Posted by TriedEveryMedication on May 19, 2016, at 2:02:42
In reply to who's taking this stuff?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 4, 2016, at 4:16:05
> OK. So, out of curiosity, I googled Seconal and...a goodrx link popped up. As in...for slightly under 1,000 (w/ an Rx), you can have 30 capsules of Seconal in the US.
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> Somebody posted something about Meprobamate a while back. So, again, out of curiosity, I googled it. Not nearly as expensive as Seconal, but..wow. Somebody's taking it, clearly.
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> Other barbiturates came up, too (weird). Butisol...the one in headache tablets. Expensive, but not Seconal-level expensive.
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> Which raises the question...who's taking these retro remedies? And...who's prescribing them?
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> Oh, and...1 additional question...who does pricing on these bad boys? The meprobamate was reasonable enough, but Seconal was Abilify-level expensive and the Butisol was a couple hundred $$$.
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> Benzedrine is back, too...as Evekeo, which is a couple hundred $$$ per month, too (and still indicated for "exogenous obesity," btw).
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> Is this progress, or has psychiatry run out of ideas?
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>Timely post!
I just started taking it, in my norepinephrine reuptake quest. I think I like it better than adderall - no rush feeling, and I feel very calm on it.
actually, I wish there was something that was 75% levoamphetamine instead of 50%. Or even 100%.
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