Stick With Clonidine When Using a Non-Opioid to Manage Acute Opioid Withdrawal

September 2018

Lofexidine (Lucemyra, loo-seh-MEER-uh) will be a new NON-opioid to help manage opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Think of lofexidine as similar to clonidine.

Both are alpha-2 agonists. Clonidine has been used off-label for years to treat withdrawal symptoms...such as agitation, muscle aches, nausea, and diarrhea.

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Stick With Clonidine When Using a Non-Opioid to Manage Acute Opioid Withdrawal

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