whats the difference between desolving suboxone under your tounge and swallowing it?

Question

For some reason or another my doctor and his nurse told me to let the suboxone tablets desolve under my tounge.They kept stressing not to swallow them.Why is that?Is there more of an intense effect if you let them desolve under your tounge or swallow them?Or is it because they might make me sick or something?I've never heard of this kind of thing.

Answer 1

The medication is best absorbed by letting it dissolve under your tongue. You must do it this way in order for the medication to be effective. Here's more information about suboxone:
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/S/Suboxone.html

Make sure to follow precisely the directions given you by the doc and the nurse.

Answer 2

usually a drug is given sublingually because it works faster or the stomache acid destroys it's effect. Take your pick.