What is Suboxone Treatment?

Suboxone treatment is the administration of a specific types of medications used to treat opioid dependence and prescription drug abuse. These medications are also known as buprenorphine and naloxone. Normally this type of treatment will be approved to be used with counseling for optimal results.

When the right doses of medication are given, patients will feel minimal withdrawal symptoms. This will lead to a decrease in cravings, less headaches and overall well-being.

How Suboxone Treatment Works in the Body

Before a medical staff will administer the suboxone treatment procedure, the patients must have experienced mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms. After this is determined, physicians will administer buprenorphine to bind onto the affected receptors. Thus, suboxone treatment begins with the suppression of the withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

Over a period of time, the body will respond weaker to the withdrawal symptoms. While the suboxone treatment continues to occupy the receptors, the severeness of the withdrawals will decrease. To make it easier to understand, Imagine if the receptors are like parking spots in the brain. The more spots that suboxone takes and fills up, the tougher it is for opioids to come in.

A Deeper Understanding in the Process of Suboxone Treatment

1. The moment buprenorphine binds onto the brain’s opioid receptors is when the body’s dependency for opioid is satisfied. This will suppress withdrawal symptoms and any drug cravings.
2. Patient’s who are prescribed suboxone treatment will not feel the strong effects that is caused by actual opioids. Rather it will be a weaker effect, but enough to satisfy the cravings in the body.
3. The duration of how long suboxone stays on the receptors may last from 2-4 days.
4. Suboxone has a limit on breathing reductions. When a user takes opioids, their breathing will drastically lower. However, because suboxone is not a full agonist, patients will not have to worry about these breathing problems.                                                                                                                                                                    

How Safe is Suboxone Treatment?

Like any other medications, suboxone will have side effects. Side effects may include: headaches, other withdrawal symptoms, pains in the body, sleeping problems, constipation, stomach issues and sweating. Letting a suboxone physician know of these problems can be help in determining what program is best for those affected.

Some other side effects that can be serious are:

1. Faint and dizzy feelings.
2. Breathing drastically decreases.
3. Darker urine.
4. Lots of appetite fo a few days.
5. Stomach pains and sicknesses.
6. Lower stomach cramps.