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Subutex

Subutex noun: a now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin.

Noun

Subutex (uncountable)

  1. A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin.
    • 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).2010, Simon Eddisbury, Lowlife, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 22
    • She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control.2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120

Origin of Subutex

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

Questions about Subutex

What does Subutex mean?
Subutex means a now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin.
What part of speech is Subutex?
Subutex is a noun.

Words near Subutex in the dictionary

  1. suburothelium
  2. subursine
  3. subuser
  4. subusers
  5. Subusub
  6. Subutex
  7. subutriform
  8. subvacuum
  9. subvaginal
  10. subvalent
  11. subvalue

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