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Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 1981

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Buprenorphine is an opioid analgesic, used to treat opioid addiction, moderate acute pain, and moderate chronic pain. Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mµ-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the kappa-opioid receptor. One unusual property o...