Limits on Suboxone Coverage by State or Insurer. Info Needed.
Just a short request tonight. I need help gaining an understanding of how buprenorphine/Suboxone is covered, across geography, insurance carriers, and state Medicaid agencies. Please write to me and share what you know. Does your state limit coverage for buprenorphine to a specific length of time? Have you appealed that limit? Did you win or [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - February 11, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction Legal Public policy Suboxone treatment Suboxone Insurance coverage Suboxone Medicaid time limit on Suboxone Source Type: blogs
Wasting Resources on Suboxone
Readers of this blog know that I have often questioned whether there is any clinical difference between Suboxone and generic buprenorphine. Naloxone is an opioid-blocking chemical added to buprenorphine, supposedly in order to reduce intravenous diversion of the medication. The combination of buprenorphine plus naloxone is branded as Suboxone. I’ve pointed out over the years [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 26, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Buprenorphine pharmacology receptor actions Research Suboxone Subutex Withdrawal does naloxone cause withdrawal is naloxone necessary suboxone or buprenorphine suboxone vs subutex Source Type: blogs
Does Suboxone Cause SIDS?
In a recent Google search about Suboxone and pregnancy, one of the top links included the frightening statement that Suboxone and buprenorphine have been linked to SIDS or sudden infant death syndrome, commonly called ‘crib death.’ The statement was from a health forum where a woman wrote about taking Suboxone during pregnancy. She wrote that her [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 13, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine pregnancy Research risks side effects Suboxone Subutex SIDS and suboxone suboxone and pregnancy suboxone risks sudden infant death syndrome Source Type: blogs
Suboxone Side Effects pt. 2
We can now leave naloxone out of the discussion, and focus on the side effects of Suboxone that are caused by buprenorphine. Side effects are symptoms caused by a given medication that are not part of the therapeutic benefit of that medication. Whether a symptom is a side effect depends on the reason for taking [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 2, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Buprenorphine Education pharmacology risks side effects Suboxone Subutex constipation itching from suboxone nausea and suboxone side effects of suboxone suboxone adverse reactions Source Type: blogs
Suboxone Side Effects pt 1
Side Effects pt. 1: Impact of Naloxone It has been a while since I’ve written about the more basic aspects of Suboxone treatment for opioid dependence. I used to check the phrases used to search for Suboxone, and cover those topics one by one. In that spirit, I’ll spend a little time talking about side [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 1, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Buprenorphine side effects Suboxone allergic to naloxone naloxone side effects side effects of suboxone suboxone allergy Suboxone withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Treating Addiction with Brain Surgery
Today I read about the stereotactic brain surgery used to treat opioid dependence in China over the past ten years. The procedure is relatively straightforward; the patient’s skull is clamped in place while small holes are drilled, guided by computerized, 3-dimensional maps of the brain. Probes are inserted deeply through brain tissue to the nucleus accumbens, where [...] (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - January 1, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: J T Junig Tags: Addiction risks side effects Suboxone treatment brain pleasure centers brain surgery for heroin addiction chinese brain surgery neuro-ablation of nucleus accumbens opioid dependence treatment Source Type: blogs
