It is a prescribed medication which helps in the treatment of opioid dependence, and this also consists of two active ingredients: buprenorphine and naloxone. Buprenorphine is a partial agonist of the opioid, reduces addiction and withdrawal symptoms, where as naloxone is an antagonist of opioids, that prevents abuse by inducing withdrawal if it is injected, and the buprenorphine component acts on the opioid receptors in the brain without causing a high.