Complications arising from intravenous buprenorphine abuse.
Sir,

Following its introduction in the 1980s, buprenorphine (Subutex, Schering Plough) abuse has been reported worldwide.1,,2 Within a year of its introduction to treat opioid dependence in Singapore in 2002, buprenorphine became the second top-selling new pharmaceutical product in 2003, and the fourth best-selling product in 2005.3 This rise in popularity was in turn accompanied by an increase in the number of reported cases …