I see professionals and advocates criticize Narcotics Anonymous (NA) on a near daily basis for their views on opioid agonist medications (methadone and buprenorphine), often referring to them as problematic, backwards, and complicit in the opioid overdose crisis. The published guidance for groups is here and might be summarized as follows: implying that people on … Continue reading NA and “understanding their reality”

I saw some questions about what it means. Here's a little more context. 2002 - Reckitt Benckiser introduced Suboxone. 2010 - Suboxone's patent is expiring and Reckitt Benckiser claimed that Suboxone pills present a safety hazard to children and should be pulled off the market while they introduce a new film version with a new … Continue reading More on that Suboxone settlement

From ABC News: Suboxone maker Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB Group) will pay the U.S. government a record $1.4 billion to end criminal and civil probes into the marketing of its addiction treatment medication, making it the largest settlement related to the opioid crisis in U.S. history, authorities said on Thursday. This would appear to be tied for the … Continue reading Suboxone maker to pay $1.4 billion in largest opioid settlement in US history

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