Pharmacologic Substance
buprenorphine
Brand Names:
Belbuca; Bunavail; Buprenex; BuTrans; Probuphine; Simbadol; Sublocade; Suboxone; Zubsolv
Effect:
Decreased Organized Electrical Activity
May Treat:
Heroin Dependence; Pain
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to buprenorphine:
  • 21-cyclopropyl-7-alpha-(2-hydroxy-3, 3-dimethyl-2-butyl)-6,14-endo-ethano -6,7,8,14-tetrahydro oripavine, a narcotic analgesic with mixed agonist-antagonist opiate properties; potential efficacy in heroin withdrawal.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A derivative of the opioid alkaloid THEBAINE that is a more potent and longer lasting analgesic than MORPHINE. It appears to act as a partial agonist at mu and kappa opioid receptors and as an antagonist at delta receptors. The lack of delta-agonist activity has been suggested to account for the observation that buprenorphine tolerance may not develop with chronic use.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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