Posted by JerryPharmStudent on November 25, 2006, at 19:03:11
In reply to Re: Buprenorphine-Advice Please » JerryPharmStudent, posted by ed_uk on November 25, 2006, at 14:26:15
> Hi Jerry
>
> Will the doc who prescribed the hydrocodone allow you to switch to bupe?
>
> EdGood question - and I'm afriad to ask him. See, when I was prescribed the hydrocodone I was seeing specialists at the University of Minnesota Medical School - and they werent afriad to try offlabel treatments. Now, I am living back home in IL in a small town with one Psychiatrist. He is only continuing my hydro Rx because the docs at U of M sent him my records. He said to me that he has never seen anyone else on an opiate for depression - but would keep me on it if it worked. He also said that his malpractice insurance goes way up when he Rx's meds like hydrocodone. But - why should that be MY concern??? Which is better for the patient - Rx''ing a med that would help them greatly or keeping them on a blunt SSRI only to keep his inurance costs down - you know??
Perhaps if I had enough research to show him he would switch me. Howver, I risk being taken off the hydro if I even mention that it's not working as well as another med like bupe could.
What to do????
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