CESAR FAX Special Series on Buprenorphine Updated

 May 2012

While research indicates that buprenorphine is an effective drug for treating opioid dependence, we feel that the potential for its nonmedical use and related unintended consequences may be going unnoticed. This series of publications on buprenorphine was designed to highlight several indicators of the increased availability, diversion, and misuse of buprenorphine.

CESAR Article Warning of Emerging Epidemic of Buprenorphine Misuse Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases

 March 2012

The article, "The Emerging Buprenorphine Epidemic in the United States," was recently published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases. The authors sampled...