Media Release
Grey Bruce Health Services has started offering a new treatment to help patients with an opioid addiction. The medication is called Sublocade, and is prescribed to patients who are addicted to heroin, oxycodone and other opioids. The benefit of Sublocade is in the delivery – it is injected into the patients’ abdomen once per month, and gets released slowly over 30 days to reduce cravings, prevent withdrawal symptoms, and ideally, help people get off opioids.
The main ingredient in Sublocade is Buprenorphine, which is also in Suboxone, another medication used to treat opioid addiction.
Sublocade is available at the GBHS RAAM (Rapid Access Addiction Medicine) clinic, which offers support to those suffering with addiction issues.
The provincial government recently announced that Sublocade is now fully covered under the Ontario Drug Benefit Program and the Ontario Disability Support Program. For more information on the GBHS RAAM clinic and Sublocade, please visit the GBHS website.
