Suboxone

With medications like Suboxone®, people with opioid addiction can get relief from their cravings and withdrawal symptoms and improve their chances of recovery. At Magnolia Recovery in Walnut Creek, California, Daniel Smeester, MD, DABAM, FASAM, and the team offer Suboxone treatment for patients struggling with opioid addiction. To learn more, call the office or request an appointment online today.

What is Suboxone®?

Suboxone is a prescription medication for the treatment of opioid addiction. Magnolia Recovery offers patients confidentiality and a supportive environment. These two factors may play a significant role in helping those patients struggling with opioid addiction, who need privacy and flexibility to get the right help. 

Suboxone is one of the practice’s treatments to support recovery from opioid addiction. 

How does Suboxone work?

Suboxone works by controlling cravings and withdrawal symptoms from opioid addiction. The medication contains two key ingredients: buprenorphine and naloxone.

Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, which means it acts on the brain like an opioid, but to a much lesser extent. This medication helps control cravings for the drug and reduces withdrawal symptoms.

Because buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, taking more of it doesn’t change how the drug works. This action makes it impossible for people to misuse buprenorphine.

Naloxone

Naloxone is an opioid agonist that blocks opioids in the drug from reaching the neurotransmitters in the brain. Suboxone comes in the form of a sublingual film that dissolves on your tongue. This medication delivery method prevents activation of the naloxone.

However, if you misuse your Suboxone prescription and take it any other way, like by injection, it activates the naloxone, immediately sending you into withdrawal.

In addition to the medication, Magnolia Recovery also provides medication-assisted treatment (MAT), which combines Suboxone with behavioral therapy. MAT takes a whole-person approach to addiction, treating the physical and psychological symptoms.

Am I a candidate for Suboxone?

Schedule a consultation at Magnolia Recovery to see if you’re a candidate for Suboxone. The addiction medicine experts prescribe Suboxone to treat opioid addiction. 

If you have an opioid addiction and you’re ready to stop, then treatment with the addiction medicine experts at Magnolia Recovery could be right for you. Before starting Suboxone, you must stop taking your opioid medication for a set period to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

In addition to your desire to stop and your agreement to take Suboxone as prescribed by your provider at Magnolia Recovery, you must also participate in behavioral therapy. 

Suboxone supports recovery from opioid addiction. To learn more about treatment options at Magnolia Recovery, call the office or schedule an appointment online today.