Subutex

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (now discontinued) brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions. uncountable

    "He was a Subutex addict. Subutex is supposedly used to wean people off heroin but, from what I have seen, there are more Subutex addicts in jail than there are heroin addicts (and there are a lot of heroin addicts)."

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buprenorphine

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"He was a Subutex addict. Subutex is supposedly used to wean people off heroin but, from what I have seen, there are more Subutex addicts in jail than there are heroin addicts (and there are a lot of heroin addicts)."

Etymology

Marketing coinage, perhaps based on sublingual (“administered through placement under the tongue”).

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