{"id":280,"date":"2023-11-15T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/?p=280"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:44:41","slug":"probuphine-the-buprenorphine-implant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/probuphine-the-buprenorphine-implant\/","title":{"rendered":"Probuphine: The Buprenorphine Implant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"blog-post\">\n<p>The buprenorphine implant is out.\u00a0 I do not know any physicians prescribing it NC yet.\u00a0 It is a six month buprenorphine implant that consists of four 26 mm thin rods that are surgically implanted in the inside of the upper arm under local anesthesia (lidocaine).\u00a0 It only comes in that one dose.\u00a0 After six months, it must be surgically removed.\u00a0 If you want another implant for another 6 months, the other arm must be used.\u00a0 It is recommended only for folks maintained on 8 mg or less a day of buprenorphine.<\/p>\n<p>Many patients like the idea of not having to take a medication every day.\u00a0 Not being reminded that they have to take a medication every day.\u00a0\u00a0 There is less of a chance of relapse with the medication that is already in you for at least 6 months.\u00a0 You cannot choose to not take your buprenorphine and relapse.\u00a0 No need for observed compliance means more peace of mind for your loved ones.\u00a0 I am not sure how much it will cost.\u00a0 The cost and if it will be covered by insurance may determine how popular it becomes.\u00a0 It will be interesting to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The physicians at the Morse Clinics are always happy to go over all of your treatment options in detail.\u00a0 Just schedule with us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The buprenorphine implant is out.\u00a0 I do not know any physicians prescribing it NC yet.\u00a0 It is a six month buprenorphine implant that consists of four 26 mm thin rods&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/morseclinic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}