Subutex

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin. uncountable
    — He was a Subutex addict. Subutex is supposedly used to wean people off heroin but, from what I have seen, there are more Subutex addicts in jail than there are heroin addicts (and there are a lot of heroin addicts).

词源

A marketing coinage, perhaps based on sublingual (“administered through placement under the tongue”).
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