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Patient Guide: Starting Buprenorphine Treatment
Taking your first doses of buprenorphine is called “induction.” How do you prepare? What happens during induction?
Learn about:
- Preparation steps to start buprenorphine at the right time
- The process of starting buprenorphine
- How and when the dose is typically adjusted
- The potential to move from methadone to buprenorphine
- Potential complications during induction and how to avoid them
- When are you considered to have completed stabilization
- What is detoxification and when is it used
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