Posted by BrittPark on January 5, 2003, at 10:16:13
In reply to In response to Britt, posted by MoQ on January 5, 2003, at 8:19:45
It's my understanding that buprenorphine is a partial opiate agonist. It therefore works like any other opiate up to a certain dosage but after that it starts working as an opiate antagonist. It's therefore self limiting which is why it is used to treat opiate addicts. Someone with a better handle on the pharmacology, please post and corect any errors.
Cheers,
Britt
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