Is Suboxone the same thing as buprenorphine?
Yes. Buprenorphine is the main ingredient in Suboxone. Subutex, the sister drug of Suboxone, is pure buprenorphine. Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine (also called ‘bupe’) and naloxone, a drug meant to deter people from abusing the drug or abusing other opiates while they are undergoing Suboxone treatment.