suboxone

English

Etymology

Marketing name.

Noun

suboxone (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.

   Coordinate term: OxyContin

   • 2012 August 23, Conor Friedersdorf, quoting Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco, “What OxyContin Addicts in West Virginia Tell Us About the War on Drugs”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Not far behind OxyContin is Suboxone, the brand name for a drug whose primary ingredient is buprenorphine, a semisynthetic opioid.