The other side of Suboxone

A lot has been written about Suboxone, the buprenorphine treatment drug. For many, Suboxone acts as an effective medication to treat opioid addiction. For others, it’s a highly-valued street drug that is commonly diverted and misused. To understand and acknowledge the darker side of Suboxone we have to look back at its history over the past 16 years.

History of Suboxone

Suboxone was first approved by the FDA in 2002 to treat opioid addiction in office-based opioid treatment programs. Prior to Suboxone, the only opioid treatment drug available was methadone, which could only be obtained from an opioid treatment program or methadone clinic. Suboxone was initially manufactured in tablet form but was subsequently changed to a dissolvable oral filmstrip in 2010.

Currently, over 35 states have filed lawsuits against the drug’s manufacturer alleging antitrust violations regarding the tablet to film reformulation.

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Dennis Wichern