Subutex?
Related terms
Brand Names: U.S.:
Buprenex?;Butrans?
Brand Names: Canada:
Buprenex?;Subutex?
Uses
- It is used to ease pain.
- It is used to treat drug addiction and withdrawal.
- Buprenorphine binds to parts of the brain to lower the need for pain drugs and help with withdrawal signs.
- It lowers the feeling of pain and how one reacts to pain.
Dosing
How to take
- Do not take this drug with other strong pain drugs or if you are using a pain patch without talking to your doctor first.
- Shot:
- It is given as a shot.
- Follow how to give closely if you or a family member is giving the shot at home.
- Throw away needles in a needle/sharp disposal box and take the box back to your doctor when it is full.
- Oral:
- Sublingual tablet: Place under your tongue and let melt.
- Patch:
- Do not use patches that are cut or do not look right.
- If you or anyone else touches the gel, wash the skin with lots of water. Do not use soap.
- Wash your hands before and after use.
- You may bathe, shower, or swim for short periods after putting on the patch. Cover the patch with plastic wrap and tape to help keep it in place.
- Take off old patch first.
- Put patch on clean, dry, healthy skin on the chest, back, or arm.
- Clip hair at site before putting patch on. Do not shave.
- Move the patch site with each patch.
- If the patch falls off, put a new one on.
- If the patch loosens, put tape over it to hold it in place.
- Keep a pain diary.
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