Treatment Choices – Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is sold in the UK under the trade name Subutex. It is a long-acting opiate that you take as a pill that dissolves under the tongue.

The Detox Handbook

Basic information you need if you are coming off, or thinking about coming off, any of the opiate drugs such as heroin or methadone.

Speedballing

A speedball is crack (or cocaine) and heroin injected together in one shot.

Overdose – what to do

If you act quickly and do the right thing, deaths from overdose can be prevented. This leaflet helps explain what to do

Overdose

People often die from overdoses because other people don’t know what to do to help.