Posted by pseudoname on June 7, 2006, at 20:45:18
In reply to Re: opioids for depression/subutex, posted by reese7194 on June 7, 2006, at 16:48:42
> i am curious if you found it difficult to find a doc who would use it off label.
Yes, quite difficult, in part because both I and my pdoc were misinformed about the law on buprenorphine. She thought she had to have a special DEA waiver to prescribe it, but that's only true in the U.S. when it's Rx'd to opioid addicts for opioid addiction treatment. When we cleared up the law issue, she was willing to try it with me.
> it's a shame that they are only using it for detox.
For detox and ongoing addiction therapy. Since they have a patent, I don't know why they don't do some studies & try to get it approved for depression. Way too much stigma, I guess.
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