Posted by ShelliR on June 11, 2002, at 21:47:04
In reply to Re: sidetrack from Addiction, posted by Sally Green on June 11, 2002, at 14:25:40
Hi Sally,
Not only did I not find medication overseas any cheaper, but they confiscated my order. So I went through sudden withdrawal. Now I am going to a pain doctor and he is prescribing another opiate.
On the positive side, sublingual buprenorphine is supposed to be approved very shortly. The FDA has been saying this forever, but my friend was offered a job with a consulting company who worked on the protocol to dispense buprenorphine and they say it's really going to happen any time now.
Doctors will have to apply for a license to use it for detox, but then it will involve just going to their office to get a script. I don't believe there will be any restrictions using it for pain management. Actually, I didn't find it any less addictive than other opiates, but it's not supposed to make you high. (Actually none of the opiates make me high) Anyway, my understanding is that NIMH funded the development of the sublingual version of buprenorphine in this country. It will be interesting to see if this has an inpact on the cost. If it is released, I would like to switch back to it, but only because it sounds better to say partial opiate, than I'm taking oxycontin, for example. Also I think I would worry less about habituation since it will be used for detox at rather high levels.
Good luck,
Shelli
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