Subutex

English Etymology A marketing coinage, perhaps based on en sublingual administered through placement under the tongue. Noun - en pharmaceutical drug A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin. en Simon Eddisbury Lowlife 2010 John Blake London 22 https://archive.org/details/lowlife0000eddi/page/22/mode/1up 978-1-84454-960-3 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). en Mitch Winehouse Amy, My Daughter 2013 Harper London 120 https://archive.org/details/amymydaughter0000wine_d2i7/page/120/mode/1up 978-0-00-746391-6 She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control. See also en suboxone French Noun m en Subutex fr w:Constance Debré Play boy 2018 Stock Paris 108 12 part 2 978-2-234-08429-2 Il regarde l'heure. Il dit Qu'est-ce qu'elle fout ? Il attend l'infirmière qui lui apporte son Subutex.