Posted by judy1 on October 30, 2002, at 16:08:35
In reply to Re:Judy/Fentanyl, posted by meow mary on October 30, 2002, at 10:49:48
We have had many threads on opiate use and depression, Elizabeth was the resident expert- you might want to do a search. Learning that fentanyl was a great AD happened while I was taking it for a herniated disc/ torn acl, etc (car accident). I continued even after the pain was better, and today I take morphine- my shrink knows I take it for depression, but I go to another doc to get it for pain. I have never had to increase my dose (like benzos for panic) and while physically addicted, I am not psychologically addicted and have tapered and stopped at times. I can't recommend lying, but there are actually some pdocs who do understand the connection of opiates (the first AD) and depression. take care, judy
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