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Does Suboxone Help With Pain?
Pronounced: (BUE-pre-NOR-feen/nal-OX-one)
Suboxone SL Uses
This medication contains 2 medicines: buprenorphine and naloxone. It is used to treat narcotic (opioid) dependence/addiction. Buprenorphine belongs to a class of drugs called mixed narcotic agonist-antagonists. Buprenorphine helps prevent withdrawal symptoms caused by stopping other opiate-type narcotics.
Naloxone is a narcotic antagonist that blocks the effect ...
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