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Pat Moore Foundation - Suboxone Safety Information, Continued

Breast-feeding

Buprenorphine will pass through a mother’s milk and may harm the baby, so Suboxone is not recommended if you are breast-feeding. Your doctor should know if you are breast-feeding before you start treatment for opioid dependence.

Driving and Operating Machinery

Suboxone can cause drowsiness and slow reaction times. This may occur more often in the first few weeks of treatment, when your dose is being changed, but can also occur if you drink alcohol or take other sedative drugs when you are on Suboxone. Caution should be exercised when driving cars or operating machinery.

Commonly Reported Side Effects

Side effects of Suboxone are similar to those of other opioids. The most commonly reported adverse events with Suboxone include:

• headache (36%, placebo 22%)

• withdrawal syndrome (25%, placebo 37%)

• pain (22%, placebo 19%)

• insomnia (14%, placebo 16%)

• nausea (15%, placebo 11%)

• constipation (12%, placebo 3%).

You may already be experiencing some of these side effects because of your current use of opioids. If so, let your doctor know. Your doctor can effectively treat many of these symptoms. Suboxone can cause blood pressure to drop. This can cause you to feel dizzy if you get up too fast from sitting or lying down. Your doctor will determine if you need to stop taking Suboxone due to side effects.

Suboxone Use in Children

Suboxone can be used in people ages 16 and older. It hasn’t been approved for use in children younger than 16. Accidental overdose in children is dangerous and can result in death.

Appropriate Use of Suboxone

Do not use Suboxone or Subutex® (buprenorphine HCl sublingual tablets) for conditions for which they were not prescribed. Patients with a clinical need for analgesia should not be transferred to Suboxone.

• Suboxone is not indicated for pain management.

• Do not give your medication to other people, even if they have an opiate addiction and/or they have the same symptoms that you have. Sharing is illegal and may cause severe medical problems.

• Always store buprenorphine-containing medications safely and out of the reach and sight of children. Destroy any unused medication appropriately.

How Can I Increase My Chance of Success With Suboxone?

It is important that you communicate openly and honestly with your entire healthcare team (your doctor, nurse, and counselor) to optimize the success of your treatment for opiate addiction. They have been trained to understand opioid dependence and how best to treat this medical condition.

Tools for Success

Patient Diary
To help chart your day-to-day progress, a Patient Diary has been provided on pages 28 and 29 of this brochure. Use this to note how you feel during your Suboxone treatment or any changes you are noticing over time.

Patient Emergency ID Card
Keep this card in your wallet so that, in case of an emergency, medical personnel are aware that you are on Suboxone and can care for you appropriately.

At Pat Moore Foundation Subutex and Suboxone treatments occur in a safe and comfortable setting that we consider an important aspect for the client’s state of mind. During this clients are still able to participate in counseling sessions with their case manager and group therapy with their peers, contingent on their physical well-being. To learn more about treatment, pricing and outpatient services, please click on the appropriate word.

If the individuals require further medical attention, Costa Mesa and the Newport Beach area have renowned hospitals within a few minutes of this facility.

Many issues come up in early sobriety that can be difficult to handle. The staff at Pat Moore Foundation is on call 24-hours and understands this, and is eager to help at any time of the day or night. Our goal is to enable each person who enters our doors walk the road to a healthy and happy recovery.

Pat Moore Foundation's drug & alcohol detox and alcohol & drug addiction treatment programs are licensed and certified by The State of California. We provide non-medical and medically managed detoxification (using Suboxone, Subutex, and Buprenorphine when appropriate) and primary residential treatment. Our individual homes are on a unique co-ed campus where we offer gender specific treatment. We are located in Costa Mesa, in Orange County, Southern California, close to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, and only an hour's drive from Los Angeles and San Diego. To speak with a counselor, please call us 24-hours at (888) 426-6086 or if you'd like us to contact you, send a confidential message online by filling out our online form.

Note: All medical services are administered by medical professionals, which are facilitated and operated solely under the jurisdiction of a separate medical corporation.

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