboxone are a page or so further down the Google lists than a single-page web site offering rapid detox. I learned that the theme I used for the blog, while fresh with features 6 […] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 5, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Buprenorphine side effects Suboxone buprenorphine regulations overdose death zubsolv Source Type: blogs
Bangor to Maine: Too Much Suboxone Treatment!
As I read about the moratorium on buprenorphine treatment programs in Bangor, Maine, I thought about the scene from the movie Titanic where the people who found safety in lifeboats struggled to keep those in the water from climbing aboard. The Bangor city council recently voted to impose a moratorium on expanding buprenorphine treatment programs for… (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - November 27, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Public policy Bangor City Council Bangor moratorium heroin addiction methadone clinics new buprenorphine programs Suboxone treatment Source Type: blogs
Bangor to Maine: Not in My Lifeboat!
As I read about the moratorium on buprenorphine treatment programs in Bangor, Maine, I thought about the scene from the movie Titanic where the people who found safety in lifeboats struggled to keep those in the water from climbing aboard. The Bangor city council recently voted to impose a moratorium on expanding buprenorphine treatment programs for […] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - November 27, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Methadone Public policy Suboxone Bangor City Council Bangor moratorium heroin addiction methadone clinics new buprenorphine programs Suboxone treatment Source Type: blogs
A New SuboxDoc in Town
claimtoken-5292e33e9a6f5 The name ‘SuboxDoc’ created an online identity, but I’ve always realized the moniker was a double-edged sword. Once when I testified for a young man linked to an overdose death, the DA undercut my testimony by asking ‘Is it true, doctor, that sites on the internet refer to you by the name SUBOXDOC??!!!’ (Insert dramatic music here). […] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - November 24, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Drug Testing Legal Public policy Suboxone Subutex treatment buprenorphine certified regulations suboxone doctors suboxone drug testing Suboxone treatment suboxone treatment contract Source Type: blogs
Former “Jersey Shore” Star in Recovery From Painkiller Addiction
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino recently opened up about his recovery from painkiller addiction.
Mike says he became addicted to the opioid painkillers he was prescribed after an injury he suffered on “Dancing With the Stars.” In an interview with the Associated Press, he recounts the moment when he knew he was addicted. It was during a family trip to Australia in February 2012, when he ran out of his pills. Mike says:
“All I had to do was get dressed for a family function and I couldn’t do that … The shirt was laid out, the belt, the pants, everything. The shower was on. I couldn’t even get out of bed.” ...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - November 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
