Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Prescribing of Opioids and Buprenorphine [18 VAC 85 ‑ 21]
Action Initial regulations
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/3/2017
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4/15/17  3:14 pm
Commenter: Allison Grey

Naloxone allergy...shooting up suboxone
 
Although I understand the need for stricter laws on the drug Subutex, I am extremely upset to see that individuals with allergies to the medication WITH proof of said allergy are still required to take Suboxone. So if they are deathly allergic to Naloxone, they either come off the drug harshly(because jumping from a high dose will almost guarantee relapse) or they are stuck on suboxone? That is EXTREMELY inhumane and I ask that you please educate yourself on the drug and I encourage law makers to talk to patients on this drug or who have tapered off to find out just how tricky it.is to come off the drug. It is VERY disappointing to see addicts in recovery be treated this way. I do understand that yes, FEW people inject Subutex but I have been on suboxone for a little over six years and I have seen on forums and threads that FAR MORE people inject their SUBOXONE and fewer people who are on Subutex inject it. In your case study that you found Subutex to be more valuable vs Suboxone isn't that what you were looking for? I find that convenient. That's ONE example. It doesn't mean much to me. Because suboxone is just as injectable and I have yet to hear of any individual go into these terrible withdrawal from injecting it. I find it funny how injecting/abusing suboxone was never brought up on this bill.i find it ironic that everything addressed on the addict part of the bill fit the law makers agenda. I suggest that law makers and law enforcement and anybody else involved with making this bill rethink your agenda. Buprenorphine will be abused by few no matter if it's Suboxone or Subutex. Patients on this drug with an allergy to Naloxone are paying a huge price, whether medically or detoxing when they shouldn't have to be. A dr wouldn't prescribe somebody Allergic to Amoxicillin that specific drug, so why should this be any different?
CommentID: 58330