Posted by pseudoname on March 28, 2006, at 11:19:49
In reply to Re: Forum Veterans, DrBob- Naltrexone; Dead or Alive?, posted by MARTY on March 28, 2006, at 7:48:11
Hey, Marty. Interesting that Naltrexone interest has popped back up here twice in a week. (http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060315/msgs/622522.html)
> I wonder what was the logic of WayneR behind promoting Naltrexone as an augmentation for AD.
> And WHY?! was he continuing promoting it even when seeing that their was no benefits ?I don't know what you mean about Wayne's "logic". He simply reported his experience with naltrexone, which was favorable, at least for the months he posted here. It is not true that he continued to promote it "even when seeing that there was no benefit." He simply reported the benefit it had for him, no evidence of widespread failure was presented to him at that time, and he did not post here for very long.
Reporting personal success and failure with meds is part of what Babble is for, and I'm still very grateful to Wayne R, wherever he is, for doing so! His reports about naltrexone led me to try it and then buprenorphine, with which it has some properties in common. While naltrexone didn't help, bupe is working where nothing else did.
I would hate to see Wayne's valuable contribution here misunderstood.
> BTW, is their any Docs left on the forum who are giving advices and their 2 cents how what could works and why ?
You mean Bob's "Tips"? Yeah, it would be nice if he could get away from Babble long enough to collect more recent ones. If you mean posting in the forum, Babble has hardly ever had physicians posting, at least not openly. Those who have posted claiming to be doctors (I can, but won't, give specific examples) have sometimes given flatly incorrect information.
> Seems to me like a 'Dead'.I agree, having tried it myself, that naltrexone doesn't look very promising. But anecdotal failures are still anecdotal. As I said in AMD's thread, in my opinion, if you've tried a lot of other stuff that's failed, and you can get it to try as an augment to a weak or pooped-out SSRI or other AD, and you're prepared for the initial dysphoria, naltrexone still may be worth a shot. As the saying goes, “Everything works for somebody...”
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