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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4/16/17  8:24 am
Commenter: Megan McKinley

Subutex
 

Please reconsider an allergy acception for being prescribed subutex. There are  some people who simply can not take suboxone. There are ways to screen people for an actual allergy. Allow it for only those who have a documented reaction. Taking away a life saving medication simply because you do not understand how it works is unfair to the people who really need it! Bio fills the receptors and blocks any other opioids from attaching/ it is not just nalaxone that blocks getting high. You could give someone who has been on subutex they're drug of choice and they will not get high. There is only potential for abuse in patients that do not want to be clean. Please don't take this medicine from those who truly need it and have not abused it, you will turn them back to active addiction!! 

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