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Active ingredient

Buprenorphine

18 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Buprenorphine.

How it is classified

  • Nervous system

The anatomical main group records the body system a medicine acts on. It is not a statement of what this ingredient treats, and nothing on this page is.

Products containing Buprenorphine

Strengths and forms differ between these products — check them against your own. Containing the same active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.

How Health Canada files this ingredient

  • BUPRENORPHINE
  • BUPRENORPHINE (BUPRENORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.

Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Marketed human products only.

Important:

Information only — this is not medical advice. RxMonitor shows what Health Canada and provincial drug programs have published about authorised products. It does not tell you what to take, whether a medication is right for you, or what dose to use.

Always talk to a pharmacist or physician about your own medication, and never start, stop or change one based on what you read here.