Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine Treatment Opioid use Disorder | Turning Point of Tampa

What is Buprenorphine? Buprenorphine is an opioid partial agonist that is used to treat opioid addiction. Buprenorphine can be considered a halfway point between a full opioid agonist like methadone or Levacetylmethadol (LAAM) and other opioid antagonists like naltrexone or nalmefene. Full opioid agonists, such as methadone and heroin, exert greater opioid receptor activity based […]