Buprenorphine's Relationship With Traditional Recovery
Buprenorphine's Relationship with Traditional Recovery
Partial agonist actions at the mu opioid receptor cause a 'ceiling effect' to sublingual doses above about 4 mg, so that larger doses do not increase opiate effects beyond that level. The high binding affinity and partial agonist effect eliminate …
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Should Taxpayers Pay for the Junky's Substitute Smack?
Paramedics normally carry naloxone, although there are concerns about using it in the field because it may improve respiration while producing withdrawal symptoms. More broadly — 38 thousand overdose deaths annually? …. This is why it should be a no …
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