Posted by linkadge on June 18, 2006, at 19:40:59
In reply to Re: again: buprenorphine is different » pseudoname, posted by Declan on June 18, 2006, at 18:52:00
Its all about creating a magic bullit. The reason doctors don't see that opiates are a cure, is that they can make anybody feel better. In order to justify depression, doctors need to make a drug that specifically targest depression, without making anybody feel better, lest antidepressants be seen as pep pills (which they are).
So what? Beta blockers will lower anybody's blood pressure, that doesn't mean we can't use them for hypertensives. Abuse potential needs to be separated from antidepressant effect.
Amineptine was an effective antidepressant, was this independant of its abuse potential ?
We took it off the market because it had abuse potential. That is wrong. There are probably thousands of effective antidepressants with minimal abuse potential that will never see the light of day.
I think that if somebody genuinly gains effect from a constant dose of an opiate, then who cares?
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