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  • noun medicine A semisynthetic opioid that is used to treat opioid addiction.

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Examples

  • But I look at long-term buprenorphine maintenance the same way I do methadone -- to give up heroin or illegally obtained Oxycontin for sustained use of Suboxone is simply trading one drug for another.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2009

  • But I look at long-term buprenorphine maintenance the same way I do methadone -- to give up heroin or illegally obtained Oxycontin for sustained use of Suboxone is simply trading one drug for another.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2009

  • But I look at long-term buprenorphine maintenance the same way I do methadone -- to give up heroin or illegally obtained Oxycontin for sustained use of Suboxone is simply trading one drug for another.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2009

  • It also found the painkiller buprenorphine, which is sold as Suboxone, and the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam, sold as Xanax, officials said.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • Officers approached the vehicle and found a folded-up dollar bill containing suspected heroin and two pills of suboxone, also known as buprenorphine, a medication used to treat heroin addiction, in the possession of the back-seat passenger, Kevin Logan, 44.

    WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather & Sports Station 2009

  • Officers approached the vehicle and found a folded-up dollar bill containing suspected heroin and two pills of suboxone, also known as buprenorphine, a medication used to treat heroin addiction, in the possession of the back-seat passenger, Kevin Logan, 44.

    WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather & Sports Station 2009

  • Dodsatrorse | Apr 5, 2009 1: 45: 25 PM company drug generic recall buprenorphine and naloxone celebrex ingredient acyclovir clomid

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Dodsatrorse | Apr 5, 2009 1: 45: 25 PM company drug generic recall buprenorphine and naloxone celebrex ingredient acyclovir clomid

    BlueOregon 2009

  • But police said they found Staten in possession of Suboxone pills, or buprenorphine, which is prescribed to treat heroin addiction.

    Blog updates 2009

  • Here the treatment is done with the help of suboxone which is the combination of two drugs namely buprenorphine, naloxone.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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