PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Addendum: stronger analgesics (June 17, p.45) buprenorphine AID - 10.1136/dtb.23.16.64 DP - 1985 Aug 12 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 64--64 VI - 23 IP - 16 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/23/16/64.1.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/23/16/64.1.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1985 Aug 12; 23 AB - In response to our article on stronger analgesics we have learned that some practitioners are becoming concerned about buprenorphine abuse. In Germany buprenorphine has recently become a controlled drug and in New Zealand, Thailand and the USA its use is restricted. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in the UK, which last reviewed buprenorphine in 1978, plans to reconsider the drug’s status later this year.