Addiction to pain pills or heroin (opioid dependence) is a leading cause of death among young people. A medication called buprenorphine (brand name Suboxone) was approved in 2003 to treat opioid dependence, but can only be prescribed for this indication by doctors with additional certification. By law, these doctors can each treat a maximum of 100 patients. The doctors have long lists where desperate patients await treatment. Many people on the lists die before finding a physician who can take more patients.
Doctors are not limited from treating any other illness as they are with buprenorphine. Doctors are not limited from prescribing pain pills, or from treating more complex illnesses, for example. Read more at www.suboxonetalkzone.com.