Seattle is the first city with first responders equipped and allowed to administer the opioid use disorder drug, Buprenorphine.
Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell holds a press conference for the Buprenorphine pilot program for the city's first responders.
Buprenorphine is a Schedule III drug and a synthetic analog of thebaine — an alkaloid compound derived from the poppy flower, according to the. Buprenorphine is mainly used to treat acute, chronic pain and opioid dependence, and the FDA approved it to be used in agonist substitution treatment — a method for addressing addiction by substituting a more potent full agonist opioid, such as heroin, with a less potent opioid, such as Buprenorphine or methadone.
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