Introducing Office-Based Treatment for Opioid Addiction

This pamphlet details buprenorphine, a new medicine developed to treat addiction to opiods, such as heroin and prescription painkillers. Discussed are how buprenorphine works, how it differs from methadone, and how someone in need of the medicine can obtain it.

For ordering information see the link below.

https://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=16524

Publication Year: 2003

Publisher

SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
11420 Rockville Pike
Rockville, md 20852
Phone: 800-729-6686
Website: http://www.ncadi.samhsa.gov