artedbuprenorphine and methadone. using opioids varies; also they have differentScheme of the Buprenorphine Treatment habits such as smoking and drinking On a study made in 1994 in the alcohol. Most of the patients in this studySertox where the use of buprenorphine will had different reaction to the treatment. Somebe used as treatment for detoxification of of them needed a second treatment ofpatients with addiction to opioids (AO). Ten buprenorphine and clonodine because theypatients that were treated at Sertox from are needed; only one of them presented totalJanuary 1994 to May 1999 were selected to remission. After six months of the treatmentparticipate in this investigation. A only two patients presented total or partialtherapeutic scheme was developed to treat remission. After the patients finished theirthese patients in this research. The treatment a support treatment must be placedtherapeutic scheme is as follow; initially if not most of these patients will go back tocompress doses of 0.216 mg of opioids. This study concluded that thebuprenorphine were administrated every six pharmalogical properties of buprenorphinehours and was decreasing the doses are accepted by the patients and can be usedgradually by 50% every 48 hours until was as a tool to treat patients addicted to opioids.totally suppressed. At the same timemaintenance for 28 was administrated using
Beneficial Effects of Buprenorphine is the patients responses to the need of opiod But the effects on a drug against use. In the same study other patientsanother drug can be beneficial or can harm presented decreased respiratory rate andthe receptor. The benefits of buprenorphine drowsiness. Also is shown that when thecompared to the effects of opiod are shown dose is doubled the patient can present athrough different studies. In a study made by close-dependent increase in analgesia.Sacerdote et al. (2008) they found that the Analgesia is a condition denominated as theuse of opiod such as morphine and heroin absence of feel of pain in the body and manycan make changes in the immune system of times uncontiosness. In this study was founda person. On the contrary, methadone and that the use of buprenorphine in somebuprenorphine can restore the immune patients can have a deficient in salivationfunction and cytokine concentration. but normal saline was used to overcome thisCytokine is a molecule that is secreted by problem. This study does not show any otherthe cells in the immune system; this major secondary effects on patients the usemolecule helps to regulate the body. In a of buprenorphine on patients understudy made by Kapadia et al. (2005) and treatment.cited by Sacerdote et al. (2008) was foundthat a long lasting treatment with methadone Buprenorphine Treatment Duringand buprenorphine normalized the HPA axis Pregnancy and After Deliveringwhen altered when using heroin. The HPAaxis is part of the hypothalamus which is Pregnancy is a time were women arelocated in the brain; this part of the brain is susceptible to put the fetus in danger duringresponsible for the communication between the use of any medicine. Any treatment mustthe nervous system and the endocrine be supervised by a doctor that could offersystem. Many times this communication is the best medication for that mother anddamage because of drug abuse. Another child. Instead the use of a drug likestudy made by Mei et al. (2010) presented buprenorphine during and after the birth of athat a patient using buprenorphine as child can be an alternative for opioidtreatment shows a reduce withdrawal and patients. Most of the time the use ofcraving for heroin. In addition, alleviates methadone has been the treatment preferrednegative reinforcement such as abstinence by physicians but has been found thatand heroin-related cues. This shows that the buprenorphine treatment is less harmful fortreatment of heroin addiction has it benefits the mother and the child. According towhen buprenorphine is used. Martin (2006) has been found that a treatment with buprenorphine duringSecondary Effects of Buprenorphine pregna