• Addiction · Jul 2008

    Case Reports

    A case of heroin overdose reversed by sublingually administered buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone).

    • Christopher Welsh, Susan G Sherman, and Karin E Tobin.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. cwelsh@psych.umaryland.edu
    • Addiction. 2008 Jul 1; 103 (7): 1226-8.

    BackgroundOpioid overdose is a major source of morbidity and mortality in injection drug users in the United States and many other countries.Case DescriptionA case is described in which buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) was administered sublingually to reverse a heroin overdose.ConclusionsSublingually administered buprenorphine/naloxone might be used as a means to reverse opioid overdose.

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