Clinical pearls on prescribing buprenorphine (Suboxone®)

by Guest Author William C. Jangro, DO Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA   1. Before prescribing buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone®) for the treatment of opioid dependence, do an assessment to make sure the patient is physically dependent on opioids. If you start buprenorphine in a person who abuses opioids intermittently,…