Suboxone Treatment

Suboxone treatment is indicated for pain management and also replacement in addiction programs.

Suboxone® is the trade name of an opioid drug formulation that combines the two drugs, Buprenorphine and Naloxone. Suboxone treatment for narcotic analgesia relieves moderate to severe pain.

Although also indicated for pain management throughout the surgical procedure period, Suboxone treatment finds its most common use in opiate addiction programs—despite the fact that the drug itself contains opiates.

Patients dependent on Suboxone treatment typically start to self-medicate (at higher doses) following:

1. A doctor’s original orders for legitimate prescription
2. Prolonged management of back, surgical or chronic pain
3. Pain relief treatment for some other physical disorder.

Or,

4. An opiate addiction treatment program that substitutes Suboxone in place of a more potent narcotic medication.

In the latter case, with time, patients often come to feel as dependent on the replacement Suboxone treatment as they did on the original opiate drug from which they sought to detoxify.

Many patients now seeking Suboxone treatment for dependency had begun with low dosage, but later increased to non-medical levels, as current prescription abuse trends in the U.S. indicates. (i) Dependent patients in need of detox for Suboxone treatment regularly continue to self‑medicate:

5. Just to avoid painful withdrawal.

Either a premature transition to Suboxone treatment as a replacement drug, or discontinuation in its supply, can precipitate traumatic withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawal symptoms typically indicate dependency.

The Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification

Along with the medical community, the Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification recognizes Suboxone dependency as a treatable, brain-chemical imbalance caused by synthetic opiate intake. Prolonged narcotic use causes the brain to stop producing natural painkillers, or endorphins. Misuse over time causes dependency. And dependency untreated by Suboxone detoxification causes addiction.

The Waismann Method for Suboxone Detoxification offers a humane and effective procedure for patients dependent on narcotic Suboxone treatment. Rapid detoxification reverses the patient’s physical opiate dependency without unnecessary fear, shame, or suffering.

Patients who undergo the Waismann Method of rapid Suboxone detox state that our anesthesia-assisted procedure spares them the painful, agonizing symptoms caused by withdrawal.

Post Suboxone Treatment

Rapid Suboxone detox cleanses the brain’s receptors of tenacious Suboxone opiates and eliminates conscious cravings from withdrawal while the patient is under anesthesia. The patient has literally slept through physical withdrawal with no recollection of it upon awaking.

After the Waismann Method for Rapid Detoxification, the patient’s body is released from opiates in the Buprenorphine-based Suboxone treatment. Our patients can then resume life Suboxone-free, and opiate-free.

Read Waismann Report, Part V: "Buprenorphine May Cause Physical Dependency."

Learn more about Suboxone treatment and The Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification.

(i)
More than 6.3 Million Americans Reported Current Use of Prescription Drugs for Non-medical Purposes in 2003,
http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/PrescripDrugsChart.html, (2004 report).