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Buprenorphine

During the 1980s, Reckitt & Colman began marketing buprenorphine hydrochloride under the name Buprenex. Buprenex is primarily found in 0.324 mg/ml injectable formulations. 0.324 mg buprenorphine hydrochloride is equivalent to 0.3 mg buprenorphine. A prescription medication for people addicted to heroin or other opiates that acts by relieving the symptoms of opiate withdrawal such as agitation, nausea and insomnia.


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    http://www.justice.gov/dea/concern/buprenorphine.html - Click here



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