Suboxone - A Certified Treatment for Drug Dependence
If you find someone suffering from opiate addiction, then you can suggest him to go for Suboxone treatment. This medication has been introduced under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 for the treatment of opiate addiction. Its composition contains a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone. The former is a semi-synthetic chemical, which is used to treat opiate addiction in higher dosages whereas the latter is a medicine used to counter the effects from the overdose of opiate. Source:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Sublocade, the first once-monthly injectable buprenorphine product for the treatment of moderate-to-severe opioid use disorder (OUD) in adult patients who have initiated treatment with a transmucosal (Absorbed through mucus membrane) buprenorphine-containing product. It is indicated for patients that have been on a stable dose of buprenorphine treatment for a minimum of seven days. Source 7w.