Comments on: What It’s Like on Buprenorphine http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/ News and Observations from the Fight Against Painkiller Addiction Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Gregg http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-1134 Gregg Tue, 20 May 2008 11:01:32 +0000 http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-1134 Bravo! That was as good as any answer Ive heard so far. Good job Valeria. Bravo! That was as good as any answer Ive heard so far. Good job Valeria.

]]> By: Valeria http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-215 Valeria Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:40:06 +0000 http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-215 Methadone IS pretty freely handed out for two reasons. One, it's been around for a long time and people are comfortable with it and, two, it's a great alternative to using needles. Many cities have methadone programs already in place and it's a relatively quick process to help someone who is addicted to street drugs get in a methadone program within a few days. Suboxone, on the other hand, is relatively new. There are few clinics outside of Meditox who specialize in it and getting the word out has been an unfortunately slow process. You don't have to go to a clinic everyday like you do with methadone, so doctors are under a lot more restrictions about who and how many patients they can treat with the drug. Time should take care of both of these problems. As more people get to know the drug, the effects and how it works, more and more people who just can't get to a methadone clinic everyday will find that Suboxone is a great option and, in many cases, a better one. Methadone IS pretty freely handed out for two reasons. One, it’s been around for a long time and people are comfortable with it and, two, it’s a great alternative to using needles. Many cities have methadone programs already in place and it’s a relatively quick process to help someone who is addicted to street drugs get in a methadone program within a few days.

Suboxone, on the other hand, is relatively new. There are few clinics outside of Meditox who specialize in it and getting the word out has been an unfortunately slow process. You don’t have to go to a clinic everyday like you do with methadone, so doctors are under a lot more restrictions about who and how many patients they can treat with the drug.

Time should take care of both of these problems. As more people get to know the drug, the effects and how it works, more and more people who just can’t get to a methadone clinic everyday will find that Suboxone is a great option and, in many cases, a better one.

]]> By: Deb http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-205 Deb Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:18:40 +0000 http://www.meditoxofpalmbeach.com/blog/what-its-like-on-bupe/#comment-205 I am trying desperatley to figure all this out. If Methadone is so addictive was is it so freely handed out? Conversely, why isn't this supposed wonder detox Suboxone, not given? I am trying desperatley to figure all this out. If Methadone is so addictive was is it so freely handed out? Conversely, why isn’t this supposed wonder detox Suboxone, not given?

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