BUPRENORPHINE AND NALOXONE vs HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE AND HOMATROPINE METHYLBROMIDE

My pharmacy software/label limits us to 28 characters to fit on the label for the drug name and strength. Curious if anyone else has a similar problem and how they shorten those long drug names while still making it patient/Board friendly? Some examples I'm struggling with: Generic symbicort, bupre

I had a new pt drop off an rx for monotherapy buprenorphine the other day. The MD office told me the diagnosis is for substance use disorder. I asked why suboxone isn’t being used and was told that the pt has an intolerance to suboxone. SAMHSA only mentions pregnant women as a reason to use monot

Age: 65 Sex: Female Height: 5’1’’ Weight: 91lbs Race: Caucasian Duration of complaint: 3 months (since prescribed Bupe) - 4 Years w/ Palliative Care (Upon Diagnosis of Cancer) - Pain Management since: 2009 (Fractured 2 Vertebra in Lower Spine) Location: Central Illinois Any existing relevant medic

I’m talking about the nonstandard home does. For example, buprenorphine-naloxone 2-0.5 mg and the patient takes 0.5 tabs per day. According to the med guide, the sublingual tabs can’t be cut. However, I have worked places in the past that have made half tabs or even quarter tabs. Although they are

I've seen doctors write for patient to take 1/2 tablet or film of Buprenorphine/naloxone, but isn't this drug listed on the do not cut list?

Does buprenorphine count towards the MME equivalent restrictions and how do you handle high dose prescriptions? Especially with other narcotic adjunct medications? I’m seeing more and more of this in the age of synthetic opiates and we all know the naloxone is useless in suboxone so should i look a

Hello everyone, I'm a 38 year old male with a healthy weight. I take thyroid medicine for hypothyroidism. Other than that I don't have any other medical issues. On April 13th I stopped Medication Assisted Treatment for a past addiction to opiates. For the first few years I was taking M

Hey guys, I tried to get answers from my pharmacist and got nothing. Patient here with fibromyalgia and opioid misuse disorder. Something weird happened at my CVS in LA County the other day, where they told me that the state of California no longer considers the copay assistance cards given to Subo

This is cheating because it didn't happen this week, but it is recent and interesting enough I'll share it anyway. Starting about 2 weekends ago we started having droves of people come to the pharmacy looking for **decolorized iodine**. I had never even heard of the stuff before. Apparently the

What differences do you guys notice in regards to most commonly prescribed, and rarely prescribed opiates/opioids Across the boarder.. The biggest and most annoying concern I have, is that after Purdue was forced to make tamper resistant oxycontin here in Canada; Health Canada lifted their patent