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What is the rationale of bulpurphine in management of opiod dependence?n its combination with naloxone

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Cant answer in: 400 spaces. Maintenance therapies, previously only with methadone, have improved the lifespan, health and social well-being of hundreds of thousands of people, with about a 60% success rate overall, about 15% of people get clean and stay clean with na or other, but the vast majority don't. For those folks, Buprenorphine offers a very safe drug which prevents other opiate use and stabilizes life.

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For Opiate Addiction: Suboxone contains Buprenorphine plus a short acting opiate blocker called naloxone. Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic partial opiate agonist. That means, it has very unique properties compared with other opiates like hydrocodone and oxycodone. Suboxone can take away the cravings for opiates so the addict can work on figuring out why he or she takes opiates in the first place. Suboxone saves lives.

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