What is Naloxone

Naloxone is a competitive receptor antagonist.

This means that if you take a medication, such as Suboxone (Which contains both Buprenorphine Hydrochloride and Naloxone) and then you administer an opiate you will experience immediate withdrawal symptoms.

NOTE: Subutex only contains Buprenorphine Hydrochloride

In other words an opiate user can’t use an opiate on top of Suboxone without getting ill. However they may use an opiate on top of Subutex and not get ill…although the user will not feel the effects of the opiate as Subutex functions as an a opiate “blocker.”

The Naloxone component in Suboxone is shown to reduce the risk of fatal overdose due to the aforementioned pharmacokinetics.

We found more detailed information available here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naloxone

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