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SUBOXONE

BY AMANDA ZUFELT
WHAT IS SUBOXONE?
Suboxone is a drug prescribed to give to
opioid addicts.

Made up of Buprenorphine and Naloxone

Given as an outpatient treatment

Given in either a tablet or a film that is


placed under the tongue.
PILLS FILM
Suboxone is successful at treating opioid
addictions.

Is an Opioid and can cause addiction also.

People buy sell and trade their Suboxone


for other drugs, take the pills or film not
prescribed to them, or take a higher dose
than prescribed to get a different effect.
HOW ITS TAKEN
Peoples become addicted when they manipulate the drug to achieve faster
and stronger effects.

Usually taken by crushing and snorting pills, mixing crushed pills with water to
inject them, chewing and swallowing pills or taking multiple pills at a time.
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
HOW SUBOXONE WORKS
ON THE BRAIN
SIDE EFFECTS

Nausea Sneezing Shivering


Vomiting Runny Nose Sweating
Diarrhea Muscle Pain Insomnia
Fever Rapid Heart
Rate
CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR
Moodiness/ Agitation Abuse or violence
Anxiety Legal problems
Depression Borrowing money
Loss of interest in Selling of possessions
relationships Stealing
Loss of job or problems at
work
OPIATE ADDICTION EPIDEMIC
Drug addiction has more than tripled in
the last 30 years.

In 2013 the legal sales of Suboxone


reached 1.55 billion dollars.

More than Adderall and Viagra


combined

Called the blockbuster drug


TREATMENT FACILITIES HERE IN SALT LAKE.
Highland Ridge- 7309 S. 180 W. Midvale Utah 84047. (855) 812-3107

LifeMatters Counseling and Health Center- 3120 S. 1300 E. SLC Utah (801) 921-8820

Recovery Ways- Murray Utah- (801) 769- 0023

Cirque Lodge-Provo, Utah 84604- (866)620-9729 (many stars have come to this facility)

Specializing in Youth recovery:


Youth Care Inc.- 12595 S Minuteman Dr. Draper Utah 84020- (866) 420 3732 (11-18 year olds)

West Ridge Academy- 5500 W. Bagley Park West Jordan Utah 84081- (801) 669-9115 (11-19)
WORK CITED

Buprenorphine overdose: How much is too much (2014). Retrieved from


http://prescription-drug.addictionblog.org/buprenorphine-overdose-how
much-buprenorphine-to-od/
Peddicord, A., Bush, C., Cruze,C., (2015) A Comparison of Suboxone and Methadone in the
Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Retrieved from https://www.omicsonline.org/open-
access/a-comparison-of-suboxone-and-methadone-in-the-treatment-of-
opiateaddiction-2155-6105-1000248.php?aid=64527
Patterson, E., (2017). Suboxone Abuse. Retrieved from
http://drugabuse.com/library/suboxone-abuse/
WORKS CITED CONT

Sittanbalam, C., Vij, R., Ferguson, R., (2014) Buprenorphine Outpatient Outcomes
Project: can Suboxone be a viable outpatient option for heroin
addiction? Retrieved from
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jchimp.v4.22902

Suboxone Addiction & Treatment :The Risks of Addiction & When Help Is Needed
(2017). Retrieved from http://americanaddictioncenters.org/suboxone/

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