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Buprenorphine for Drug Dependence
Why It Is Used
Buprenorphine can help treat Reference addiction Opens New Window to opioid drugs, including heroin and narcotic painkillers. It prevents or reduces Reference withdrawal symptoms Opens New Window caused by quitting these drugs.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: May 14, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Peter Monti, PhD - Alcohol and Addiction |
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