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Have liver or kidney problems
Have gallbladder problems
Have adrenal gland problems
Have Addison’s disease
Have low thyroid (hypothyroidism)
Have a history of alcoholism
Have mental problems such as hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not there)
Have any other medical condition
Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if BUNAVAIL will harm your unborn baby. If you take BUNAVAIL while pregnant, your baby may have symptoms of withdrawal at birth. Talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. BUNAVAIL can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby if you take BUNAVAIL. Monitor your baby for increased drowsiness and breathing problems.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. BUNAVAIL may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how BUNAVAIL works. Some medicines may cause serious or life-threatening medical problems when taken with BUNAVAIL.
Sometimes the doses of certain medicines and BUNAVAIL may need to be changed if used together. Do not take any medicine while using BUNAVAIL until you have talked with your doctor. Your doctor will tell you if it is safe to take other medicines while you are taking BUNAVAIL.
Be especially careful about taking other medicines that may make you sleepy, such as pain medicines, tranquilizers, antidepressant medicines, sleeping pills, anxiety medicines or antihistamines.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor or pharmacist each time you get a new medicine.
How should I take BUNAVAIL?
Always take BUNAVAIL exactly as your doctor tells you. Your doctor may change your dose after seeing how it affects you. Do not change your dose unless your doctor tells you to change it.
Do not take BUNAVAIL more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Take BUNAVAIL 1 time a day.
You may be prescribed a dose of 2 or more BUNAVAIL buccal films to be taken at the same time.
Use the entire BUNAVAIL buccal film. Do not cut, tear, chew, or swallow the buccal film. Your doctor should show you how to use BUNAVAIL the right way.
Follow the same instructions every time you take a dose of BUNAVAIL buccal film.
BUNAVAIL comes in a child-resistant foil package. Do not open the foil package until you are ready to use the BUNAVAIL buccal film. After opening the foil package, use BUNAVAIL buccal film right away.
Take the dose prescribed by your doctor as follows:
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To open the BUNAVAIL buccal film foil package, fold along the dotted lines and tear down at slits or cut with scissors in the direction of the arrows (See Figure A).
Figure A
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Use your tongue to wet the inside of your cheek or rinse your mouth with water to moisten the area in your mouth before you place BUNAVAIL.
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Hold the BUNAVAIL buccal film with clean, dry fingers with the text (BN2, BN4, or BN6) facing up (See Figure B).
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Place the BUNAVAIL buccal film inside your mouth with the text (BN2, BN4, or BN6) against the ins
